“The sky is the limit” or “3D printing in outer Space”.
Spare parts manufactured when needed on a Space Station.
Can it be done?
We at VALIMET, Inc. would like to congratulate Tricia Suess, Bradley Woods and the team at The Virtual Foundry for embarking on this journey.
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Original Post by AFRL Regional Network – Midwest
“Metal Printing and Sintering in The Vacuum of Space” is led by Calvin Stewart, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and
College of Engineering Innovation Scholar at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University.
This 2024 Call 1 funded project demonstrates vacuum-assisted sintering of Bound Metal Deposition parts. Successful demonstration of this technology may lead to a mission to the International Space Station to test metal 3D printing in space, which would expedite mission-critical troubleshooting.
Aerospace Engineer Dino Celli is the Air Force Research Laboratory co-PI on this project. NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration and The Virtual Foundry are collaborators.
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