“We could be together…Printing on the Moon”
(Re-writing a classic song by ‘The POLICE’ for those who belong to the Apollo Generation and their heirs, the Occupy Mars Generation).
Cold Spraying powders enables Coating/Repairs but also Additive Manufacturing of components – you probably know that by now.
If you have a thing for Space Exploration, we recommend you take a look at what Cold Spray Legend Professor Arvind Agarwal and his team are working on at Florida International University. Two young guns are co-inventors of this patent: Denny John and Cheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Also: you may want to consider that basalt-enriched filaments for printing are already available at The Virtual Foundry. The dude to see is Bradley Woods.
And more: don’t miss the activities at Astroport Space Technologies.
Why would we at VALIMET, Inc. look into these headlines?
Two simple reasons:
– an Industry must celebrate its milestones. One wins, we all win.
– there’s a specific benefit that comes from looking at things far up in the skies: inspiration.
“By looking up, I look down”
(Tycho Brahe, Danish Astronomer).
or more prosaically:
“Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon”
(The POLICE)
#coldspray #additivemanufacturing #3dprinting #OccupyMars #NASA #Spaceindustry
Original post, by Professor Arvind Agarwal:
🚀 Excited to share our latest patent on “Cold Spray Deposition of Lunar Regolith Simulant-Containing Coatings for Space Repair Applications”! 🌑
Our innovation focuses on the repair of lunar structures using in-situ resources—leveraging lunar regolith to develop robust coatings. By utilizing a handheld or robotic low-pressure cold spray system, we can deposit hard ceramic-containing cermets directly onto damaged surfaces. This approach offers a rapid, adaptable, and durable solution for maintaining and reinforcing critical infrastructure on the lunar surface.
As we continue to push the boundaries of space exploration, technologies like these will be crucial for enabling sustainable long-term operations beyond Earth! 🌌 #SpaceExploration #InSituResourceUtilization #LunarEngineering #AdvancedManufacturing #Coldspray #NASA
Denny John, Cheng Zhang, Ph.D., Cold Spray and Rapid Deposition (ColRAD)
For details: https://lnkd.in/eD5-Wk_m