{"id":718895,"date":"2022-03-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=718895"},"modified":"2022-03-10T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:00:00","slug":"imperial-3d-printings-new-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=718895","title":{"rendered":"IMPERIAL: 3D printing\u2019s new dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESA\u2019s new IMPERIAL<\/a>\u00a03D printer can print parts much larger than itself, overcoming one of the main constraints of the process \u2013 limited build volume.<\/p>\n

What is also known as \u2018Additive manufacturing\u2019 is an essential enabling technology for deep space crewed missions. Accordingly this printer has been specially designed with \u2018out-of-Earth\u2019 manufacturing in mind, enabling future space explorers to produce structures, tools and spare parts as needed. Built to operate in weightlessness \u2013 meaning it can work upside down on Earth \u2013 the printer is capable of printing high performance polymer parts of unlimited dimensions along a single direction.<\/p>\n

The project was undertaken for ESA by a consortium led by OHB<\/a>\u00a0in Germany, with Azimut Space<\/a>\u00a0in Germany, Athlone Institute of Technology<\/a>\u00a0in the Republic of Ireland and BEEVERYCREATIVE<\/a>\u00a0in Portugal developing the 3D printer. Now this ground-based prototype is complete, the next step would be to test it in orbit aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n


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