This could be a cost reducer for the space industry (among others). It might also be useful, eventually, for fabricating parts in space using local materials.
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This could be a cost reducer for the space industry (among others). It might also be useful, eventually, for fabricating parts in space using local materials.
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3d printing is slow. So I always thought production would probably use a 3d printed prototype to produce a mold. Producing the mold directly is a very clever idea.
I should have read more carefully. It seems producing the mold directly is MY idea!
Darn. With that idea already taken, we might have to refocus on a 3-D, 3-color, 6-flavor cupcake icing printer.
dang!.. I hope you patented that cupcake printer..
“projecting bitmaps of ultraviolet light onto a mixture of photosensitive resin and ceramic particles, and then selectively curing the mixture to a solid.”
I wonder: rather than using ceramic particles (powdered clay?), could they use Sialon and just go straight to a finished part?
We know they can make parts on a 3d printer. The point is it’s not economical for some mass produced parts.