制作太空, U.S. manufacturers of the world’s first microgravity 3D printer, are celebrating a year of trailblazing firsts 3D printed on the International Space Station (ISS). As of April 2017, the company’s Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) has produced 39 objects including spare parts for NASA, and医学研究的组成部分。
Ongoing research into 3D printing on the ISS will aid future pioneers in further exploration of our solar system, and antigravity construction. Potential applications may even includeSpaceX在火星上提议的殖民地.
大胆地走到没有3D打印机之前的地方
One 3D print on the ISS is an adaptor part for NASA’s Oxygen Generating System (OGS). The adaptor component demonstrates the utility of fabricating parts on demand in a location that is otherwise a logistic stretch.
So far, the largest part 3D printed on the ISS measures 10 cm x 10 cm by 14 cm. As a particular commission for NASA though, the actual object is confidential.
3D打印机目前专门用塑料运行，但希望有一天能够在太空中使用3D打印金属复合材料和纤维材料。太空中的空间运营副总裁马特·纳波利（Matt Napoli）说，
我去年将我们的印刷品描述为开拓者，因为它们都是第一次在轨道上制造的，我们正在探索如何最好地利用AMF。今年，当我们推动它的信封时，我们预计会有更多的高级印刷品。我们已经开始用PEI/PC（聚醚酰亚胺/聚碳酸酯）的新型，适合空间的材料打印，使我们能够制造更强大，更耐热的结构。
太空中3D打印的未来
In our interview with Made in Space business development engineer Justin Kugler, we learned more abouthow 3D printing is advancing the space industry. Furthermore, at Defence IQ’s Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace, Defense and Space conference in London, 3D Printing Industry heard first handhow NASA is working with a variety of 3D printing techniques to enable in-space manufacturing (ISM).
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读者还可以在第一个年度3D印刷行业奖中投票选出最佳3D打印机创新。
特色图像显示了Marshall Space Flight Center的微重力科学手套箱（MSG）工程单元内的Space 3D打印机的测试。NASA摄影
