According to the China Defense Science and Technology Information Network reported that the U.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a lightweight metal powder
structure and composition of the lightweight structure of small 3D printing available to achieve massive objects, and can be as fast as Lego blocks stacked together.
The emergence of the concept responded to such problems, namely "3D printing enables aircraft to print?." MIT researchers Zhicheng and the university director of the Center for Bits and Atoms - Neil • Gerson realized, 3D printing for such large structures is impractical. But the use of 3D printing technology to produce thousands of tiny, identical series of parts it?
The researchers said, the use of 3D printing technology to produce parts based Zhicheng and Gerson developed a new geometry. In a given weight, the hardness of the resulting structure of these parts is ultra-light Aluminium Magnesium Alloy powder material structure of 10.
The team is developing a robot kits, which can be structured surface constantly increasing crawl, creep, one by one to add to the existing structure of massive objects.
Ferguson said the new structure is easy to transport and use of fuel savings and operational costs. In addition, it is easy to disassemble and reassemble. More importantly, the new modular systems are often gradual failure, meaning that it is more reliable and easier to repair. It is a lot of redundant systems.
The researchers said that the new
Ferrochrome powder material can be for aircraft, spacecraft and larger structures bring revolutionary changes.
For conventional composite metal powder
materials, each component is manufactured as a continuous unit, the supplier must establish great facility to manufacture large aircraft. New technology to achieve greater flexibility in design, these structures may be removed and assembled as required. It has great potential to reduce manufacturing costs.