From: Futuristic News
NASA has recently implemented a new method “selective laser melting“ (SLM) of the 3D laser printing system to produce rocket engine components for its next-generation Space Launch System (SLS). Rocket engines deal a lot with highly corrosive or cryogenic liquids, hot gases or destructive stresses and vibration. NASA is currently using an M2 Cusing Machine designed by Concept Laser for the Space Launch System. The machine is similar to other 3D printers, though it doesn’t bring polymers to set, the M2 works in stainless steel, hot-worked steel, aluminum, titanium and nickel alloy by means of a 200 W fiber laser. As a result, the parts with complex geometries and precise mechanical properties are produced from a three-dimensional computer-aided design. Instead of building parts in simple sub-stages and then sticking those together, this process can be now made at…
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