TOOLMAN
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Jan 14, 2013
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Many news jet engines will have parts made by additive mfg. There are more than 20,000 different metal parts flying today.With a "printed Inconel chamber". Yow. Using a 3D printer to fabricate complex geometry pieces for a rocket combustion chamber. Out of Inconel (pretty tough alloy used in harsh environments). That gets rid of a lot of troublesome welding work in fabricating the engine.
You can also do subtractive "machining" & "additive" on the same machine - grow & cut. Todays replicator ...
http://www.mmsonline.com/blog/post/hybrid-machine-combines-milling-and-additive-manufacturing