Boeing's futuristic technology to 3D print objects while levitating in space
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NEW VIDEO: Pokemon Trading in Real Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1I4EPqDNxU Boeing has patented technology to 3D print objects while levitating in space. Boeing plans to 3D print aircraft parts using this technology. For more details check - http://patentyogi.com/obzxx Multiple 3D printers are used to simultaneously print various features. The printing material has diamagnetic properties. When super-cooled becomes a super-conductor. First, a small quantity of the printing material called nugget is ejected into space. By creating magnetic fields, the nugget is held in space by levitating it. Now, further deposition of printing material can be made from any direction in space. This technique offers many unique advantages. 1. Material can be deposited right beneath the nugget. This is not possible in conventional 3D printers, which follow a bottoms-up printing technique. 2. Additional magnetic fields are used to rotate the nugget to any orientation. This allows fabrication of more complex features 3. Even acoustic levitation can be used to levitate nugget 4. Simultaneous use of multiple print heads increases the speed of printing objects many fold
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but how do they control the shape?
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Looks kinda gee-whiz and unlikely to be worth the effort. May have little or no actual benefit vs other methods. Limited to use of certain materials too of course. Repositioning in a conventional printer seems to be much easier and seems to be on the way in reality (well its already here in basic form really). But if this method actually is made to work and finds use that would be pretty darn impressive to watch!
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So many elements that are simply Sci-Fi rather than sci-fact.
BTW, the 'inlet cone' on the engine is the least challenging part to build compared to the engine parts inside. Also, complex geometries have already been created using current 'additive manufacturing technology' for Aviation industry without using complex (magnetic field controlled) 3d printers. -
Why can't we use normal 3D printer instead of this?
Both do the same job,no? -
Patented, but unlikely to work.
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ima call it,....bs.....i kno what are facts here and which are not....first of you can change direction with those setups and once you extrude a filament it will harden remember its a super cold environment how this levitating tech works, and last but not least you cant rearrange individual particles without rearranging the actual entire model itself, this is only possible through the animation......
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That has to be the dumbest idea I have ever seen. A "super-cooled" object,, "floating" in mid-air,, bombarded by "molten" droplets,, and they "melt" in an organized pattern,, to an object that is completely uncontrollable on any given axis.
Cute video,, but ZERO scientific engineering principles. -
I like this new format of your videos
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You would just get a big blob of agglomerated plastic drops!
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Looking forward to seeing this
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Amazing! Boeing has such cool patents.
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wow that's totally awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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