Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is regularly used on the ground to quickly produce a variety of devices.
The West Japan Railway Group has reportedly turned to 3D printing to speedily construct a train station shelter at Hatsushima ...
3D printers will make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment. They will enable long-term human presence on the Moon and Mars.
The production of these cold plates for the Vast space station utilizes metal laser powder bed fusion (M-L-PBF) technology.