NASA 3D Prints Fancy New Rocket Engine Parts

Clean Technica: By cutting production time and costs while improving precision fit and finish of 1-off and ultra-low-volume production items, 3D printing is rapidly changing the way manufacturers are looking at design and production problems. We briefly covered Ford’s advanced sheet metal “printing” last week, in part 2.1 of my “Further With Ford 2013” coverage… but even Ford 3D printing a steel car part and a small arsenal of 3D printed firearms didn’t prepare me for this: NASA has 3D printed parts, assembled them into a rocket engine, and then fired the engine.

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