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A New Reusable Bullet for 3D Plastic Printed Guns – Engineer Claimed

November 6, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee 4 Comments

The 3D printer guns have developed to a great extent in the last eighteen months. These guns have transformed from typical science fictional experiment to a subculture.

The product is certainly very dangerous for humans since a low quality plastic carries an explosive blast. It put the life of the person who fires the gun into a great danger.

Recently, ammo is discovered that is way more reliable and safe as compared to the usual guns.

Michael Crumling is a 25 years old machinist from New York. He found out a new method to manufacture handmade lead bullets with the help of lead shells. This new technique will make certain that the bullets control the entire force of the blast. The procedure will also enhance the re-usability of 3D printers.

Crumling informed that it permits a home printed firearm to be fired several times without a single bend and crack.

Moreover, this new design cannot be imitated as it contains rounds which should be separately organized. This distinctive feature ensures the durability of the printed guns.

Furthermore, Crumling announced that shortly he will begin to sell these bullets online.

On the other hand, a few officials put a question mark on the safety of this new method. Andrew Scipione, Australian police commissioner stated that even this new technique is pretty dangerous.

HP Unveils 3D Scanner/Printer with Multi Jet Fusion Technology

October 30, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

At last, HP reveals its new 3D printer after three years of continuous struggle. The American based company is really famous for its conventional ink printers.

Hp flaunted its brand innovative new multi Jet Fusion Technology in an event of New York. The company announced that this new product will take almost two years to touch the markets of printers.

The company has specially designed 3D printer for fast printing in low price. The firm claimed that it works nearly ten times faster as compared to the ordinary printer available in the markets. Furthermore, the device offers a scanner, depth sensor, projector, high-res camera and much more.

Hp has incorporated Jet Fusion Technology which makes use of a print bar that generates more than 350 drops per second at 21 microns. It signifies that the printer would print approximately 1,000 gears in just a short time period of three hours. The company has specially designed an ink which will increase the speed of this Multi Jet Fusion Printer. In short, the new Multi Jet printer will take care of three of the main areas of a printer; speed, cost and time.

The device works in a really appealing manner. First, it coats the material then a print bar put on fusion agent. Later on, this Fusion agent scans the material and opens it for the energy source so that it can join together.

Moreover, a detailing agent is also utilized to enhance the edges of the particular object.

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Splashed Down West of Baja California

October 27, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

After completing its successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returned back to Earth this Saturday. The End of Mission (EOM) events started with an unberthing and the release of the CRS-4/SpX-4 spacecraft from the orbital outpost, in front of a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at around 15:38 Eastern.

The SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle, Dragon, Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on 21st September. Dragon had been attached to the orbiting lab for about a month.

Dragon carried around 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the ISS, including 2.5 tons of food, supplies and critical science experiments, and a first 3D printer in space. The Dragon also contains 20 mice have now taken up residency on the orbital outpost.

Barry Wilmore and Reid Wiseman, two NASA astronauts maneuvered the robotic arm attached to the space station to unbolt Dragon for its trip home this morning.

The International Space Station crew removed and stored the cargo, before refilling Dragon with downmass. Dragon is the only American vehicle capable of returning downmass since the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet.

Dragon had been expected to return some of the experiments, it brought to space, including a batch of mutant, stress-resistant fruit flies and some of the first test parts created in the 3D printer, built by the California-based company Made In Space. The capsule was also lined up to return a small crop of lettuce grown in space as part of NASA’s Veg-01 experiment, first brought to the space station during SpaceX’s last resupply mission in April.

SpaceX representatives said, Dragon splashed down west of Baja California today with 3,276 pounds (1,486 kilograms) of cargo and science experiments. However, it’s the only cargo ship that returns items to Earth intact. Dragon will be transported to the port of Los Angeles, before a trip to McGregor Texas for cargo removal.

SpaceX Dragon Returns To Earth After Successful ISS Mission

October 26, 2014 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

The recent reports revealed that, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has ended its successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with the return to Earth this Saturday. The End of Mission (EOM) events started with an unberthing and the release of the CRS-4/SpX-4 spacecraft from the orbital outpost, in front of a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at around 15:38 Eastern.

The SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle, Dragon, Launched early on Sunday, 21st September has enjoyed another successful stay at the International Space Station (ISS).

However, this is the 5^th time when the commercial vehicle with the aims of becoming crew-rated into an advanced version known as Dragon V2 or simply Dragon 2 has paid a visit to the ISS.

The Dragon was vigilantly translated towards its orbital on the Earth facing port of the Harmony module as captured by the Canada’s Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS).

Dragon, riding uphill was a cargo compliment of almost 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the ISS during a month-long stay.The Dragon also contains 20 mice have now taken up residency on the orbital outpost.

The “Mousetronauts” rode uphill in a new hardware system designed to carry rodents safely from Earth to the orbiting laboratory and provide long-term accommodation aboard the station. The rodent research system allows researchers to study the long-term effects of micro-gravity on mammalian physiology.

The Dragon also carried food items, clothing, equipment, experiments and supplies to the ISS along with a 3D printer and new EMU batteries that have since been used on the two recent US spacewalks.

The International Space Station crew removed and stored the cargo, before refilling Dragon with downmass. Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet, Dragon is the only American vehicle capable of returning downmass.

The Dragon also provided the Station with a freight that was launched in her Trunk section.

Known as the ISS-RapidScat, the experiment was attached on the end of the Station’s Columbus laboratory, via the use of the Station’s robotic assets that are now well-versed in removing and installing hardware from the Dragon’s trunk. Canada’s space robot, Dextre (SPDM) removed these freights from the Dragon’s Trunk.

The Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) took the firm hold of the Dragon, which arrived back in the location of the spacecraft, following its role with Dextre and the Trunk payload removal tasks.

As the SSRMS holds on to the Dragon – and the bolts released through the opposite process, that saw first and second stage capture – the International Space Station crew will used the “big arm” to pull Dragon away from the port, controlled from the Robotic Workstation (RWS) in the panoramic-viewed Cupola.

Dragon was then planned to let go of the position about 30 feet below the ISS. After releasing from the position, the Dragon and the ISS part ways, via a wring of the trigger on the Rotational Hand Controller (RHC) on the Robotic Workstation.

This was begun by the release of the traps holding the SSRMS Latching End Effector (LEE) to the Dragon Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture (FRGF) – effectively “letting go” of the Dragon.

This process concluded with a 09:56 Eastern release of SpaceX’s Dragon.

With the SSRMS withdrawn securely clear of the spacecraft, Dragon then conducted three departure burns to depart to the vicinity of the ISS, edging away from the orbital outpost, with small thruster firings to push down the R-Bar.

This exodus towards the edge of the ISS’ neighborhood will be monitored by the COTS UHF Communication Unit (CUCU) Crew Command Panel (CCP).

The third burn will be the larger of the firings, which will send Dragon outside of the approach ellipsoid, at which point SpaceX controllers inside MCC-X at SpaceX’s Californian facility will take full control of the mission.

Dragon then enjoyed a free-flying phase on-orbit for around five hours, during which time it completed a critical action – closure of the GNC bay door, to which the FRGF is mounted – before conducting the de-orbit burn at 14:43 Eastern.

The spacecraft’s Draco thrusters was conducting the 10 minute deorbit burn. The umbilical between Dragon and her Trunk then disengaged, preceding the Trunk separating from the Dragon capsule.

As the spacecraft moved into Entry Interface (EI,) it was protected by the PICA-X heat shield. It’s a Thermal Protection System (TPS) based on a proprietary variant of NASA’s phenolic impregnated carbon ablator (PICA) material, which is specifically designed to protect the capsule during Earth atmospheric re-entry, and is even vigorous to protect Dragon from the higher return velocities from Lunar and Martian destinations.

After achieving the required velocity and altitude, Dragon’s drogue parachutes deployed, followed by Dragon’s main parachutes, easing the vehicle to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at around 15:38 Eastern.

Soon after the splashdown, 3 main recovery boats arrived on station, with fast boats racing to meet the Dragon shortly after it hit the water, enabling for the recovery procedures to initiate.

Dragon will be transported to the port of Los Angeles, before a trip to Texas for cargo removal.

Space X Launchs 3-D Printer to International Space Station

September 21, 2014 By Brian Galloway 1 Comment

According to the recent report revealed that the NASA is going to send a 3-D printer to the International Space Station. It will help astronauts in order to fix their spaceship by cranking out spare parts at the spot.

The 3-D printer is actually designed by Northern California Company known as ‘Made in Space’, is amongst more than 5,000 pounds of space station cargo that’s distended into a SpaceX Dragon Capsule which was thought to be raised off ahead of this Saturday morning. It has been told by the officials that, due to the rainy weather, we have decided to delay the launch till Sunday.

Jeff Sheehy, NASA’s senior technologist, stated this Friday, “If we are actually going to put up shop on Mars, we really need to do this.”

As stated by the NASA’s senior technologist this Friday. “We in fact cannot meet the expense to fetch all we need for an indistinct amount of time. We have to reach to the point where we can make things that we need as we go.”

However, the company also displayed several objects made off by 3-D printers. The scaled down model of an air filter was on display that the Apollo-13 astronauts planned to endure their terminated moon mission back in 1970. It took 5-hours in order to produce the copy in a laboratory.

Certainly, SpaceX is assembling the supply run for NASA. It is the same Californian Company who just won the big contract to carry U.S. astronauts to the space station. The SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket with an unmanned Dragon is listed to flash off at 1:52 am this Sunday. Somewhat good weather conditions might be expected on the launch.

In addition, several other Dragon freights lofty on the chilly or inquisitive aspect: a mouse X-ray machine along with 20 mice and 30 fruit flies likely to have a populace blast in orbit, metal plating samples for a private research attempt to put up stronger golf clubs, and a $30mn gadget to gauge the surface wind over Earth’s oceans and recover storm foretelling.

It was designed in safer way which is weightlessness and is present in a preserved chamber. The process of printing is just same as it was on Earth, which is making an entity with layer on layer of plastic.

Sheehy says that, when it was returned on earth this 3D formation would be dragged, wrapped and passed through lot of test series for obtaining a quality parts.

On the earth, we make the parts of 3D rocket without metal usage. This method will give us self assurance that it is new and innovative procedure which can produce the durable and conventional parts.

This 3D printer is nearly one foot tall and 9 ½ inches wide and 14 ½ inches deep. This printer seems to be the big brother of normal commercial printer but consist of double size of normal printer. This printer will fly next year with the grinding machine, which is used for recycling of discarded 3D pieces.

Kohnlenberg says that, this is an enormous invention for us and this time is considered to be the most significant as we are launching a 3D printer in space.

One of the California Company has sent its staff to Cape Canaveral for the launch attempt. Basically, this is a small company consisting of around twenty five employees.

In the beginning of 2017, SpaceX won large contracts of sending astronauts to space station. This will help NASA to stop depending on Russia for all this and be self-sufficient in this area.

In 2016, one of the California Company made by billionaire Elon Musk is working on its first crew launch in space.

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