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    Ingersoll Machine Tools Collaborates with ORNL to Create WHAM 3D Printer

    Earlier this week at IMTS 2016, manufacturer Ingersoll Machine Tools announced that they would be collaborating with the Tennessee-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to create an extremely large-scale 3D printing system. The Wide and High Additive Manufacturing (WHAM) system is a mammoth-sized additive manufacturing system that will have a build envelope of 23 x 10 x 46 feet, as well as targeted laydown rates of 1,000 lb/hr. The WHAM system will lead to increased size and speed capabilities over currently existing large-format 3D printing technology, and is projected to be commercially available sometime in the next 18 to 24 months. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/149303/ornl-ingersoll-wham/

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    Damn! That's gonna need a lot of hairspray!


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    Joke......


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    Super Moderator curious aardvark's Avatar
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    lol - maybe not :-)

    Bloody impressive - 1000 lb an hour. so nearly 17 lbs a minute.
    wonder what nozzle size/shape they're using.

    Printing with abs as well - rather them than me :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by curious aardvark View Post
    wonder what nozzle size/shape they're using
    I can guarantee it isn't a 0.4mm nozzle!


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    I'd use a rectangular nozzle with siding adjusters for a single variable sized in-print adjustable nozzle.

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    No doubt it'll have shutoff valves on the nozzle.


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