Fig. 1: Vertically integrated process approach for fabrication of large-scale components machined from solid state additive manufacturing of recycled space debris. | npj Advanced Manufacturing

Fig. 1: Vertically integrated process approach for fabrication of large-scale components machined from solid state additive manufacturing of recycled space debris.

From: Sustainable in-space manufacturing by upcycling metal space debris via a vertically integrated processing paradigm

Fig. 1: Vertically integrated process approach for fabrication of large-scale components machined from solid state additive manufacturing of recycled space debris.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Artistic rendering of on-orbit space debris41. b Image of continuous casting system used to create feedstock, c TR-AFSD process, d example of large, hollow near-net shape build fabricated using TR-AFSD42 (e) artistic rendering of fuel tanks on the lunar surface, a possible application for the proposed manufacturing paradigm43.

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