Selokhu yasungulwa ngo-1995, uLokheed Martin wenze izinkulungwane eziningi ze- iminikelo embonini ye-aerospace ngobuchwepheshe obusha obuqothula umhlaba. Ngokwethulwa kwamaphrinta e-3D nokuqala kokukhiqiza okungeziwe, uLokheed usebenzise la mathuluzi ukudala konke kusuka izingxenye zemicibisholo kuya izingxenye zomkhathi.
Inkampani ye-aerospace manje isingangeza i-3D enkulu ephrintiwe ithangi likaphethiloli lesathelayithi ohlwini lwabo lwezinto abazifezile, bathatha irekhodi lengxenye enkulu ye-3D efanelekayo eyenzelwe izinhlelo zokusebenza zesikhala, ishaya indawo ebiyelwe ngosayizi we-toaster.
Ukuze ubhekane nobunzima bokwethulwa esikhaleni ngenkathi ubhekene nezingozi ezihambisana nemvelo enzima, amathangi kaphethiloli wesathelayithi kumele abe engasindi futhi aqinile, enze i-titanium ibe yinsimbi. Inkinga kuphela yokusebenzisa okokusebenza ukuthi ithangi lilinganisa ngamamitha amane ububanzi (@ 4-inches ubukhulu), futhi ukusebenzisa izindlela zokukhiqiza zendabuko bekuzothatha isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ukwakhiwa.
Ukwakha ithangi ngesilinganiso esisheshayo, onjiniyela bakwaLokheed basebenzise i- Ukukhiqiza Kwe-Electron Beam indlela lapho i-titanium iyifomu lensimbi noma le-powder futhi lihlanganiswe ndawonye ngogongolo lwe-electron. Leli thangi ngokwalo lenzelwe ukugcina amalitha kaphethiloli angama-74.4, futhi kuphela ama-dome tank aphela nge-3D ngenkathi umzimba wethangi wenziwa ngezindlela zendabuko, zonke ezabe sezihlanganiswa ndawonye.
AbakwaLokheed bahlela ukuwasebenzisela amathangi kaphethiloli LM 2100 ulayini webhasi lesathelayithi osebenza ngezinkontileka nabezempi, abezomphakathi nabezentengiselwano. Ngokusho kwabezindaba zeLokheed Martin, “Okwenziwe muva nje nguLokheed Martin kuqhubeka nendlela yezingxenye eziphrintiwe ze-3D eziqhakaze eminyakeni yamuva. Selokhu inkampani yethule izingxenye zokuqala ezake zanyatheliswa esikhaleni esijulile esikebheni lomkhumbi-mkhathi we-NASA i-Juno, isikhiqize izinkulungwane zezinto zokundiza nokunye ezisebenzisela ukusebenzisa amathuluzi nokuvikela ngokusebenzisa izinsimbi nezinhlanganisela ezahlukahlukene. ”
