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Inside Quality Digest Live for Sept. 29, 2017
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3D concrete printer is printing layers of cement paste.
Credit: A. Thomas/NIST
Our most recent episode of QDL from Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. featured news, technology, and two great interviews. Let’s have a closer look:
Conquering the Challenges of Technological Growth and Success
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Tesla Model 3: Scaling operations to meet mass production demands without compromising product quality will be challenging.
Credit: Tesla Motors
Printing With Concrete: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
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Here, the printer is printing a carbon fiber-infused plastic mesh on a layer of cement paste. The mesh is laying down on the cement well and is not sticking to the nozzle, which is rare.
Since commercially available 3D printers came out a few years ago, their capabilities have radically expanded. At first, they could only print little things out of plastic, but now people have begun to print working cars and even bridges.
Inside Quality Digest Live for Sept. 22, 2017
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Oh sure. It looks friendly enough...
Our Sept. 22, 2017, episode of QDL was decidely techie, covering artifical intelligence, the internet of things, Manufacturing Day, and a cool color-matching tool that uses your smart phone.