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And is that huge 3D printer in the room with us now?
To be fair, you don't need a very huge 3D printer for that, if you divide it into a lot of smaller parts which can be assembled later.
Idk, if we can already print steel though and whether we can make it structually sufficiently stable.
I find it difficult to believe that breaking down steel to be 3d printed into large structures for a bridge is faster or more energy efficient than casting the parts instead.
Steel beams get extruded and rolled, or... 3D printed with a large custom-shaped hot end! 🤯
https://youtu.be/lHTq-zLk-fw