09-21-2015, 09:45 PM
(09-21-2015, 09:41 PM)Corosar Wrote:(09-21-2015, 09:02 PM)SilverOtter Wrote: Note that you can't even straight print metal and plastics. They don't bond at all without being molten, and that will cause deformation. You're basically just dumping nanodust. Even better: glue is only weak in comparison to the metal.
Solution? Use molds. Keeps it in shape until it cools, and at that point you don't need a printer. Problem: molding facilities at much larger than what they make.
Aerogel gets to keep it's priting usefulness since it probably has a bullshut property to bind with itself.
I heard it was possible witth special welding glues or welding with metal powders i would have to look up current 3d printing methods
few minutes later
ahha found something on metal 3d printing
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143552-3d-printing-with-metal-the-final-frontier-of-additive-manufacturing
as for aerogel its a rather remarkable substance... very good for insulation... it does not work like ryu says as far as shattering but... its almost as light as a feather and sounds like glass when it hits something... its weird stuff... also it can absorb heat from a bunsen burner and protect anythong on the other side... i remember seeing it protect a crayon from a burner... its rather interesting stuff
and how it is made
http://www.aerogel.org/?p=4
it could work just fine with the capsule system mentioned before
I'm pretty sure Ryuu's Aerogel is meant to be something completely different. Sort of like how in reality black holes are globs of ridiculous amounts of mass but in some settings they're portals to parallel universes and stuff.