The US Navy's aircraft carrier, the Truman aircraft carrier, has a 3D printing laboratory. The sailors on board used it to invent a useful small device, the Tru Clip, which is a small 8-shaped plastic piece that has saved thousands of the Navy. Dollar. According to the deputy of Casey Staidl of the aircraft carrier's 3D printing lab, the combat department on the ship asked the 3D printing lab whether it could solve a common problem on board ships - the buckles on the hand-held walkie-talkies they used were often damaged. To solve this problem, Staidl and the other three sailors in the 3D printing lab thought about it and finally came up with this practical and inexpensive design Tru Clip. Staidl says that the cost of 3D printing for each Tru Clip is about 6 cents, far less than the $615 that the Navy typically spends replacing a buckle. In the past three months, the ship has saved about $12,000 for this. “It looks simple, not an unexpected innovation, but it saves us a lot of money,†Staidl said. “In the past two and a half years, the Truman has spent $146,000 on these small accessories alone.†He said that since the Tru Clip was designed, the Truman has only ordered two expensive buckles, and these two buckles are only stored as spare parts. Staidl said the Navy is likely to save more money as the design becomes more widely used on the fleet. Interestingly, the aircraft carrier Truman has sent the digital files of the design to the International Space Station, where the astronauts will print them out and use them in their own work using the 3D printer on the space station. According to the plan, the space station may print the first Tru Clip in 3D on June 17th, which coincides with the date of the National Week of Making sponsored by the White House. This activity is to encourage the US government to invent its invention. Established by home and innovators. It is understood that the Truman is the first of the 10 US Navy aircraft carriers equipped with 3D printers. The other two aircraft carriers, the Essex and the Kearsarge, are also equipped with 3D printers. Petty Officer Jerrod Jenkins, director of the 3D printing lab, said the main purpose of the pilot project was to determine the practicality of the 3D printer for the fleet. So far, the 3D printer has proven its usefulness through various practical applications. For example, it has been used to quickly manufacture hose fixtures for anesthesiologists on board, to make switch covers that prevent people from hitting important switches. "We've been exposed to 3D printing for many years, but now it has become quite cheap," Jenkins said. "It's not the kind of machine that costs $60,000." Jenkins hopes that one day it will be able to replace the huge storage room that the Navy currently uses to store spare parts with 3D printers. Make Up Brushes Set,Make Up Brush Sets,Professional Makeup Brush Set,16-32Pcs Makeup Brush Set Guangzhou Yafei Makeup Toiletry Co.,Ltd , https://www.yfmakeupbrush.com
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3D printed parts designed on the Truman aircraft carrier are used on the space station.