The US Army has a 3D printer for ultra-strong steel gear and weapons

The prototype printer, commissioned from 3D Systems in South Carolina for $15 million, can create objects up to a volume of 1 by 1 by 0.6 metres. The makers call it the largest, fastest and most precise steel printer ever made, big enough to print entire parts for military vehicles, such as hatches.

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