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Branch wins NASA’s 3D printing challenge
While the NASA competition was about brute strength, Branch Technology also demonstrated a different way of thinking about 3D printed construction.
19th September 2017
Innovation in Textiles
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Chattanooga, TN
Tasked with producing three beams, three cylinders, and a dome out of indigenous Martian regolith and recyclable materials, Branch Technology won all segments of the competition. Performing better than any other team, the structure was able to take double the load of a competing concrete dome in the stress test at a maximum load of 1,694 kg.
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