Vacuum-assisted extrusion (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Vacuum-assisted extrusion

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On the right, a vacuum-assisted extrusion is leveraged in large-scale additive manufacturing to reduce porosity in printed parts. The inset image, on the left, is a close-up of the vacuum-assisted extrusion.

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Vipin Kumar/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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