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    Corps explores deploying 3D mobile fab labs [Image 4 of 4]

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    The image shows a military-style olive drab shelter or equipment container positioned on a concrete pad adjacent to a brick building. A large yellow flexible ventilation duct connects an external HVAC/environmental control unit to the container, which has its door open. The setup appears to be a field-deployable command or equipment shelter being serviced or conditioned.

    CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    08.01.2017

    Photo by Kaitlin Kelly 

    Marine Corps Systems Command

    The X-FAB, or Expeditionary Fabrication, Facility is a self-contained, transportable additive manufacturing lab comprised of a 20-by-20-foot shelter, 3-D printers, a scanner and computer-aided design software system that can be used to fabricate repair and replacement parts in the field. The Marine Corps is using an X-FAB located with the 2nd Maintenance Battalion at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to explore this expeditionary capability. If acquired, the system can help expedite heavy equipment repairs in deployed environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kaitlin Kelly)

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    Date Taken: 08.01.2017
    Date Posted: 08.15.2017 12:09
    Photo ID: 3676005
    VIRIN: 170801-M-ZZ999-218
    Resolution: 5184x3456
    Size: 7.68 MB
    Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US
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    A 3D printer is actively printing a green filament object on a brown/orange print bed. The object being printed has a wide decorative base with detailed surface textures and a narrow threaded or spiral column extending upward toward the print nozzle. The printer head, branded 'Hexagon,' is positioned directly above the in-progress print.
    A U.S. Marines servicemember, identified by name tape as 'HAEDER,' is presenting or demonstrating a small 3D-printed object in what appears to be a mobile fabrication or additive manufacturing lab. A computer monitor behind him displays a 3D CAD model that corresponds to the object he is holding. The setting appears to be a field or forward-deployed technical workspace.
    A person wearing US Marine Corps MARPAT camouflage uniform is leaning into an open enclosure of a large 3D printer, closely inspecting the print bed and mechanism. The machine features an orange gantry/rail system with a print head assembly, and a blue adhesive surface on the build platform. A partially printed red object is visible on the print bed.
    The image shows a military-style olive drab shelter or equipment container positioned on a concrete pad adjacent to a brick building. A large yellow flexible ventilation duct connects an external HVAC/environmental control unit to the container, which has its door open. The setup appears to be a field-deployable command or equipment shelter being serviced or conditioned.

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