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Lane Carlson, Xueren Wang

ARIES Pathways Project MeetingGaithersburg, MD, Oct 13-14, 2011

3D DivertorModel

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Dimension 1200es printer overview

• Build size: 10 x 10 x 12 in • Layer thickness: 0.10 in (0.254 mm)• Material: ABS Plus plastic

(multiple colors

available)

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Simple, cost-effective, insightful

• Print time: 7.5 hours• Part cost: ~$25 materials• Printer cost: free to us• 1:1, full scale

Layout on printing platter

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The value in mockups

• Broadens intuition about: • clearances/fit• construction and assembly• maintenance schemes• fluid flow

He fluid flow path

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Finger-plate divertor concept printed

Fingerassembly

Cartridge

Channel

Cyl. ring, thimble, armor

1:1 scale

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Possible Future Printing

• Full-size divertor module 0.5 m long (glued together)• Entire tokamak or sector?• Other parts of interest?

0.01 in. resolution attainable