An REF engineer displays a completed part—a 3D-printed 90-degree strain relief offset connector—while others are being produced in the background. The connectors, designed and fabricated by REF engineers at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prevent cables from breaking when attached to a piece of equipment. However, AM experts noted that having a finished part is not the same thing as being able to use the finished part: It has to meet the Army’s standards, as does the machine that makes it. (U.S. Army photo by Jon Micheal Connor, Army Public Affairs)
| Date Taken: | 10.19.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 01.28.2019 10:36 |
| Photo ID: | 5059715 |
| VIRIN: | 190128-A-A4416-001 |
| Resolution: | 3648x2432 |
| Size: | 578.53 KB |
| Location: | US |
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