Metrology and Additive Manufacturing Lab ensures quality
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Tracy Rycroft, 402nd Commodities Maintenance Group mechanical engineering technician with the Metrology and Additive Manufacturing Lab, explains how 3D printer works at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Feb. 10, 2021. The plastic printing process, called fused deposition modeling, extrudes a tiny bead of plastic through a heated nozzle layer by layer until it builds a part from a Computer-Aided Model. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Mather)