NASA’s take on FDM 3D Printers for high temperature thermoplastics used as mechanically functional parts.
Nice. I wonder how much those printers will cost…
It will definitely not be the Anet A8 printer which I am building now over here… 
I posted this as a comment on another post yesterday, I’ve actually helped upgrade a Taz like this.
@Kevin_Danger_Powers it’s just a modification of a Lulzbot Taz 4, nothing too special. They swapped the hotend for an E3D V6 because the Lulzbot hexagon doesn’t get hot enough, replaced the stock E3D thermistor with a higher temp one, added an enclosure with heating lamps, cooled all the motors with compressed air (water cooling is much more effective and quieter) because the heated enclosure runs above their max rated temp, and reprinted all the ABS parts with polycarbonate and then eventually ultem.
This was done a year ago, it could be done a bit better now.
@Adam_Steinmark that is a very detailed answer. Lol. Apparently it was much cheaper than I was thinking.
@Kevin_Danger_Powers Thanks I try to be as informative as possible, especially when I’ve done extensive research on the subject.
Many thanks Adam for info! Great job.
@Adam_Steinmark , do you know if the printer ever made it to space?
It wasn’t meant for space like the Made In Space printer, just to print high temperature plastics for research. I believe they have a contract with Made In Space to supply all their FDM machines and accessories that go into space.