Phakathi kwamagama amakhulu embonini asebenza ngokunyathelisa kwe-3D, womabili ekwakhiweni kwamamodeli amasha nasekuthengiseni asevele ekhona, impela awukaze uzwe ngakho oesh, empeleni ngoba le yimboni yezicathulo encane ezinze eCharlottesville (United States) esanda kuthola uxhaso oluvela kwa INational Science Foundation ukuze bakwazi ukuthuthukisa iphrinta ethile ye-3D yokwenza izicathulo.
Njengoba kunengqondo, ngokungafani nakwamanye amazwe, usizo olunikezwe i-OESH alukaze lunikezwe «umunwe»Kunalokho, kuvela ohlelweni olusungulwe lwe- ucwaningo lwamabhizinisi amancane nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Njengoba kumenyezelwe ngabaqondisi bale femu encane, namhlanje bazama ukwenza iphrinta ethile ye-3D ekwaziyo ukukhiqiza izicathulo zombili izingxenye nangokuphelele, kusetshenziswa amapellets epulasitiki njengezinto eziyinhloko.
I-OESH isivele inama-prototypes amaningi asebenzayo wephrinta yayo ye-3D
Inhloso yangempela yalolu cwaningo ukudala uchungechunge lwezikhungo zokukhiqiza ezincane ezisatshalaliswa ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umkhiqizo awusatholakali eNingizimu Melika noma e-Asia futhi ubuyela e-United States. Njengenjwayelo, ukusebenzisa ngokunenzuzo ukuphrinta kwe-3D, i-OESH ifuna ukunikela amathuba wokwenza ngokwezifiso zonke izinhlobo zezicathulo namateki ngaleyo ndlela kuvumela imiklamo, okungenani kuze kube manje, engenakwenzeka ngamasu wokukhiqiza wendabuko.
Njengomniningwane wokugcina, ngaphandle kokuthi uxhaso seluklonyelisiwe ukuqhubeka nokwakha lobu buchwepheshe, iqiniso lelo namuhla I-OESH isivele inohlobo lokuqala olusebenzayo ekwaziyo ukudala izimbadada esezivele ziyamakethwa. Lezi zimbadada, ezaziwa ngegama lika-Athena, zinezikhala ezenziwa ukuphrinta kwe-3D ezintweni zeselula ze-elastomer, ngokwezifundo ezithile, ezinikeza ukusebenza okungcono kakhulu kunokwendabuko okwenziwa ngamathe kuphela. Izimbadada zithengiswa esitolo sangempela se-OESH ngentengo engu- $ 135 ngazimbili.