实现，比利时3D印刷解决方案提供商正在通过创建西欧有史以来第一个猛mm象骨架的真人大小的复制品来解决其最大的SLA项目。
骨骼由320个骨头组成，这些骨骼已被扫描并进行了数字重建。现在，物质化将使用其适当的命名进入制造过程猛mm象立体光刻3D打印机。
“Working on the first entire mammoth skeleton ever to be 3D printed has been a unique experience,” said Dr. Mietje Germonpré, Resident Paleontologist of theRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences（RBINS）和该项目的顾问。
“ 3D打印越来越多地被证明是古生物学领域中非常有用的工具，使我们能够研究化石而不会损害珍贵的原件，并与世界各地的同事在同一化石上进行合作。
Reviving the Ice Age
利尔（Lier）的猛mm象以它被发现的比利时城（Belgium City）命名，在布鲁塞尔（Brussels）的RBINS展出了150多年。成年猛mm象的遗体由RBIN的主管Louis de Pauw重建，他使用雕刻的木制碎片代替了缺失的骨骼骨头。
实现is now bringing the mammoth back home to Lier in a contemporary form with an entirely 3D printed skeleton replica. This will be mounted on a quasi-invisible internal structure and displayed in the city of Lier.
古生物学家，科学家以及对我们地球历史感兴趣的所有感兴趣的人在研究动物和环境的发展方面，由于古代生物通过3D印刷的不朽化。
伦敦的Natural History Museum（NHM）已经证明了添加剂制造能力3D印刷的恐龙头骨的复制品。同样，来自MITused aKinect 3D扫描仪保存著名的霸王龙化石在芝加哥的野外博物馆。
打印机
重建Lier的猛mm象，提出了几个“争夺骨头”，将原始化石转化为3D印刷模型并不是一件容易的事。
“The scale of the project is challenging, particularly because we had to bring different experts together, including engineers, paleontologists, and finishing specialists, and align our vision of the finished model, all while meeting tight deadlines,” said Gertjan Brienen, Project Manager at Materialise.
Yet, in collaboration with their RBIN resident paleontologists, Materialise, with the Materialise Magics and Materialise 3-matic software, was able to achieve the highest degree of anatomical accuracy. Brienen added:
“原始的猛mm骨骨骼缺少几根骨头，包括其左象牙。我们反映了正确的象牙，并将其重新创建了物质3-Matic，以获得比用于完成原始骨架的木制象牙更精确的复制品。这意味着3D打印的猛mm象将比原始版本更科学地精确。”
实现also sought the tooling expertise of its daughter companyRapidFit，在塑料骨骼内部创建碳内部结构，这将有助于整个猛mm骨骨骼的组装。这导致重量重量为300千克。
打印机床尺寸为220x70x80，猛mm象立体光刻3D打印机将在大约一个月内制造骨骼，一次涂抹1/10毫米的树脂。然后，3D打印的骨头将完成，涂漆和组装，以类似于原始骨架。
Following its completion, the 3D printed mammoth will be on display in the city of Lier in October.
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Featured image shows Materialise employee holding a 3D printed mammoth bone. Photo via Materialise.
