3D printing science

Disney fans worldwide biennial Expo in Los Angeles earlier this week came to an end. Scheduled for the end of 2015, the park opened in Shanghai Disney Resort will be the history of the highest tech Disneyland theme park, some of the new technology is expected to put into use in Shanghai, ensuring Shanghai Paradise achieved "amazing success." 

8 hours 3D printing fairy tale castle 

Disneyland in the world all in all there is a fairy-tale castle built, each castle is also inhabited by a world-famous princess. And other Disney castle is different, Shanghai Disney fantasy fairy tale castle is not only leading in height and footprint, will be by far the most interactive Disney castle. The center of the castle will be a breathtaking, winding up the ladder, up the stairs to open a magical metal powder  journey tourists, like being in a "fairy tale time tunnel." The castle will be ship within park rides finale scene in the castle at the bottom of the chamber, the bright lights of the fountain in the pond flashing swaying dance, so that visitors immersed in the magic of music and colors being. 

Castle so complicated, if using traditional techniques to produce models, it may take weeks or months. Today, Disney introduced the latest 3D printing technology, to make things easy. Reporters saw at the show, there is a model of Disneyland Paris Castle is completed by the 3D Aluminium Magnesium Alloy powder printing technology. Model, stairs, walkways, corridors and other architectural details fiber cents. Staff said, shaping the model construction Disney rides a key step in the past to rely on hand-built castle in Paris cardboard model, the engineers took a full three weeks, and 3D printing only need eight hours, "These high-tech will improve Shanghai park design efficiency, let us work more efficiently. " 

Simulation-style experience to create a new project 

Roller coaster enough stimulation? Scary haunted house, what time to appear doll props in order to play the best results? These recreational experience was only possible after the completion of large-scale Ferromanganese powderfacilities felt, but now there is a technology that allows engineers, and even visitors ahead "Falls", which is an immersive experience of 3D simulation technology. 

Show, Walt Disney Imagineering department first demonstration of this technology. This system is a bit like a small 3D cinema experience who wear glasses, eyes a circular screen will appear rides inside scenes. The game starts, those who experience a feeling of riding on a tour bus, with the scene changes, ups and downs, Ferrochrome powder. Corner, a monster suddenly appeared, accompanied by a terrible background music, indeed shocked. 

At Disney Imagineering department for 30 years • Tom Morris said that this technology can help engineers design rides beginning, a clear understanding of the experience of visitors to experience and thus make the necessary changes to ensure that tourists in the short short minutes of the game, to get the greatest satisfaction. Currently, this technology has been successfully used in Disney's California Adventure's Cars, Hong Kong Disneyland's Mystic and so on. "This technology has been applied to Shanghai park started the design process to help engineers design more exciting, and more fantasy rides." • Tom Morris said that the Shanghai park many rides will be global for the first time, even some traditional rides, will be redesigned and re-creators want, so this immersive experience 3D sprayed welding alloy powder technology will come in handy. 

Walt Disney Theme Parks and Resorts Chairman Tang Shide, said: "Disney has been working to build a freer, more personalized resort, Shanghai Paradise is no exception."