US ITER

3D Printed Central Solenoid

A “toy”-sized, but accurately scaled, version of the ITER central solenoid (left) with one of the 18 toroidal field coils, printed on a desktop 3D printer. The pink oval represents the plasma. Notice the action figure at right showing the model’s scale. Photo: US ITER/ORNL A “toy”-sized, but accurately scaled, version of the ITER central solenoid (left) with one of the 18 toroidal field coils, printed on a desktop 3D printer. The pink oval represents the plasma. Notice the action figure at right showing the model’s scale.
Photo: US ITER/ORNL