Millennial Metal Additive Manufacturing

The EBAM 110 system. (Image courtesy of Sciaky.)

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has reached an interesting stage in its development as a production technology. It’s certainly not young—the first research on selective laser sintering (SLS) was published in 1986—and yet the idea of 3D printing with metal is nevertheless regarded as a novel one. In short, the technology has reached that awkward phase where it’s mature, but still seen by many as an adolescent: it’…


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