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Metal 3D printers can add AND subtract?
Multiple metals can be printed in the same metal parts?
Electronics and sensors can be embedded in metal 3D printed parts?
ometry can be 3D printed with CNC quality surface finish? Metal 3D printing can occur at room temperature without shielding gas? Metal 3D printing can be used to make complex electrical interconnects?
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• Just before the pandemic, Seurat Technologies introduced its Area Printing technology that allows for solidification of entire layers of powder at one time. This could provide the speed improvement for metal AM much like the digital light processing (DLP)-based systems did for stereolithography technology several years ago. Although still in its infancy with an actual product launch not slated until at least 2023, if this technology meets expectations, it could reduce overall AM cost by a factor of 10.
• And, Xerox officially has launched a new system resulting from its acquisition of Vader systems. It prints with molten metal droplets and is focused on the aluminum market—of huge interest to many industries.
Finally, we’ve seen industries other than aerospace and medical begin to adopt metal AM more rapidly, with automo- tive leading the way as suppliers look for opportunities with the growth of electric vehicles. The biggest challenge here: meeting the production volumes needed. Perhaps the speed improvements discussed above will bring us closer to meeting those required volumes.
The heavy-industry and energy sectors also have shown increased interest in adopting AM. Typically, manufacturers in these industries look for large-scale parts but at low volumes— a perfect fit for the AM model. We expect DED systems to play a role here. 3DMP
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