Medical Implants, Aerospace Innovations Drive Growth of Laser-Based, Customizable Metal AM
Apr 22, 2020 — Additive manufacturing (AM), also sometimes referred to as 3D-printing technology, is not new to industry, but it is finding new applications in today’s market. Machines with this technology were already commercialized more than 30 years ago, using it as an effective tool for prototyping, for investigating new characteristics of single objects, or for research in a relatively small number of R&D departments. In the beginning, the devices relied on stereolithography, simple software,...