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Rejoice, ye process engineers! Your raised concerns do not go in vain. Additive manufacturing (AM) materials qualification is genuinely becoming the central focal point for commercialization efforts in the industry’s metals market segment.
Of course, depending on whose perspective one takes into account, it could be argued that, already for years, materials qualification has been the central focal point for commercialization of metal AM. However, the seemingly infinite additional obstacles also standing in the way of commercialization may have prevented the broader market from giving materials qualification the attention needed to spur sufficient momentum. Metal AM OEMs may have needed to first earn the right, essentially, to focus primarily on qualification.
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