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• The use of metal additive manufacturing (AM) for production at scale appears to be steadily increasing, as evidenced by recent announcements like EOS’s sale of 30 M4 ONYX systems to...
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The use of metal additive manufacturing (AM) for production at scale appears to be steadily increasing, as evidenced by recent announcements like EOS’s sale of 30 M4 ONYX systems to Beehive Industries. Beyond the near-term potential for added production capacity by experienced users like Beehive, the pace of this scale-up will depend on how quickly new users can effectively implement metal AM into their workflows.
That, in turn, will depend on the trajectory of a combination of other factors, some of which are workforce development, qualification of materials, and quality control. Phase3D, maker of the AM in-situ monitoring (ISM) device Fringe Inspection and provider of its associated software programs, has a solution that can help the AM industry address all three of those needs.
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