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So far, most service bureaus and manufacturing companies stick to what they know. Not only for OCD reasons, but gleaming lines of identical LPBF machines are also arrayed on impossibly clean floors, equidistant. It looks lovely, of course; everything feels in order, in its place. And by following one general machine architecture and one company’s logic, everything is easier, of course. There are some economies of scale, like discounts on powder and reusing certain equipment and software across the fleet. Training and operations are easier too. But, of course, we know why people stick to one vendor or one system. Trauma. It’s a trauma bond. Implementing AM was so incredibly difficult and traumatic way back when that people are loath to go beyond what works. But now products have improved, a