What does it take to make additive manufacturing mainstream

Posted on 21 Nov 2017 by Fred Tongue

Additive manufacturing has been around since 1983, but it has not yet been adopted by mainstream manufacturing, what is missing for AM to breakthrough.

Additive manufacturing is not a new tool to manufacturers. For decades it has been used in prototyping and has been used more and more to produce non-critical components. However it still hasn’t made the leap to full-scale production yet, despite the technology being capable. The concern over the strengths of the products that are created…

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