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Old Sep 30, 2014 | 07:35 PM
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They say they are now printing food. Soon metal.
Gary, they have been doing metal for many years, especially in the aerospace field.

They are also doing body parts !
 
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Old Sep 30, 2014 | 08:31 PM
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Brad - Yes, but not for the consumer. However, they say that's coming.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2014 | 09:32 PM
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Additive manufacturing is huge for complex shapes like turbine blades and fuel pintles in aerospace.
Laser and electron beam sintering has been around for a long while.
GE recently purchased an Italian company and has scaled up the 'stage' of their previous equipment 50X.

There was a recent press release about their using it for powerplant turbines.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2014 | 11:01 PM
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I just remembered the latest thing in really cool printing, cheap fast flexible solar panels, developed here in Aus.

CTRL+P: Printing Australia?s largest solar cells | CSIRO
 
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That's neat. We are witnessing a huge change in manufacturing, and that is going to open up so many possibilities for creative people to seize. Gonna be fun.
 
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