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Old 17th June 2013 | 14:42
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barit1
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GE and some other companies are referring to 3D printing under another name - they're calling it "additive manufacturing".

And I'm not sure how they can achieve a wrought molecular structure (a la forging, or carbon tape layup) with 3D printing. But a LOT of development work is going on.
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