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Ford Innovates AM by Lying Down on the Job
Posted on March 8th, 2017 by Ken Klapproth in New Materials & Applications
By Ford [©2017 Ford], via Ford Media Center
Overcoming the constraint of the Cartesian coordinate system, engineers at Ford and Stratasys are finding that the future for 3D printing large parts is not looking up but looking laterally. Moving in more than just the Z-axis enables manufacturing parts theoretically of infinite length. Continue reading “Ford Innovates AM by Lying Down on the Job” »
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