How to Use additive manufacturing in a Sentence

additive manufacturing

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  • The plant will be able to machine parts parts, weld and join parts and perform additive manufacturing, Pacheco said.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 18 Feb. 2020
  • At the dawn of the 2010s, the device seemed destined to reimagine the creative process, putting the power of additive manufacturing within anyone's grasp.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2017
  • But in the last few months, there's been growing evidence that the big OEMs are waking up to the advantages of additive manufacturing.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The Pentagon hopes this is the start of big things to come, as additive manufacturing could allow for newer, stronger parts for aging aircraft produced in less time.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2019
  • Think of additive manufacturing as 3D printing on a very large scale.
    — John Clemons, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • The €100 million fund is the first of its kind dedicated to additive manufacturing (AM) and has emerged with its initial closing today.
    — Sarah Goehrke, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The property is on the site of a former coal mine and now is home to GE’s additive manufacturing business, which is essentially 3-D printing with high-strength metal.
    — Thomas Gryta, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
  • That’s the beautiful thing about additive manufacturing: the complexity doesn’t scale with the size.
    — Steve Tengler, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Meanwhile, since March 2020, additive manufacturing has been one of the few industries to grow despite the pandemic.
    — WIRED, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The landscape for additive manufacturing and its use in industry has completely transformed over the past 10 years.
    — Bill King, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • The Australian Navy is researching cold spray, a form of additive manufacturing, to repair submarines.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2020
  • Its long-term goal is to build factories in space using additive manufacturing.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 July 2019
  • This is the biggest proof point for our novel additive manufacturing approach.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Porter told Fortune that the fund has closed investments in two other companies—one in additive manufacturing, the other in transportation—that have not been made public.
    — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 12 June 2018
  • However, had the blinders been removed, the Buyer would have seen the full financial picture of 3D printing and additive manufacturing.
    — Steve Tengler, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • That’s where metal 3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing, or AM) comes in.
    — Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • Geomiq, an additive manufacturing and machining startup based in London, is looking for a person to fork over their face for a new line of human-looking robots.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The Yangqu dam is not the first impressive additive manufacturing idea proposed by the researchers of Tsinghua University.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2022
  • What’s new here Using 3D printing — also called additive manufacturing — to create food isn’t a new concept.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Lapsa and Feldman also weren't as bullish on additive manufacturing or pushing the limits on 3D-printing an entire rocket.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The creepy accomplishment was made possible by a new approach to additive manufacturing that can print both rigid and elastic materials at the same time in high resolution.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Going back to the additive manufacturing problem, a 3-D printing task involves building an object layer by layer.
    — Eli David, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • When most of us think of 3-D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, we picture jets depositing layers of plastic to create models for hobbyists.
    — Matthew Gault, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The engine passed its main test by proving its hardware – made by additive manufacturing or 3D printing – could operate for long periods under extreme heat and pressure.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But Mook also notes that the workforce needed to engineer via additive manufacturing tech isn’t readily available.
    — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Large-scale additive manufacturing, like desktop 3D printing, involves building objects one layer at a time.
    — James Rose, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The combination of additive manufacturing and AI creates three major risk areas, according to the report’s authors.
    — Matthew Gault, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2019
  • At its core, Relativity is an additive manufacturing company, with the goal of printing the majority of its rockets.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The findings might help researchers develop tech for soft robots, drug deliveries, and additive manufacturing.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Pittsburgh wasn’t selected to become the home of metal additive manufacturing (AM) — the industrial name for 3D printing — solely because of its history in metal fabrication.
    — Carolyn Schwaar, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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