Metal 3D Printing: A Machine Shop’s 73 Year-old Journey in the Industry

By Wesley Hart Imperial Machine & Tool Co. took delivery of their first metal additive manufacturing (AM) machine in 2013 — a Selective Laser Melting system from SLM Solutions. The decision to invest was made after seeing one of these “metal 3D printers” in action, growing a component layer-by-layer from titanium. That demonstration made it […]

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