MARCH 20218 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSIN MY OPINIONOne day in 1991, I found myself mesmerized while watching a VHS video in which short bursts of green lines mysteriously and briefly appeared on a dark liquid pool."This is like Star Wars!", I exclaimed!At the end of the videotape, a solid part emerged from this dark pool, resembling the birth of an island in the ocean."This is magic!", I declared, amazingly.Of course, I was viewing a sales video of this new-fangled process called SLA--Stereo-lithography Apparatus. At that time, after 13 years as a Mechanical Design Engineer, and a newly minted ProENGINEER 3D CAD user, I quickly embarked on research projects to discover how these fledgling technologies--initially known as Rapid Prototyping (RP), and then 3D Printing (3DP) and, now Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing--Making Real Progress on Matching Delivery to PromisesBy Albert McGovern, Director of Mechanical Engineering, Shure Incorporated
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