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New Zealand leads the way in Titanium Additive Manufacturing
May 12, 2014
New Zealand leads the way in Titanium Additive Manufacturing
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Fig. 1 Selective laser melting (SLM) at work: additively manufactured titanium knives used by sailors on board Americas Cup challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand [1] .............................
3D printed in Ti-6Al-4V alloy powder, that was then super coated, to produce a knife that can cut super strong marine ropes in one blade stroke compared to the existing knife which took ten strokes (Fig. 1).
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Fig. 2 Selective laser melting (SLM) at work: a dog jaw bone replacement manufactured by TiDA. The customised jaw bone was printed from a CT scan and implanted, with a very happy pup back eating within 12 hours [1]
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Last edited by kach22i; 07-24-2018 at 04:21 AM..
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07-24-2018, 04:18 AM
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