[Jeff Higgins]

I had the opportunity to utilize this technology for several years prior to my retirement. It was a very handy tool to have in one's tool kit in our odd little corner of the aviation world. We used it to produce smaller tooling, finding it to be a good deal faster than conventional machining in many cases. Not any sort of a "be all, end all" by any means, but very good for specific applications.

The company had just begun to make "flyaway" parts with this technology by the time I had left. Baby steps - they were all interior trim parts, and none of them "structural" in any way. Think plastic trim bits that are traditionally die cast, extruded, drape formed, and such. They were just delving into the certification processes for some more "critical" parts, so I would think they are by now producing at least something beyond little decorative tid bits.