Arcam and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tennessee, US, has signed a co-operation agreement under which the parties will facilitate the introduction of Arcam’s EBM technology to US industry through a Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF).
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Accessibility is a key issue around 3D printing for makers and consumers, yet while these two groups have different prerequisites in terms of what they need access to, this is a fundamental issue that needs focus and coherence.
The community of AM, along with the growing interest from media journo's, have banded around talk of AM as 'the next industrial revolution', a 'technology revolution', 'a new technology age'.
The following column was prompted by a 2009 article in the Economist entitled 'Cluster champs: How racing cars built an industry.' In this response the Bloodhound project's Dan Johns examines the implications for the Additive Manufacturing industry.