3D Systems Receives U.S. Air Force Rapid Innovation Fund Award

By on November 2nd, 2012 in Usage

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3D Systems Corporation announced that its Paramount advanced manufacturing team  has received a $2.95M award to transition specially engineered materials and the company’s Selective Laser Sintering technology to the production of various components in the F-35 and other weapons systems to improve affordability and sustainability. The two-year project will reduce cost within the manufacturing process and leverage the freedom of design inherent in 3D printing  to minimize waste and validate direct manufacturing’s repeatability and accuracy of aerospace parts.
 
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