1 3 A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 2 2 *Member of ASM International DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION MOVES OUTSIDE THE BOX Metal additive manufacturing has steadily progressed over the past decade, with today’s directed energy deposition processes enabling rapid builds of large structures in near-net shape—and with minimal machining required to achieve final dimensions. A D D I T I V E M A N U F A C T U R I N G Judy Schneider, FASM,* University of Alabama in Huntsville Paul Gradl, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Image courtesy of NASA/RPM Innovations.
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