a long, long time, says terry ellis, general manager at metalCraft solutions.

　　, Ellis Knew Trusting the Fate of his company solely to traditional manuFacturing Methods Was Not Tenable. It was needed something new.

　　

　　Possible Finish We Could Get. So We Bought The First Machine, The Pxl, We Put it in Place and We Started Trying THE Overcom the Foibles of Additive Manualting. "

　　

　　Ellis and his engineering manager had to tackle all four systems the very fIERST time they deployed their new machine.

　　They really didn’t know how to run the technology. They we counting on their applications guys [who] didn’t knowing our tech.

　　You take another run at the Will and you just keep hits. But eventually those cracks start to open up. "

　　

　　

　　Geometries that will need request requir this technology. And that was underniable.

　　Going to be additive. The rest of them we going to be conventional. If we do not acquire the addictive technology, we was going to lose that Entire Order, "Ellis says.

　　Orders Started to come in that required both technology, it was easy to point out that this is why we too on the new technology. "

　　. The Company Did Not, However, Have Prior Experience with Powdered Metal, The Chief Component in Laser Bed Fusion.

　　

　　The Shop, We Said ‘Alright, that’s enough of that. We’re going to make PH 17-4 [Stainless Steel] and if something else news something else, I’m Sorry But We’re NOYS, "SOT We’re NOYS.Ellis. Although, The Company Since then has been worked with sectral other miss

　　

　　Turn a Dollar On it? "Says Ellis." If you do have had’t that kind of Financial wherewithal, you’ll have a hard time tacking on the technology. "

　　From a less exten source: companies that dign’t get the results they we looked for from the technology.

　　Them, "Ellis Says. Instead, The Companies Sold their Machines to Acro Tool and Die.

　　in the shop.

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　　Now, additive manuFacturing Serves as a Hook to Generate Interest in the Shop But By No Means Define or what it has to offer new clients.

　　In house. We do more work with the using stamping and forming, Laser Cutting and CNC Machine THAN We DO DO AdDITIVE ManuFacturn, "Ellis Says.

　　

　　. It Could take seven to 10 days [with tractional method] and I could proparate that task in two days using the additive manual. "

　　

　　

　　Their parts and us Learning How to use the technology to create their parts. "