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Metal additive manufacturing

Recorded year1994

EOS's EOSINT M 160 melts metal powder layer by layer with a laser; GE's printed jet fuel nozzle, merging 20 parts into one, enters service in 2016.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.