Laser forming and deposition processes to cut time, costs. (Materials Progress: Forming/Processing).

Advanced Materials & Processes,  February, 2003  

Tags: General Electric Co., laser

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The application of laser beams to heat and bend sheet metal is to be developed in a joint venture led by General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, N.Y.; and the application of laser beams to sinter titanium powders into three-dimensional shapes is to be developed by Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., in two Advanced Technology Projects announced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.

These are two of the forty cost-shared awards selected by NIST to advance challenging projects that have high potential. In the three-year GE project, re-searchers will ...

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