A Blog for Browsing Mining, Mineral Processing, and Metals Info

The technology and its benefits

Unlike traditional manufacturing that produces fabricated engine parts through the tooling, lathing, milling, and forging process, 3-D printing builds solid objects or parts by laying down successive layers of material. According to the American Society of Testing and Materials International, 3-D printing (which is also known as “additive manufacturing”) is a process of joining materials to make objects from 3-D model data, as opposed to “subtractive” manufacturing methodologies, which are the standard and traditional manufacturing processes.

Read more at:  http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/21/how-general-electric-company-is-pushing-the-envelo.aspx