STATE OF THE INDUSTRY Hybrid Systems
Several companies are developing products that join additive and subtractive (i.e., CNC milling) processes into a single machine. The belief is that one platform can combine
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the benefi t of producing complex structures made possible with AM with the accuracy and surface fi nish of milling. The idea has merit, although the current offerings have not en- tered the mainstream and are mostly in their infancy. Among the companies that are offering, or planning to offer hybrid systems, are DMG Mori, Matsuura, Mazak, Mitsui Seiki, Optomec, and Thermwood. Hy- brid Manufacturing Technologies has commercialized a deposition head that can be integrated into a CNC machin- ing center, an approach that Mazak has chosen.
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are available for metal AM systems than for polymer systems. This is in- teresting, given that metal systems did not begin to gain traction until 2013. From 2005 to 2012, only 101 to 202 systems were sold annually worldwide, according to the Wohlers Report. Meanwhile, industrial-based polymer AM systems (those priced at more than $5000) have sold in the thou- sands of units annually for each of the past 12 years. The difference is that the metal systems are mostly open, meaning that third-party materials can be used with them.
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