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Accufusion Inc. (Canada) Accufusion is commercializing Laser Consolidation (LC) technology developed by the National Research Council’s (NRC) Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (IMTI). It’s a net-shape laser powder forming process that’s aimed at high value alloy parts and tools. Optomec Design Company Commercialization of the Laser Engineered Net Shaping process (TM) (LENS ®) developed at Sandia. LENS ® and Laser Enginered Net Shaping (TM) are registered trademarks of Sandia National Labs. and Sandia Corp. The company's tradename for the technology is the Direct Metal Deposition SystemTM (DMDSTM). Also developing Mesoscale Integrated Circuit Electronics (MICE) technology. POM Group Provides Direct Metal DepositionTM technology, a laser powder forming process and also operates as a service bureau. Focused on the injection molding tool market. Controlled Metal Build-up (CMB) (Germany) This is a process for direct manufacture of metal objects developed at the Fraunhofer Institute. It's a laser powder forming process, but each layer is milled flat before addition of a subsequent layer. The procees was being commercialized by Albrecht-Roeders, Germany, but technical problems have forced indefinite delays.
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