Big Metal Printing – Realising the Potential of Additive Manufacturing SUCCESS STORY: smart City In 2011, the South African aviation manufacturing solutions provider Aerosud and the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) teamed up to launch a challenging 3D printing project, Aeroswift. Featuring a new generation of metal additive manufacturing (AM) system with a bigger build volume than ever before, the goal of the Aeroswift project was to unlock the potential provided by the growing AM industry, improve market competitiveness, and provide South Africa with a unique competitive edge in metal AM. With the Aeroswift system, it is possible to print much bigger parts than ever before, and print them 10 times faster than any other commercially available lase

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