Optimized Design for 3D Printed Valve Block Sheds Weight, Size and Gains Improved Performance Keywords: Additive Manufacturing, OptiStruct, Lightweight Design, Optimization, Altair Partner Alliance, Materialise New approach realizes full benefits of additive manufacturing Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, offers many advantages over traditional manufacturing methods. Additive manufacturing can produce very complex component geometries, gives designers and engineers unmatched design freedom, and allows for a much more structurally efficient and lightweight design. Increasingly, companies in a wide variety of industries are looking to reap the rewards of additive manufacturing. They soon realize, however, that they can only gain the full benefits

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