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Using 3D laser scanning and rapid prototyping, Festo created its Scharnhausen Technology Plant with Industry 4.0 and complete communication at its core, showing how innovation, the Industrial Internet of things (IIoT), and sophisticated factory automation and facility design can help build the factory of the future.
Read MoreBy adding materials layer by layer using digital data from a 3D model, companies can now print miniature jet engines, engine parts, turbine engines, ultrasound transducers, pump impellers, and appliances. Even items such as clothing, pottery, shoes, eyewear, orthopedic implants, and some food products can be produced using additive-manufacturing techniques. In 2017, GE Aviation revealed it had used additive manufacturing to create a helicopter engine with 16 parts instead of 900.
Read MoreManufacturers and big industry continue to step up and make an impact during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
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