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Default Over-hyped 3D Printing Continues To Disappoint / not-hypedVolvo example

On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:31:53 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote:
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Excuse this lengthy post -- I try to avoid doing this, but I've been
researching this subject and some readers will find it interesing. In
the issue of FAB Shop coming out in a week or so, I wrote three
articles on AM (additive manufacturing); [...] the third is on plastic
AM tooling at Volvo trucks. [...]


Ed, thanks for the informative (although not deep) article.
I imagine you'll later post a link? Some quibbles follow.

Volvo Trucks has reduced turnaround times of assembly-line
manufacturing tools by more than 94%

I regard "reduced by x%" as problematic and would instead say
"has cut 94% of turnaround time" or "has reduced turnaround
time ... by more than a month" since you work the 94% figure in
later in the article

But how to plastics stand up to the rigors of production metalworking?

First "to" should be "do"

You have Stratasys a couple of times, Stratsys once:
thermoplastic ABSplus using its Stratasys Fortus 3D Production System.

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Jenny says "Stratasys 3D printing has made an incredible impact to the

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Stratsys is a multinational company, one among many builders of AM