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Manufacturer EOS (Novi, MI) had a lot to share at MD&M West this week regarding its P 800 laser-sintering system. Touted as the first laser-sintering system operating at up to 385°C processing high-performance polymers, the P 800 is enabling development of innovative and traditionally difficult-to-manufacture implants and parts.

As the first and only U.S. company currently in possession of this laser-sintering platform, Royal Engineered Composites (Minden, NE) realized its potential and branched out from the aerospace market to serve the medical device industry, according to Scott Killian, HTLS business development for the company. Within the past year or so, Killian notes, Royal has provided laser-sintered prototypes of orthopedic implants and…

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