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Additive Manufacturing Equipment 1.  Metal Printers Open Additive Metal Printer based on Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Open process paramater specification Peak laser power: 300 W Build volume: 6 in x 6 in x 9.5 in Integrated sensors for meltpool temperature and spatter characterization Materials: steels, Ni-base alloys, titanium alloys, aluminum alloys Orlas Creator Metal Printer based on Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Build volume: 6 in x 6 in x 9.5 in Materials: steels 2.  Polymer SLS Printer Formlab Fuse 1 Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Printer Peak laser power: 10 W Yb FIber Spot Size: 200 um Build volume: 6.5 in x 6.5 in x 11.8 in Integrated sensors for meltpool temperature and spatter characterization Materials: Nylon 11, 12, and Nylon based composites 3. Inkjet Printers for Printed Electronics Jetlab 4xl by Microfab Materials: Any jettable material Dimatix by Fujifilm Materials: Any jettable material 4.  Polymer Printers Based on Vat Polymerization Formlab Form 2 Fabpro 1000 by 3DSystems 5.  Polymer Extrusion Based Printer Stratasys Dimension 1200es, uses ABS material Stratasys Mojo, uses ABS material Stratasys uPrint SE Plus, uses ABS