Interestingly enough, as Connecticut-based Oxford Performance Materials Inc. (OPM) has developed its 3D printing processes and materials, the company has simultaneously managed to create parts that are both biocompatible and aerospace compliant. Straddling the industries of medicine and aerospace, OPM is capable of printing jet engine parts that may be safe inside of one’s body and implants strong enough to fly in a fighter jet. After much success in the medical industry, taking home the first FDA clearance for a 3D printed cranial implant, the company is continuing to expand its entry into the aerospace and industrial manufacturing markets with two grades of its OXFAB 3D printing materials: OXFAB-N and OXFAB-ESD.…
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