Study Highlights 3D Printing Benefits

Chitralekha Beniwal is a business systems analyst with Lippert Components.

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A major Hoosier manufacturer has released a study that suggests use of a type of 3D printing could "revolutionize the whole metal casting industry." Elkhart-based Lippert Components Inc. (NYSE: LCII) says the research focuses on the feasibility of integrating binder jet additive manufacturing technology, compared to more traditional methods.

The study says using the technology in conjunction with sand foundries could be beneficial "with future work on integrating this technology into foundries and making it more affordable." LCI Business Systems Analyst Chitralekha Beniwal collaborated with Paul Lynch of Penn State University and Joseph Wilck of the College of William & Mary on the research. It was unveiled recently at the 2017 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering conference.

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