Metal grain development is dependent on cool down rates for fresh builds. I doubt they will or want to change the rate given their success in producing parts that demand toughness and hardness.
EB requires few if any supports so parts can be stacked and each layer in a stack can have several builds.
What's left out of the LBM discussion on this is that there's an additional annealing process that involves another cycle of heating and cooling.
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