Y E S ! There is indication that these rib feet lend themselves to EBM production. Read the ORNL paper. Read the Avio links that Trancom posted.
Find "Case Study: Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Brackets." In this case BALD brackets. I posted it before. This article was published in March 2013. At the time they suggested that certification was the only barrier to application. Those involved in the paper stated that "EBM technology is a suitable additive manufacturing technology to produce complex aerospace components, such as the BALD bracket."
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