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[charlie T colton]

All 5 of us?

I thought it was 4.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

"Alternatively GE my use DTI as a center of excellence type of resource to support research generally. However, it seems like GE has centers of excellence type facilities popping up ever day."

Yes, they do seem like they're popping up every other day. But as far as I know, none of them have true finishing capabilities on site and none of them are used for true production runs. I wouldn't use the place for contract work to non-GE customers. It would be a concentrated location to build additive expertise for end-use manufacturing within GE, a true storefront in "The GE Store".

GE "talks" about being the new digital company with ton's of innovation. I'd unleash a bunch of young (AND young thinking) engineers and technicians in this facility and see what they could do with the hundreds/thousands of additive use cases that have been identified within GE. I'm hard pressed to think of other GE additive production facilities that have finishing capabilities on site. Cincinnati with Morris Technologies, Cameri with Avio Aero, and maybe Auburn with the fuel nozzles. There are probably a bunch with a couple of machines but not many with 6 or more with planned room to grow. It's not just "designing for additive", it's "designing for additive with the necessary finishing to spec." To become a master, one needs to see the process as a whole.


When (if?) the facility is successful, GE could show it to current and potential additive customers to share their lessons learned.