The Shape of Things to Come: GE and the Future of Manufacturing
With the beginning of a new year and it’s a great time to peer into the future. At GE, this does not require tea leaves. Some of the technologies that will help shape the world already exist in the company’s research labs. Take a look at manufacturing. Sometimes, the disruptive innovation is not what is being made but how. For more than a century, people made complex goods such as engine parts, turbine blades, and precise sprocket wheels by machining and taking away material to obtain the finished product. However, a new approach called additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, eliminates most of that laborious process.
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As a retired G.E. employee , I am delighted to see G.E. presented in the way it is in these brief messages. It is still true , that at G.E. , the people make the difference , and these show it.
Thank you for your kind words Tom!
I hope this will improve appliance reliability.
I am somewhat familiar with 3D printing. I saw a demonstration on an e-mail pasted to me from a friend. It is amazing. I can see why GE would be interested in such a process.