General Electric, owezizwe zomhlaba waseNyakatho Melika, usanda kumangaza umphakathi ngemuva kokwenza isithembiso somphakathi sokulawula izinkampani ezimbili ezinkulu zaseYurophu ezihlobene nomhlaba wokuphrinta kwe-3D, njengeSweden I-Arcam nowaseJalimane Izixazululo ze-SLM. Inani lokuthenga lezinkampani zombili lifinyelela ngaphezu kokuhlaba umxhwele Ama-dollar ayi-1.400 ngaleyo ndlela kukhombisa, futhi, ukuthi ukuphrinta kwe-3D sekuba ubuchwepheshe obuqala ukuyeka ukusetshenziswa ekuboniseni ukuthi kube yinto yangempela futhi ephathekayo.
Ngokuningiliziwe, ngikutshele ukuthi uGeneral Electric ubengenye yezinkampani zaseNyakatho Melika ezibheje kakhulu ekusetshenzisweni kokuphrinta kwe-3D ekwakheni zonke izinhlobo zezingxenye, ubufakazi balokho engikushoyo ukuthi unakho kanjani inkampani uqobo isebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe ukwenza imibhobho yenjini yayo entsha yezindiza ye LEAP, nakho okwaphawula intuthuko enkulu ekusetshenzisweni kokuphrinta kwe-3D ekukhiqizweni ngobuningi. Manje, ngenxa yokutholwa kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili, uGeneral Electric uzoqinisa kakhulu isikhundla sakhe, azuze, futhi, ukukhula okusheshayo esikhathini esifushane.
I-General Electric Yethula Isipesheli esingu- $ 1.400 Billion Sokulawula Izixazululo ze-Arcam ne-SLM
Ukwahlukanisa ukuthengwa nokubhekela yonke into eshicilelwe, sifunda ukuthi uGeneral Electric ekugcineni ukhokhe inani seliphelele $ 762 million ngabakwaSLM Solutions, inkampani ekhethekile ekwenzeni imishini ye-laser yokuphrinta kwe-3D imikhiqizo ye-Aerospace, amandla, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nezinkampani zezimoto. Ngokwengxenye yayo, I-Arcam kubize uGeneral Electric omunye Ama-dollar ayi-685, inani okwakumele alikhokhe ukuze alawule umsunguli womshini osuselwa emishayweni ye-electron yobuchwepheshe bensimbi bokuphrinta be-3D.