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		Shape Deposition Lab Head: Lee Weiss Contact: Lee Weiss Mailing address: Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Location: HH C114 (412) 268 3788 Lab Homepage

Overview

Shape Deposition Manufacturing (SDM) is a solid freeform fabrication process which systemically combines material deposition with material removal processes. Our mission is to: enable the rapid manufacture of high-quality, complex designs which could not be practically fabricated with conventional manufacturing processes take advantage of the vast, existing CNC milling machine infrastructure throughout the world by creating SFF processes which can be implemented by simply adding deposition apparatus to a CNC machine.