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Velo3D Partners with U.S. Navy to Bolster Maritime Industrial Base Through Advanced 3D Printing of Critical Ship Components
Velo3D, Inc. (Nasdaq: VELO), a leading additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical metal parts, has entered a contract, valued at $6M USD, to develop and qualify copper nickel alloy (CuNi) for use in its line of Sapphire printers. The agreement, which includes qualifying the alloy for use in Velo3D's large-format Laser Powder-Bed Fusion (LPBF) Sapphire XC printer, supports the U.S. Navy Maritime Industrial Base Program's efforts to accelerate ship repairs.
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