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Demonstrator coils on the build platform after L-PBF.
A GSTP funded activity established and verified an end-to-end process for the additive manufacturing of pure copper electromagnetic coils.
The activity successfully demonstrated how the electrical conductivity of pure copper can now be combined with the design freedom of additive manufacturing – both are important factors in the performance of electromagnetic coils – and enable the production of coils with complex shapes to generate dedicated magnetic field shapes.