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Podcast: Additive Insight
Episode: Croom Medical R&D Manager Dr Shane Keaveney on the TALOS platform for 3D printed tantalum products
Description: On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Croom Medical R&D Manager Dr Shane Keaveney.
Croom Medical is an orthopaedic device manufacturer that produces more than 250k implants every year. The company was founded in the 1980s and began exploring the suitability of additive manufacturing technology for the production of such devices around 15 years ago.
Today, Croom Medical would consider itself an expert user of laser powder bed fusion, having deployed the technology to create porous structures that facilitate bone in growth for several years. The company also commenced an R&D project in partnership with...