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Additive/Subtractive Hybrid CNC Machine Tools Continue to Make Gains (Includes Video)

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The term, “hybrid,” refers to a machine tool that is also something more — usually it connotes combining additive manufacturing (AM) and the machine tool’s normal work of “subtractive” machining within a single machine able to mix both operations in a single cycle.