This technology benefits from a high-power laser to fabricate the part in a layer- and step-wise process of sequential welding.  The high rate of the focused energy of laser source on the surface of the object under fabrication produces a melting pool into which the powder or wire material is guided. This powder and wire add material to melt pool to solidify and gradually define the object eventually.  As shown in Fig. 1, a multi-axis motion stage makes it possible to scan the cross-section, similar to the powder bed system, while continuing to add the material to the pools.  The part is placed while the nozzle or wire feed moves in three dimensions to describe a 3D final shape from the original digital file.  The part that comes out of the machine is fully functional and dense, where its strength is reportedly comparable or even better than the wrought material.