 This study compared two different methods of additive manufacturing, AM, technologies for metals, material extrusion, mechs, and laser powder bed fusion of metals, PBFLB-slash-M. The results showed that PBFLB-slash-M had significantly higher hardness and less porosity than mechs. This article was authored by Yanis Kluxensky, Kharagina Yasik, Yakub Lusik, and others.