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 * Additionally, the technology assessment methodology by `Hicking and Heimes 2022 <https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-63758-6_14>`_ is used
 * The special advantages of laser material processing are taken into account in the search and evaluation of kinematic systems 
 
+Acknowledgements
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+* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germanys Excellence Strategy – EXC-2023 Internet of Production – 390621612
+* The authors acknowledge the financial support by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany in the framework of Research Campus Digital Photonic Production (project number: 13N15423)
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 Results
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