Not sure how useful it is yet, but it sounds like with some AI and proper cameras you could use it to completely repair certain components. Theres something similar to this using electrochemical plating to repair microfractures throughout a component - only downside is that it takes like weeks to do it properly (I’ll see if I can dig up the paper later)
Can we grow perfect crystals in an electron beam this way perhaps?
Me, trying to figure out how to get an electron beam between a forge and the drawing plate, or inside an annealing oven.