EOS M 290 DMLS system
Continental has purchased several EOS M 290 DMLS systems for production purposes.
EOS has today announced collaborations with Continental, the German automotive manufacturing company, and Integrated 3D Manufacturing (i3D), a metal 3D printing service provider, who have both acquired metal additive manufacturing systems.
Continental, who is among the leading companies in the manufacture of tyres, brake systems, and interior electronics, has purchased several EOS M 290 systems and will use them for production purposes.
The EOS M 290 has a building volume of 250 x 250 x 325 mm, and is said to enable fast, flexible and cost-effective production of metal parts. More than 500 have been purchased and shipped worldwide, with the latest arriving at Continental.
EOS installed the systems within two months of purchase, and has helped Continental staff with training, developing applications and launching manufacturing capacities. Now, the company is looking forward to how the automotive manufacturing leader applies the M 290.
“We are very proud of our joint project with Continental and look forward to supporting the customer throughout every stage of the project,” said Markus Glasser, Senior Vice President Region Export at EOS. “In particular, the strong spirit of teamwork between our two companies was a key criterion in Continental’s decision to work together with EOS. We will also be very happy to provide Continental with any assistance it may need in other fascinating projects going forward.”
eos m 400-4 system
i3D has purchased an EOS M400-4 system to take its stable of DMLS machines up to seven.
Meanwhile, i3D has purchased an EOS M 400-4 system, which takes its stable of direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) machines up to seven, having already acquired an EOS M 280 and five EOS M 290s. i3D is the first AM service provider in western North America to purchase the M 400-4, a decision made to meet growing market demand with a machine that complements the existing metal AM systems.
“The EOS M 400-4 is for serious 3D printing at a serial production level,” said Andrew Snow, senior vice president of EOS North America. “Their strengths go deeper than the technology and their talented team brings know-how to drive results for their customers. We couldn’t be happier for i3D – another great example of bringing AM to mainstream manufacturing.”
“3D metal printing is no longer future technology, it is now and our customers are moving at a rapid pace to take advantage of what true AM brings,” added Erin Stone, CEO of i3D. “Just a few years ago, scalability was a question the AM industry needed to answer. With platforms as robust as the EOS M 400-4, we have a solid tool to address those concerns and we’re delivering both capacity and quality to industries that demand highly engineered parts, such as aerospace, energy and medical.”
