GE Additive/ Concept Laser
Concept Laser Mlab 200R
Concept Laser Mlab 200R
Five universities throughout Europe and North America will receive a Concept Laser Mlab 200R machine each as the 2018/19 cycle of GE Additive’s Additive Education Program (AEP) comes to a close.
At the start of the month, the company declared more than 600 primary and secondary schools were to receive polymer 3D printing packages, also as part of the AEP. The organisation, which was founded in Autumn 2016 and moved quickly to acquire Concept Laser and Arcam, immediately committed itself to educating future generations of engineers. It has now given 400,000 students around the world access to 3D printing technology.
The five Mlab 200R machines, which are powered by the direct metal laser melting (DMLM) process, are together worth around $1.25m and will be delivered in early 2019. The universities set to receive the Concept Laser platforms are the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland; Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany; Calhoun Community College, Alabama, USA; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; the West Virginia University, USA. With the AEP now in its second year, this collection of universities takes the number of colleges to receive additive manufacturing hardware from GE up to 13. While the 1,000+ 3D printing packages distributed to primary and secondary schools in the last two years might ignite an AM spark in youngsters, GE Additive is sure doing likewise in universities and colleges will.
GE Additive
GE Additive education program
Nina Bullock and John Holley - Calhoun Community College.
“For additive to fulfil its potential, we need to attract as many engineers and materials scientists as possible to build their careers in our industry,” commented Jason Oliver, President & CEO, GE Additive. “Getting machines onto campus and into the hands of undergraduates, researchers and faculty members is a sure-fire way of getting them as excited about additive as we are.”
One of the beneficiaries of this latest AEP cycle is Calhoun Community College. It serves approximately 11,500 students, and among them is a cohort of additive manufacturing undergraduates, who come 2019 will have a new toy to play with.
“I am thrilled Calhoun is one of the recipients of a metal printer,” said Nina Bullock, program coordinator for additive manufacturing, architectural and engineering design at Calhoun Community College. “We are the only community college in the state of Alabama that offers a degree in additive manufacturing. This machine will really help advance our program.”
