Defence and security solutions provider KONGSBERG has acquired two multi-laser metal additive manufacturing systems from EOS and AMCM.
The company has installed the machines as part of an acceleration of its metal additive manufacturing adoption across defence and security programs.
Kongsberg expects the technology to enable faster innovation cycles, increased design freedom, and increased production capacity and capabilities.
Initially, two multi-laser Additive Manufacturing machines from AMCM are to be installed in KONGSBERG’s main production facility in Norway. The investments include the AMCM M 4K, the AMCM M 290-2 1KW and associated equipment. It will allow KONGSBERG to print full-scale sections for technology demonstrators, product qualifications and flyaway hardware.
Beyond the provision of technology, EOS and AMCM will support KONGSBERG throughout the initial implementation phases, working closely with EOS’s Additive Minds consulting unit to integrate additive manufacturing as a robust design and production methodology.
“Additive Manufacturing is opening a whole new opportunity to challenge the traditional design- and manufacturing process moving forward and represents a new way of thinking in design and manufacturing,” said Sverre Ulland, SVP Strategic Production at KONGSBERG’s Missiles & Aerostructures division. “As we implement the tools and the way of working in our organisation, the limiting factor will probably be the designer’s imagination and not the technology.”
“Establishing additive manufacturing as a reliable and scalable production technology requires close collaboration across technology, application development and industrialisation,” added Markus Glasser, SVP EMEA at EOS. “Together with KONGSBERG, we are building a long-term partnership that combines advanced AM technology with deep application expertise from our Additive Minds team to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing across their design and production processes.”
