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News Release from: EOS Electro Optical Systems | Subject: Direct metal laser-sintering machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 September 2006
Rapid prototyping and manufacturing
launched
Rapid prototyping and manufacturing to produce metal components directly from CAD models using a direct metal laser-sintering machine features an industrial service set up recently.
Materials Solutions is to open on the University of Birmingham campus, UK, to help manufacturers speed the development of environmentally friendly products, for example those with reduced energy consumption, emissions and/or weight, and those involving new power generation and storage technologies A key capability of the new company will be rapid prototyping and manufacturing to create metal components directly from CAD models using an Eosint M 270 direct metal laser-sintering machine, delivered during September 2006 by EOS, Warwick
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The equipment will be used to develop process experience in additive manufacture of solid, functional components from high-temperature alloy powders, particularly nickel- and titanium-based, primarily for aerospace and automotive applications.
Prototypes, test parts and training will be offered to manufacturing companies, enabling faster design iterations and shortening time to market for new products.
Carl Brancher, CEO of Materials Solutions, said, "As governments and consumers become more aware of the effects of the rapid rise in worldwide consumption, environmental concerns are increasingly driving all R and D-led manufacturers' product development.
Additionally, European manufacturers need to speed their product development to compete more effectively with Asian economies." Brancher added: "Materials Solutions will therefore assist manufacturers by developing rapid prototyping and manufacturing processes to support the development of products with a reduced environmental footprint.
The company is collaborating in this with Professor Xinhua Wu at the University of Birmingham's school of engineering and expects to be ready for business by December 2006." Materials Solutions is supported by the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Advantage West Midlands, the regional development authority, and is the applications development centre for the DTI's Micro and Nano Technology (MNT) Network.
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