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"Top Consultant 2020" | EOS consulting unit Additive Minds receives another award

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For the third time, leading technology provider and consultant for industrial 3D printing ranks among Germany's best SMB consultants. Krailling, June 19, 2020 - The Additive Minds consulting unit of EOS, the world's leading technology provider for industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, has …

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Simply production: EOS M 290 – The benchmark for industrial Metal 3D printing

by Rapid 3D

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Over the past 19 years since the introduction of its metal technology, EOS has been building up a champion in powder-based, industrial 3D printing that combines the pioneering spirit of the early years with its meanwhile longstanding AM expertise. In 2001, with the launch of the EOSINT M 250, EOS …

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Rapid 3D Appointed as the Dyemansion Reseller Partner for Sub-Saharan Africa

by Rapid 3D

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TranscriptDavid Bullock 0:01We thought it was a good complementary system to the other products that we support.David Bullock 0:08We are an EOS partner in South Africa as well and we believe that in order to grow the additive manufacturing industry, it's very important to have a finishing …

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LaserProFusion – the technology for tool free injection molding

by Rapid 3D

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EOS continues to drive the industrialization of additive manufacturing (AM) and will present its newest solutions at this year’s formnext. With LaserProFusion, EOS introduces a revolutionary technology for polymer additive manufacturing: nearly one million diode lasers melt the material, building up …

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Volvo Group 3D Printing for Lighter Engines

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A team of Volvo Group engineers from Renault Trucks in Lyon has succeeded in building and running an engine with some vital 3D-printed components. As a result they were able to reduce both the number of components in the engine and the weight by about 25 %. This could lead to greater payloads and …

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Winning races with 3D printing – EOS & Pankl Sucess Story

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What do DMLS and motorsports have in common? High performance and high speed!!!EOS have been working together with Pankl Racing Systems in Austria. Their AM Competence Center is filled with EOS DMLS (Direct Metal Laser Sintering) machines – EOS M 290s, EOS M 400 and EOS M 400-4 – and was …

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Optical Tomography Enables Considerable Savings in Quality Assurance of AM Parts

by Rapid 3D

End-To-End Monitoring During Series ProductionComponents produced for the aerospace industry must satisfy strict quality assurance criteria. Especially in series production environments, there are high standards for component quality and hence process stability and reproducibility. End-to-end …

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Additive Manufacturing Generative Design: The Bionic Designer Era

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Many of you are probably familiar with the series of Movies “Ironman”, where Mr. Stark, an incredibly smart and successful person with amazing skills on science, engineering, design, business, saving the world from chaos, etc… designs and produces an incredible suit with the help of Jarvis, his …

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How to prepare for the Qualification of Additive Manufactured Parts

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Irrespective of the industry, there has been an increase in the awareness and discussions with customers and suppliers regarding the qualification of additively manufactured parts and process. In recent years, there is also an increase in the creation and release of Additive Manufacturing (AM) …

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Improving the Additive Manufacturing Process Performance during Serial Production

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Aerospace has become one of the leading industries when it comes to the application of Additive Manufacturing in serial production for safety critical parts. Reasons for this can be found in the unique design possibilities as well as the functional integration which can be realized by AM. Therefore …

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3D Printed Prosthetics: How One Company Is Helping Those in Need

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With the advent of 3D printing, along with the latest manufacturing materials, innovators in the mobility space are now able to provide a greater level of independence and a better quality of life for amputees and those affected by neurological disorders. Millions of people around the world depend …

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NextGenAM – pilot project for automated metallic 3D printing proves a complete success

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NextGenAM – pilot project for automated metallic 3D printing proves a complete success. Joint project between Premium AEROTEC, EOS and Daimler demonstrates huge potential for the production of replacement parts and series-production components.Joint project between Premium AEROTEC, EOS and …

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Oil and Gas Company 3D Printing Case Study

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The company needed to create a tape pad handling machine to reducing changeover time and increase plant throughput. The Challenge The manufacturing technology group at a Canadian integrated energy services company needed to create an automated handling machine to load large glass reinforcement tape …

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EOS Presents New Materials and Processes for Series Additive Manufacturing

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Four new EOS metal materials open up new application possibilities. Comprehensive data on the material properties provide transparency and standards for production. EOS, the world's leading technology supplier in the field of Industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, presents the four new metal …

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Introducing Blacksmith AI with VP of Product Jon Reilly

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Struggling to accurately print 3D parts? Marforged is solving this problem with Blacksmith AI — the world's first AI-powered software for manufacturing. Join VP of Product Jon Reilly as he explores the future of software and AI in manufacturing. In this live webinar, Jon explains how Blacksmith AI …

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