EOS Unveils a New Metal Additive Platform, New Booth Design

As the product portfolio for EOS continues to grow—and as the presence of EOS metal and polymer additive machines in production facilities expands around the globe—EOS has overhauled its IMTS booth to reflect the nearly 30-year-old company’s evolution. It all starts today with the unveiling of EOS’s newest metal 3D printing platform for digital industrial AM production.

This morning, the company is raising the curtain on the EOS M 300-4, a machine the company says is capable of four-to-10 times the productivity of its workhorse EOS M 290. Like the EOS M 400-4, the EOS M 300 is driven by four lasers. However, the EOS M 300’s lasers can achieve a full-field overlap—and an equal load balance—with each laser able to reach all corners of the 300 × 300-mm build plate. This ability, the company says, allows for greater freedom in decisions regarding part placement and orientation, accelerates build speed, and improves overall production, part quality and repeatability.

The EOS M 300 also includes a self-cleaning, recirculating filter system as well as a gas-flow-optimized build chamber designed to reduce the risk of condensateand ensure the efficient clearing of smoke and debris generated during processing. Also new to this model is a bottom-up powder dosing unit with an external recoater blade that pushes powder into the build chamber before the second blade distributes powder within it.

At a sneak peek of the EOS M 300 I witnessed in Krailling, Germany, earlier this summer, Karsten Behrend of EOS product management said that the EOS M 300 is aimed squarely at OEMs seeking production solutions with metal AM.

The EOS M 300 is located in one of three sections EOS’s booth which, in addition to showcasing metal AM systems and materials, also features a section dedicated to the company’s polymer AM systems, materials and solutions. On the polymer side, the EOS Formiga P 110 Velocis (which debuted this past June at RapidTech in Erfurt, Germany) is on display, as well as a virtual reality station for the EOS P 500. In between the metal and polymer booth sections is the “Additive Mile,” which doubles as a showcase of EOS’s booth theme, incorporating machine demonstrations, material samples and industry experts who will take attendees through four progressive steps of a journey in additive manufacturing. Each station features an application story with a corresponding part on display as well as a touchscreen video kiosk that tells a digital story behind each application.

On Wednesday, September 12, Travis Egan, group publisher for Gardner Business Media, is emceeing the EOS “Applied AM” user conference, featuring customers such as Boeing, Arconic, Siemens and others discussing their use of additive manufacturing. In addition, visitors can schedule interviews with top EOS executives from both EOS Global/Corporate as well as EOS North America.