EOS has launched 4 new metallic additive manufacturing supplies to its portfolio forward of the Formnext commerce truthful in Frankfurt subsequent month.
The EOS FeNi36, EOS NickelAlloy C22, EOS Metal 42CrMo4, and EOS StainlessSteel 316L-4404 supplies have every been optimised for EOS Laser Powder Mattress Fusion (LPBF) techniques.
In response to EOS, they may additional increase the corporate’s potential to ‘tackle specialised AM necessities throughout the aerospace, power, chemical, automotive, and marine industries.’
EOS FeNi36 has been designed to be appropriate for purposes the place precision and stability beneath fluctuating temperatures are vital, with EOS focusing on the aerospace, house, defence, and power sectors. It’s stated to have an exceptionally low coefficient of thermal enlargement (<2 ppm/Okay between 30–150°C), whereas offering as much as 10x decrease thermal enlargement than alloys like 316L and MS1. Appropriate with the EOS M 290 system, EOS says typical purposes embody optical housings, mirror mounts, cryogenic instrument elements, optical benches, precision metrology inserts, and small composite tooling inserts. At Formnext, the corporate will current a lobed jet engine nozzle and optical housing, each manufactured within the materials.
The EOS NickelAlloy C22 displays corrosion resistance, excessive power, and toughness properties, with EOS suggesting it appropriate for industries the place contact with organic and chemical media is unavoidable. Initially appropriate with the EOS M 290 sequence, the corporate will goal the chemical processing and meals processing markets with this product.
With the EOS Metal 42CrMo4, in the meantime, EOS is focusing on the automotive house. A broadly used materials within the sector, EOS has optimised the fabric for additive manufacturing, providing its excessive toughness and power properties for customers of 3D printing. Additionally appropriate with the EOS M 290 sequence, EOS suggests the fabric is right for the engineering of elements, gears and shafts.
Lastly, the EOS StainlessSteel 316L-4404 is a European industry-standard stainless-steel variant that mixes excessive ductility, toughness, power, and corrosion resistance. Tailor-made for industries similar to chemical processing, meals manufacturing, water dealing with, and marine, the alloy delivers confirmed efficiency at a decrease value. The brand new chemistry variant is extra industrial grade than commonplace EOS 316L, whereas sustaining compatibility with current StainlessSteel 316L parameter units. The fabric is appropriate with a variety of techniques, together with EOS M 290, EOS M 400, EOS M 400-4, and EOS M 300-4.
“With these additions, we proceed to increase our supplies portfolio to fulfill essentially the most demanding {industry} necessities,” stated Hanna Pirkkalainen, Head of Product, EOS Oy. “Whether or not it’s the unmatched thermal stability of EOS FeNi36, the corrosion resistance of NickelAlloy C22, or the accessibility of broadly used steels like 42CrMo4 and 316L-4404, we’re enabling our prospects to innovate sooner, tackle provide chain challenges, and produce additive manufacturing into new purposes. Our group is happy to debate our complete metallic supplies portfolio at Formnext.”