Aerospace and defence producer Ursa Main has acquired three AMCM M 450-4 FLX steel additive manufacturing methods.
Ursa Main is now working a fleet of six EOS-powered steel 3D printers and is about as much as scale its hypersonics manufacturing from its Youngstown, Ohio, facility.
The doubling of its steel additive manufacturing capability has been made in step with its dedication to fulfill rising nationwide safety and aerospace demand.
Ursa Main is claimed to have a robust relationship with EOS, citing the corporate’s ‘confirmed powder mattress fusion industrial 3D printing expertise and collaborative method.’ Along with working EOS gear, Ursa Main is leveraging the corporate’s laser toolpath API ‘with full EOS engineering assist’ to unlock ‘software-driven customisation and printing freedom.’
“EOS and AMCM have been incredible to work with – confirmed reliability, a responsive US service crew, and the most important deployed fleet of steel AM methods within the nation,” stated Nick Doucette, VP of Operations at Ursa Main. “Past that, they bring about an openness and engineering partnership. Collectively, we’re difficult legacy approaches to half qualification and course of qualification, pushing the whole additive business ahead.”
The AMCM M 450-FLX methods have been chosen by Ursa Main for his or her pace and energy, with Ursa Main additionally eager to deploy the machine’s beam shaping expertise. They’ll complement the AMCM M 290-1 FLX and two EOS M 400 methods that Ursa Main already operates.
“Ursa Main’s work with EOS demonstrates the subsequent period of additive manufacturing – the place superior customers are empowered to innovate on their very own groups,” added Greg Hayes, World SVP of Additive Minds, EOS. “With EOS expertise and the assist of our Additive Minds crew, this collaboration exhibits how OEM and person collectively can unlock progress at a tempo by no means seen earlier than.”
“Ursa Main exemplifies what’s attainable when a forward-thinking firm leverages EOS expertise to its fullest potential,” supplied Glynn Fletcher, President of EOS North America. “Their crew’s deep technical fluency and daring imaginative and prescient encourage us. We’re proud to assist them as they form the subsequent decade of superior manufacturing to the defence business.”
