Supplies Options – a Siemens Power Enterprise has introduced it has put in two further EOS steel 3D printers at its UK facility this week.
The pair of EOS M 400-4 programs brings the corporate’s whole world fleet of EOS M 400-4 programs to 29 machines throughout its 5 manufacturing websites. The direct steel laser sintering programs every characteristic a 400 x 400 x 400 mm construct quantity and 4 lasers.
Andy Brooker, Head of UK Gross sales (Additive Manufacturing) for the corporate instructed TCT: “With our ongoing dedication to industrialising additive manufacturing, we have now considerably expanded our capability by including two M 400-4 machines from EOS. Whereas these new machines are noteworthy, essentially the most substantial funding has been in our crew, with 20 new members becoming a member of us over the previous six months.
“This growth is pushed by the elevated demand for manufacturing from each our inside and exterior prospects, a development that’s anticipated to proceed into 2026.”
Supplies Options, which is an entirely owned subsidiary of Siemens Power, has been working in steel AM for almost 20 years and operates a number of steel AM programs from EOS, Renishaw and Nikon SLM Options – the corporate just lately introduced the addition of the latter’s large-format 12-laser NXG XII 600. Its Worcester, UK facility, which underwent a £27 million funding again in 2019, comprises a full end-to-end steel AM workflow and specialises in producing serial elements for functions in energy era, aerospace, automotive and course of and tooling sectors. Final yr, Siemens Power’s produced round 30,000 elements globally throughout its 5 websites – Supplies Options was chargeable for the supply of 20,000 of them. Immediately, the corporate has certified greater than 250 half numbers for manufacturing. The corporate additionally just lately introduced the signing of a collaboration settlement with Rolls-Royce to develop and provide serial manufacturing 3D printed functions for its Civil Aerospace enterprise.
Be aware: A earlier version of this story mentioned Siemens Power had produced 15,000 manufacturing parts throughout its websites yearly. For readability, these figures have been up to date to specify the variety of particular person elements produced and certified half numbers.
