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EOSINT M 270

Laser-sintering system for the production of tooling inserts, prototype parts and end products directly in metal EOSINT M 270 builds metal parts using Direct Metal Laser-Sintering (DMLS). The technology fuses metal powder into a solid part by melting it locally using a focussed laser beam. The parts are built up additively layer by layer. Even highly complex geometries are created directly from 3D CAD data, fully automatically, in just a few hours and without any tooling. It is a net-shape process, producing parts with high accuracy and detail resolution, good surface quality and excellent mechanical properties. A wide variety of materials can be processed by the EOSINT M 270, ranging from light alloys via steels to super-alloys and composites. EOS has developed novel alloys especially for the DMLS process, and has also optimized and qualified standard industrial materials such as stainless steels for this machine. Further materials are continually being developed and qualified. New Perspectives in Manufacturing with DirectPart EOSINT M 270 is widely used to produce positive parts directly from CAD data. This application is called DirectPart. The components can be prototypes, series production parts or even spare parts. Whether the requirement is to deliver a functional metal prototype within one day, or to economically manufacture hundreds of individualized implants in bio-compatible alloy each week, EOSINT M 270 offers the solution. Rapid and High-Performance Tooling with DirectTool DMLS is well known as a leading technology for toolmaking, an application known as DirectTool. With its high accuracy and surface quality, EOSINT M 270 is an ideal platform for this application. The direct process eliminates tool-path generation and multiple machining processes such as EDM. Tool inserts are built overnight or even in just a few hours. Also the freedom of design can be used to optimize tool performance, for example by integrating conformal cooling channels into the tool. Increasingly, both strategies are combined to create improved performance in shorter time. DirectTool is best known for plastic injection moulding. However, the technology is also used for other tooling types including blow moulding, extrusion, die casting, sheet metal forming etc. EOSINT M 270 is a state-of-the-art laser-sintering system. Its solid-state fibre laser offers high performance and reliability over a long lifetime. Fine focussing optics enable excellent detail resolution and part quality, while a variable focus diameter allows increased productivity and broad process control. The gas-tight process chamber offers an efficient use of a protective atmosphere. This enables a wide range of materials to be processed

EOSINT P 390

Plastic laser-sintering systems for the direct manufacture of series products, spare parts, functional prototypes and patterns for investment or vacuum casting

EOSINT P 730 - up to 40 percent increased productivity

Plastic laser-sintering system for the direct manufacture of series, spare parts, functional prototypes and patterns for investment or vacuum casting The EOSINT P 730 is an advancement of the EOSINT P 700, the world-wide first double-laser system for laser-sintering of plastics. It is one of the largest plastic laser-sintering systems available on the market. The EOSINT P 730 is up to 40 percent more productive compared to the EOSINT P 700 and combines increased productivity with highest part quality. IntelliScan 20, a digital scanner of the latest generation, exposes the respective layers in a so-far unknown speed and stands for highest precision. The system is ideally suited for the economic production of small series and individualised products, especially with complex geometries. At the same time it provides capacity for the fast and flexible creation of prototypes or patterns for investment and vacuum casting. Within a very short time, the machine also produces large and complex plastic products or castings. These often occur in the automotive, medical and aerospace industry. Production of Plastic Products and Investment Casting Patterns The EOSINT P 730 processes a wide range of materials. It generates fully functional plastic products and investment casting patterns of any complexity. The components are built layer by layer, directly from CAD data, in a single process. The technology requires no support structures. That saves time and costs. With its build volume of one metre diagonal, even large geometries are realized in just a few hours. Building larger parts horizontally significantly reduces the number of layers to be built. As a consequence the building process shortens. In addition, the quality of the resulting plastic parts or casting patterns is optimized: these can be built in one piece rather than having to be assembled. For example, the EOSINT P 730 manufactures a fuel tank with a size of 607 mm x 330 mm x 491 mm (23.9 x 13 x 19.3 in) faster than any other laser-sintering system. The tank is built in one piece and is ready for use in just 4 days. The parts are ideally suited for extensive functional tests with aggressive substances such as petrol. And for small components, EOSINT P 730 delivers convincing advantages as well: the system produces more than a thousand parts economically in a single laser-sintering process. Excellent Integration into an Industrial Production Due to its ergonomic peripheral devices and the high degree of automation, the EOSINT P 730 offers user-friendly handling, the optimum level of productivity as well as excellent integration into an industrial environment. The automatic powder conveying system, the unpacking and sieving station with exchangeable frame docking system as well as the powder recycling form part of the Integrated Process Chain Management (IPCM). Additional productivity is gained by the use of EOSPACE. This software guarantees an optimum utilization of the build envelope and minimizes the build height. As a consequence, turn-around times and costs decrease. EOSINT P 730 offers its users totally new dimensions in time and space

EOSINT S 750

Double laser-sintering system for the direct, tool-less production of sand cores and moulds for metal castings The EOSINT S 750 is the only double laser-sintering system world-wide for the processing of Croning moulding material. Using the DirectCast method, the system builds cores and moulds for sand casting. Directly from CAD data, fully automatically, with a building speed of up to 2,500 cm3/h (0.09 ft3/h.) and without any tooling. Sand parts of any complexity are built layer by layer, with high accuracy, detail resolution and surface quality. The maximum part size adds up to 720 mm x 380 mm x 380 mm (28.4 x 15 x 15 in.). The resulting cores or core packages are realized with significant savings in time and costs compared to conventional technologies. Usually they also consist of less parts which are thus assembled faster and more precisely. Innovative Production of Castings for a broad Range of Applications DirectCast with EOSINT S 750 enables the production of castings in batch sizes that would be extremely laborious, economically unviable or even impossible to manufacture with conventional techniques. In this way, high-quality castings are produced for the engine development, for pumps or hydraulic applications. These castings can be used as fast, cost-effective prototypes or as final products in small series. The technology allows foundries to cater for new trends such as spare parts on demand. Intelligent Combination of proven and new Technologies Your company is looking for a solution to produce cast parts in small series economically? Combine laser-sintered cores and conventionally produced moulds and fit them together in a single core package. This intelligent combination opens up previously unknown potentials. Application-optimized Materials EOSINT S 750 uses different Croning sands which are commonly used in foundries. These sands have been optimized by EOS for the DirectCast application. The system is ideally suited for building highly complex, detailed sand cores and moulds for premium castings in series quality. Laser-sintering of foundry sand achieves excellent results for light-weight constructions using aluminium or magnesium. The technology also opens up new applications for cast iron and steel. Designed for Industrial Process Chains EOSINT S 750 is not a technological island, but can be seamlessly integrated into today’s industrial environment. The Integrated Process Chain Management (IPCM) developed by EOS offers a full range of ergonomic and highly automated peripheral devices. IPCM takes care of the moulding material cycle and includes automatic sand recycling as well as a post-curing station. These features further increase the productivity and user-friendliness of the system. At the same time, IPCM ensures a high level of workplace safety.

FORMIGA P 100 - small, fast, efficient

Plastic laser-sintering system for the direct manufacture of series, spare parts and functional prototypes The FORMIGA P 100 represents laser-sintering in the compact class. With a build envelope of 200 mm x 250 mm x 330 mm, the FORMIGA P 100 produces plastic products from polyamide or polystyrene within a few hours and directly from CAD data. The machine is ideally suited for the economic production of small series and individualised products with complex geometry – requirements which apply among others to the medical device industry as well as for high-value consumer goods. At the same time, it provides capacity for the quick and flexible production of fully functional prototypes and patterns for plaster, investment and vacuum casting. With turnover times of less than 24 hours the FORMIGA P 100 integrates itself perfectly in a production environment that requires the highest level of flexibility. The system distinguishes itself also by comparatively low investment costs. Innovation for Use in Production The machine offers its users several technical innovations. It has been designed to produce vertical walls with maximum surface quality. The extremely fine focus diameter enables wall thicknesses of as little as 0.4 mm to be built. Thus, the system is ideally suited for small, filigree components such as connectors, just to name one example. The revolutionary dosage and recoating system ensures a high product quality and process stability. Through several new features, the machine is extremely user-friendly and requires only a minimum of accessories. As a result, energy consumption is comparatively low leading to reduced operation expenses. The FORMIGA P 100 is the first door passing laser-sintering system. As a result, there are little requirements to the set-up conditions. The installation and adjustment of the system has also been simplified and is now carried out within one working day. Data preparation is carried out easily at the user’s workplace — once again lending itself to de-centralised production. Automation and Intelligent Functionality Due to its ergonomic peripheral devices and the high degree of automation, the FORMIGA P 100 offers user-friendly handling, the optimum level of productivity as well as excellent integration into an industrial environment. The unpacking and sieving station and the integrated powder recycling form part of the Integrated Process Chain Management (IPCM). Additional productivity is gained by the use of EOSPACE. This software guarantees an optimum utilization of the build envelope and minimizes the build height. As a consequence, turn-around time and costs decrease. The FORMIGA P 100 offers the flexible, cost-efficient and highly productive entry into the world of laser-sintering