EOS unveils EOS M 300 series for digital industrial AM production

EOS, the world’s leading technology supplier in the field of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, will showcase its latest systems and solutions at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, IL from September 10-15, 2018. At the show, EOS launches the new EOS M 300-4system which is part of the broader, modular metal 3D printing platform EOS M 300 for digital industrial additive manufacturing (AM) production.

The EOS M 300-4 expands the portfolio of well-proven Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) systems, among them the highly popular EOS M 290 system. The EOS M 300seriesis an automation-ready, future-proof platform that is configurable, scalable, and secure. It comes with a build volume of 300 x 300 x 400mm and serves a variety of manufacturing fields, including aerospace, industry, medical, tooling and automotive.

This new modular platform comes with aconfigurable and scalable equipment architecture, which enables full flexibility and customized system configurations. As such, it is the perfect choice for organizations demanding reliable and robust industrial standard equipment for AM production.

For better production flexibility and automation – and depending on system configuration– customers can choose between different solutions: one, two or four lasers, multi power laser configurations (400 or 1,000 Watt), fixed or variable focus, different types of recoaters, new and expanded exposure strategies, part handling (manual or automated), monitoring options and three different clamping systems (3R, Delphin, Erowa).

The system will be compatible with the EOS Shared Modules in which manual or automated peripheral modules and transport logistics supply several EOS metal AM systems. As a result, all set-up, unpacking, transportation and sieving actions will be carried out independent of, and parallel to, the AM build process.

The EOS M 300-4 with four lasers will be able to offer variable laser power sources in the future – from 4x 400, to a mixed set-up of 2 x 400 and 2 x 1,000, up to 4 x 1,000 Watt laser power.