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EOS Expands Further into the US Market

First System Installation Completed, Second Order Placed

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- With continuous growth of EOS' powder sales in the United States, EOS, world leader in laser-sintering, is pleased to announce our first system installation and subsequent second order entry in this important market for rapid manufacturing.

EOS of North America Inc. completed installation of the first EOS laser-sintering machine in the US. Synergeering SLS LLC, a subsidiary of Synergeering Group LLC, in Farmington Hills, Michigan has installed an EOSINT P 700 to enhance their ability to deliver large, functional, plastic prototypes to customers. The P 700 has the largest build envelope of any sintering machine offered today and can build parts up to 700 mm x 380 mm x 580 mm (27.5 x 15 x 22.8 in.) In one piece, or hundreds of small pre-assembled parts. This capability will allow Synergeering to provide customers with highly accurate single piece prototypes that were not possible with smaller machines.

"Build size, speed, and material flexibility with impeccable quality & functionality" is the philosophy at Synergeering. Since the EOSINT P 700 has exchangeable build chambers, there is no time wasted cooling parts inside the machine, so sintering can run almost continuously. To give maximum material flexibility, the Synergeering installation has two separate automated feed systems that allow material supply to be changed easily. Synergeering's P 700 is also the first produced with new hardware & software upgrades that further enhance part surface finish and density.

Synergeering SLS LLC has formed a strategic alliance with RPM TMS Inc, a subsidiary of the well established and respected rpm GmbH, to add technical expertise combined with vigorous R&D in many areas of building functional prototypes. "Combined with our proprietary laser-sintering pre & post-processing techniques, the P 700 will enable us to offer unrivalled functional prototype and niche series-production in the Americas for plastics & cast metals. Since we are a full-service supplier, with an active role in our customer's product development, the P 700 will allow us to further compress our lead times. The P 700 also makes us the company with the highest capacity Rapid Manufacturing machine on the continent to serve customers that can't justify the time or expense of inflexible production tooling", states Thomas Gogoe, President of Synergeering Group.

First EOSINT M 250 Xtended system in the USA

Shortly after the installation of the first EOSINT system in the USA, Morris Technologies (MTI) in Cincinnati, Ohio ordered a system for Direct Metal Laser-Sintering (DMLS). The EOSINT M 250 Xtended is the first DMLS machine sold by EOS of North America in the US market, and represents a significant advancement in how tooling for plastic injection moulds, short series die casting tools, and direct metal parts can be produced.

"Well known outside of the US, this technology has enabled many companies to dramatically reduce their time to market for rapid tooling and direct metal applications", explains Greg Morris, Vice President of Morris Technologies, "The M 250 Xtended provides dramatic advancements over other Rapid Tooling technologies currently on the market today. Metal inserts or parts are produced directly in the machine eliminating the need to post-cure the parts. This results in tighter tolerances in a much reduced cycle time. Initially, MTI will be running the DirectMetal 20 and DirectSteel 20 materials enabling parts to build in 0.02 mm (0.0008 inch) layer thickness. Part detail is extraordinary when building in this small a layer and results in minimal post- processing times. With a build envelope of 250mm x 250mm x 200mm (10 x 10 x 8 in.), the M 250 Xtended has the capacity to cover a large spectrum of part geometries."

Morris Technologies, Inc., based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a Rapid Prototyping, Engineering and Product Development company. The EOSINT M 250 Xtended machine fits strategically with MTI's existing advanced CNC Machining, Rapid Tooling and Low Volume Production capabilities. The arrival of the M 250 Xtended will also coincide with the opening of MTI's state-of-the-art facility expansion. With the addition of the EOSINT M 250 Xtended technology, MTI will be capable of producing injection and die cast tooling within 1-2 weeks ... with production-like tolerances and superior mould life capabilities.

EOS Group

Founded in 1989, EOS is today the world leader in laser-sintering. Laser-Sintering is the key technology for e-manufacturing(TM). It builds layer by layer, without any tools and directly from CAD data fully functional plastic and metal parts for direct or indirect use in every stage of the product life cycle, rapidly and fully automatically. Innovative companies from various industrial sectors use this technology to accelerate their product development and streamline their production processes to strengthen their competitive edge.

Headquartered in Munich, EOS has subsidiaries and distribution partners all over the world. EOS generates an annual turnover of approx. 40 million Euro and has achieved a compound average growth rate of 30 % since 1997. The EOS patent portfolio includes more than 130 granted patents resulting from our own inventions as well as licenses to numerous patents from other companies, including the worldwide exclusive license to all patents held by 3D Systems Corporation of Valencia, California, for the field of laser-sintering.

EOSINT P 700 - the only Double-Laser System for Plastic Laser-Sintering

The EOSINT P 700 is the only double-laser system for plastic laser-sintering worldwide. It offers totally new dimensions in terms of productivity, build envelope, speed and part quality. Within its building chamber, which has a diagonal of one meter, it is possible to build the most complex parts in one piece or small series of approx. 1,000 pieces at a time. Due to its ergonomic peripheral devices -- which is part of the Integrated Process Chain Management (IPCM) -- and the high degree of automation, the EOSINT P 700 offers user-friendly handling, a very high level of productivity and easy integration into an industrial environment. And, in order to offer maximum investment protection, it is a modular system, i.e. new technical features can be upgraded.

New Material PrimeCast 100 for vacuum casting with laser-sintered patterns

In addition to the existing range of polyamide materials (including glass-filled), EOS has launched a new powder for use on EOSINT P plastic laser-sintering systems: PrimeCast 100. With this new material based on polystyrene, vacuum casting patterns can be produced quickly and economically. This material therefore offers a new, very promising application area for laser-sintering. Patterns built with PrimeCast 100 excel in their dimensional accuracy, strength and durability. Loose material can simply be blasted away. The sintered patterns offer exceptional surfaces and finishing properties, which can be finished to a mirror like surface. Of course this polystyrene material is also ideally suited for investment casting. For all applications, one thing is sure: Thanks to the 100% re-usability of the material, the excellent properties can be obtained at extremely low costs.

Direct Metal Laser-Sintering on EOSINT M 250 Xtended

Since the introduction of the DirectSteel 20 and DirectMetal 20 materials for 0.02 mm (0.0008 inch) layer thickness in 2001 and 2002 respectively, DMLS has increasingly been used not only for prototype tooling but also for series production. At the recent Euromold trade show, EOS exhibited examples of such projects from various EOSINT M users. PDS of Sweden built tooling for the head of an innovative new golf putter using DirectMetal 20, with which a prototype series of 3,000 parts in PC/PBT was delivered within six weeks and which is now being used for the production series of more than 10,000 parts. QuickTools of Belgium has produced a production series of about 50,000 interior housing components in PA6 + 15%GF for a Mercedes car, and in another ongoing project has already produced more than one million lightweight pulley frames in POM, in both cases using tooling built with DirectSteel 20. Production of the pulley frames is continuing at the rate of almost 200,000 parts per month.

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