EOS acquires stake in Austrian steel materials firm

EOS is to group up with Metalpine to collectively develop sustainable steel powders after buying a stake within the firm.

The Austrian start-up, which has in depth expertise within the manufacture of metallic merchandise, has developed an atomisation know-how specifically designed for 3D printing powders. By partnering with EOS and tapping into the corporate’s supplies, course of and system improvement experience, the corporate is assured it’ll ship sustainable and economically environment friendly powder merchandise.  

A lot of the event work will happen at Metalpine’s not too long ago opened manufacturing centre in Graz, which is alleged to satisfy the very best calls for by way of working effectivity and environmental safety, whereas additionally enabling environment friendly scaling. The widespread aim of the companions is to leverage this functionality to broaden the applying potential of additive manufacturing.

“The know-how and the group at Metalpine excited us from the very first second,” commented Sascha Rudolph, Senior Vice President EOS Steel Supplies at EOS. “We will now supply our clients much more highly effective and sustainable options within the interaction between our industrial 3D printing course of and the steel powder manufacturing used for this goal. The Metalpine course of permits a complete new dimension of flexibility and is constantly geared in direction of the applying subject of 3D printing. The techniques are significantly compact, could be shortly arrange for brand new supplies and are so low in emissions that they may also be operated in metropolitan areas with out hesitation. We see loads of widespread improvement potential and look ahead to working with a extremely motivated {and professional} group.”

“The industrialised manufacturing course of produces uniquely spherical, non-porous and nearly satellite-free steel powder,” added Gerald Pöllmann, Metalpine CEO. We’re very joyful to have the ability to convert our supplies into excellent parts by the joint work with the competent EOS group and to make the way forward for additive manufacturing extra sustainable.

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