EOS and Hyperion to Collaborate to Revolutionize Titanium 3D Printing

When it comes to driving new technologies forward, strategic partnerships between companies can be the key to success. In the world of additive manufacturing, we can also see the emergence of such collaborations with other industrial companies, or partnerships with manufacturers from the consumer goods sector. Most recently, Hiperbaric and Aenium, among others, entered into a partnership to jointly establish the HIP process. Another example is Carbon and Specialised who combined their expertise to produce new bicycle saddles. Now it has been announced that EOS and Hyperion Metals will work together to bring HAMR and GSD technologies to additive manufacturing. The two companies have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding for this venture and specified the goals of the technology partnership.

EOS is one of the world’s leading 3D printing manufacturers for industrial purposes and aims to offer responsible manufacturing solutions with its portfolio. Hyperion Metals is active in the raw materials sector and aims to become the leading developer of CO2-free, sustainable materials in the future. An argument that coincides with EOS’s own goals, as sustainability is one of the guiding principles of the German company. The goal of the partnership is to optimize titanium metal powders for additive manufacturing using the HAMR or GSD process. Compared to conventional titanium metal powders, the two companies aim to develop a carbon-free spherical titanium powder at a fraction of the cost, revolutionizing the existing market. Titanium powder is one of the materials used in metal 3D printing, a process that is becoming increasingly popular.

Titanium: a popular light metal

Titanium is one of the light metals and is therefore often used in the aerospace and automotive industries. Besides 3D printing, these two industries are among the most important for Hyperion Metals. The EOS product range also includes Ti64, Ti64ELI and TiCP titanium alloys. The two processes, which are intended to help revolutionize the existing range, are two technologies for which Hyperion Metals holds the exclusive license.