EOS releases four new materials for series additive manufacturing

EOS has released four new materials to open up new applications in metal additive manufacturing. The four new metal materials are EOS StainlessSteel CX, EOS Aluminium AIF357, EOS TitaniumTi64 Grade 5, and EOS Titanium Grade 23 and they should have applications in sectors from automotive to medical. The company is providing companies with transparency and documentation about its materials for them to compare Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) with traditional manufacturing methods – for example, providing great detail on the mechanical properties of each material.

Currently, the global company offers a range of 20 different metal materials, and is launching 4 more. Hannes Gostner, Director Research and Development at EOS said, “At EOS, the development of systems, materials, process parameters, software, and services has always gone hand in hand. All of the elements are perfectly aligned to each other. The result is reproducible high-quality parts at a competitive cost per part. This combination is of crucial importance, particularly for series manufacturing.” In other words, EOS believes that additive manufacturing is ready for industrial scale production.

The four materials introduced, namely one stainless steel, one aluminium and two grades of titanium are all designed for use with DMLS 3D printing. Each material comes with data such as the number of test specimens on which the mechanical properties are based on, as well as detailed scanning electron microscope (SEM) images that provide an insight into the quality.