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3D INDUSTRY NEWS
BeAM Machines Debuts New Cincinnati Location
At an August open house, BeAM Machines introduced its 20,000-sq.ft. facility in Blue Ash, OH, near Cincinnati, where it
handles sales, service, process/material development, appli- cations, R&D and training. The event included live demonstrations of the company’s directed-energy-deposi-
tion (DED) AM machines, including its flagship product, the Magic 2.0 (pictured). The facility houses a dedicated AM work-
space, metallurgical lab, applications-training section, assembly area and post-process machining department.
DED works by feeding metallic powder through a deposition nozzle and melting it with a high- power laser to create a layer-by-layer construction, with CNC control to provide accuracy. It can create parts from various materials including stainless steel, titanium, nickel alloys and cobalt chromium. The Magic 2.0, a large-scale five-axis machine, is designed for serial production or repair of high-value components in industries with long lead times and high buy-to-fly ratios, according to Tim Bell, who, as BeAM Machines’ general manager and vice president of U.S. busi- ness development, heads up the new facility.
Other products include the Mobile, a small-scale five-axis machine, ideal for material research, low-volume production and repair of thin-walled and complex parts, and the new Modulo, a medium-scale five-axis serial production machine for constrained space environments and remote sites such as oil rigs and military-conflict zones.
PostProcess Expands Senior- Leadership Staff
PostProcess Technologies, Buffalo, NY, a provider of automated post-printing services for the AM industry, has added four new employ- ees to its senior-leadership staff: Bob Bosinski joins the team as vice president of operations; Michael Frauens joins as principal process- development engineer; Diana Robbins serves as director of marketing; and Lynda DePetris leads West Coast sales.
Having recently complet- ed a $4 million seed round of investments, PostProcess hopes to leverage the invest- ments and additions into accelerated company growth in the AM market.
GE Healthcare Opens 3D Center in Sweden
GE Healthcare, a provider of medical technologies and services, has opened its first 3D-printing lab in Europe, the Innovative Design and Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center for Europe in Uppsala, Sweden. The cen- ter combines advanced man- ufacturing technologies such as AM and collaborative robots (cobots) with tradition- al machining equipment to speed the launch of new products for the healthcare industry. Facility teams will design, test and produce 3D- printed parts for GE Health- care products and prepare them for final manufacture.
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