EOS enters a three-year technical partnership with Williams on additive manufacturing
27 November 2015
Additive manufacturing developer and supplier EOS has entered a technical partnership with Williams Grand Prix Engineering and Williams Advanced Engineering. The partnership aims at providing Williams with direct and high level insights into the latest additive manufacturing (AM) technologies offered by EOS to complement their existing manufacturing processes, and to support their own AM development project. At the same time both companies will jointly demonstrate Additive Manufacturing within the world of Formula One.
Williams already owns two polymer EOS systems. As standard production materials, the company uses Alumide and Carbonmide from EOS.
Alumide (aluminum filled polyamide) is predominantly used to create stable parts for functional testing, ranging from engine ancillaries and complete gearbox assemblies for mock-ups to jigs and fixtures for laminate production.
Carbonmide (carbon fiber reinforced polyamide) at Williams is being used for production parts on Formula One cars in conjunction with carbon composite laminates where improved strength is required.
As part of the current agreement, Williams with the EOSINT P 760 has just installed a highly productive, modular plastic additive manufacturing system with a large building volume of 700 mm x 380 mm x 580 mm for the Additive Manufacturing of polymer parts that offers expanded productivity and part size.
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