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█ Powder-bed-based laser melting with metals (LaserCUSING ® )

Strong together: Premium Aerotec and Concept Laser sign cooperation agreement

Premium Aerotec relies on Concept Laser as premium supplier

Airbus starts series production of metallic parts using machine solutions from Concept Laser

Lichtenfels (Germany), March 29, 2016: Premium Aerotec is starting the series production of 3D-printed metal parts for the Airbus Group at its Varel site (Friesland). To do this, the Airbus subsidiary constructed a new production hall for the additive manufacturing of titanium parts in Varel. At the same time, the

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company concluded a cooperation agreement with Concept Laser as premium supplier for the machinery and plant technology.

The industrial series production is gathering pace. With its investment, Premium Aerotec

is following the plans of Airbus. According to Peter Sander (Airbus, Head of Emerging

Technologies & Concepts), Airbus is planning to print one tonne of metal powder a

month in 2018. Accordingly, AM production and AM processes should be consistently

promoted and expanded through to 2018.

Achieving series production with a new production hall and Concept LaserPremium Aerotec’s new production hall for 3D metal printing commenced operation on

January 20, 2016. The opening ceremony was attended by 250 employees and guests,

including for example Brigitte Zypries, Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Federal

Ministry for Economic Affairs and aerospace coordinator for the German Government.

This heralded the start of the industrial series production of a double-walled pipe elbow

in the fuel system of the A400M transport aircraft. These complex parts were previously

produced from individual cast parts which were then welded together to form one

assembly. In the hall, two M2 cusing Multilaser machines and one X line 1000R

machine from Concept Laser produce 3D parts in the LaserCUSING process. “By the

middle of 2016, another X line 2000R will be added. It features what is currently the

world’s largest build envelope (800 x 400 x 500 mm3) in the field of powder-bed-based

laser melting and is also equipped with 2 x 1,000 W lasers,” says Gerd Weber, site

manager in Varel. Frank Herzog, CEO & President of Concept Laser GmbH, is also

delighted at the trust placed in his company: “The fact that we have been chosen as

premium supplier to Premium Aerotec fills us with pride and demonstrates to us that we

are on the right path.”


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Cooperation agreement sets the course for the futureFor the aviation industry, additive manufacturing methods present both an opportunity

and a challenge. This is because additive manufacturing technology produces entirely

new components and also creates new supply chains. Premium Aerotec is at the focal

point of an extensive network of a wide range of different companies. In order to shape

a successful future in partnership, the working relationship with certain partners has

been stepped up. For example, on January 20, 2016 a delegation from Premium

Aerotec signed a cooperation agreement with Concept Laser as the premium supplier

for machinery and plant technology. The core aspects of the working relationship are

also the further industrialization of the laser melting process for applications in aviation,

the further development of the plant and process technology and the QA systems, as

well as the qualification of new powder alloys. Frank Herzog says: “This cooperation

marks an important milestone for the industrialization of 3D metal printing in aircraft

construction and undoubtedly also sends a signal to other industries. The network will

work together to improve the value chain. We are already working today on the solutions

of tomorrow to make laser melting with metals even more attractive for commercial

series production. The implementation of the Industry 4.0 concept in the form of

digitization, automation and the interlinking of any number of machines are an integral

part of our AM Factory of Tomorrow, which was presented at the end of last year.”

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Captions ████████████████████████████████████████

Caption 1: LaserCUSING machines from Concept Laser in the new production hall in

Varel. (Image courtesy of: Premium Aerotec GmbH)

Caption 2: Signing of the cooperation agreement between Concept Laser and Premium

Aerotec in Lichtenfels: those present include Frank Herzog, President & CEO of

Concept Laser, and Gerd Weber, Premium Aerotec site manager in Varel

(left to right on the first row).

Caption 3: Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser: “This cooperation marks

an important milestone for the industrialization of 3D metal printing in aircraft

construction and undoubtedly also sends a signal to other industries. The network will

work together to improve the value chain.”

Caption 4: Next phase of expansion in Varel: An X line 2000R from Concept Laser

featuring multilaser technology and the world’s largest build envelope (800 x 400 x 500

mm3) for processing reactive materials such as titanium or titanium alloys.

Caption 5: Ceremonial opening of the new production hall for metallic components. The

X line 1000R from Concept Laser can be seen in the background.

(Image courtesy of: Premium Aerotec GmbH)

All photos courtesy of: Concept Laser GmbH (unless specified otherwise).


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Concept Laser trade show appearances ███████████████████

AMUG, St. Louis April 3 – 7, 2016

INDUSTRIE, Paris (France) April 4 – 8, 2016

Dental Forum, Paris (France) April 7 – 9, 2016

IDEM, Singapore April 8 – 10, 2016

Contacts ███████████████████████████████████████

Concept Laser GmbHAn der Zeil 8

D-96215 Lichtenfels

Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 9571 / 1679-0

Internet: www.concept-laser.de

Press contact:


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http://www.concept-laser.de/


Daniel Hund

Phone: +49 (0) 9571 / 1679-251

E-mail: [email protected]

LaserCUSING® background information ██████████████████

Key word: LaserCUSING®

The patented LaserCUSING® process from Concept Laser is used to create high-

precision mechanically and thermally resilient metallic components. The term

"LaserCUSING®," coined from the C in Concept Laser and the word FUSING, describes

the technology: The fusing process generates components layer by layer using 3D-CAD

data.

In this process, fine metal powder is fused locally by a high-energy fiber laser. The

material solidifies after cooling. The contour of the component is created by redirecting

the laser beam using a mirror redirection unit (scanner). The component is built up layer

by layer (with a layer thickness of 15 – 500 μm) by lowering the bottom of the build

chamber, applying more powder and then fusing again.

Source: Concept Laser GmbH


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What makes systems from Concept Laser unique is stochastic control of the slice

segments (also referred to as "islands") which are processed successively. This

patented process ensures a significant reduction in stresses when manufacturing very

large components.

Concept Laser at a glance ██████████████████████████

Concept Laser GmbH from Lichtenfels, Germany is today, unlike almost any other

company, one of the real pioneers and key drivers of powder-bed-based laser melting

with metals. The technology driver here is the patented LaserCUSING® process, also

referred to as 3D metal printing, which over the course of 15 years has evolved the

additive manufacturing of 3D components from a rapid technology to the stage of

industrial series production.

When Frank Herzog founded Concept Laser GmbH back in 2000 in Lichtenfels, a metal

laser melting machine was an entirely unknown quantity in the market. How is a 3D

geometry created from metal powder using a laser? What does 3D printing mean or a

digital process chain for the manufacturing of the future?

The answer was industrial machine technology: Concept Laser unveiled the first

machine of this type in 2001 at Euromold in Frankfurt. With more than 50 patents

granted today and over 100 patent applications, Frank Herzog and his workforce of

more than 170 employees continue to champion and develop the LaserCUSING®

process. The company caters for the global market for laser fusing machines across all


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different sectors from sites in Germany, the USA and China and through a network of

more than 35 distribution and service partners.

Concept Laser's high quality standards, expertise in processes, applications and

materials deliver reliable and cost-effective solutions which prove their effectiveness in

everyday production and are primarily aimed at reducing part costs. In addition to

commercial aspects, the process offers a large number of other benefits compared to

conventional methods of production: The parts are lighter, the designer has new

freedoms, the topology and geometry are optimized, additional functions can be

integrated, and less raw material is required. What this means is parts that were

previously manufactured using machining processes are now being redesigned to fully

exploit the new potential offered by additive manufacturing.

Concept Laser offers a range of small machines (50 x 50 x 80 mm3) right through to the

machine with the world’s largest build envelope (800 x 400 x 500 mm 3). Machines from

Concept Laser that are equipped with multilaser technology are among the fastest,

safest and highest-quality laser fusing machines in the world. More than 550 installed

machines and prestigious references and projects of this Franconian “hidden champion”

around the globe send out a clear message and symbolize an outstanding technology

for the future sealed with the endorsement “Made in Germany”.

For example, today the aerospace industry, automotive industry, medical technology,

dental technology, toolmaking and other sectors focus strategically on 3D metal printing

as the economical and high-quality production strategy of the future that embraces the

notion of "Industry 4.0.”


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Prizes & awards ██████████████████████████

2001 Presented with the EuroMold Silver AWARD for the M3 linear

LaserCUSING® machine

2008 Presented with the Bavarian Innovation Prize for the M2 cusing


2012 Presented with the EuroMold Bronze AWARD for the X line 1000R


2014 BAVARIA’S BEST 50 prize-winner

2014 Finalist in the “Large Companies” category for the German Industry

Innovation Prize in the shape of Frank Herzog, President & CEO of

Concept Laser GmbH

Project: “The first 3D-printed titanium component on board the A350 XWB”

2015 The “European CEO of the Year Additive Manufacturing” award was

presented to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser GmbH

2015 Nominated for the German Future Prize – Prize awarded by the German

President for technology and innovation

Project: “3D printing in commercial aircraft engineering – a manufacturing

revolution is taking off” in the shape of Frank Herzog, President & CEO of

Concept Laser GmbH


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2015 FOCUS Growth Champion

2016 Winner of the International Additive Manufacturing Award with the QM

Meltpool 3D quality monitoring tool, which was developed in-house

The art of LaserCUSING® by Concept Laser


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