Finspång, February 5, 2016 – On February 2nd, EOS customer Siemens in Finspång opened up Sweden’s first Additive Manufacturing facility for serial production of metal parts. With a total investment of around 20 million euros the new workshop is the first of its kind facility in Sweden and within Siemens worldwide. Primarily focusing on the development, manufacturing and repair of components for the Siemens industrial gas turbine range, it employs a staff of twenty to date, from operators to engineers. It is equipped with x systems from EOS, the global technology and quality leader for high-end Additive Manufacturing (AM) solutions.
Finspång, February 5, 2016 – On February 2nd, EOS customer Siemens in Finspång opened up Sweden’s first Additive Manufacturing facility for serial production of metal parts. With a total investment of around 20 million euros the new workshop is the first of its kind facility in Sweden and within Siemens worldwide. Primarily focusing on the development, manufacturing and repair of components for the Siemens industrial gas turbine range, it employs a staff of twenty to date, from operators to engineers. It is equipped with x systems from EOS, the global technology and quality leader for high-end Additive Manufacturing (AM) solutions.
”Siemens is a forerunner both in Sweden and in Additive Manufacturing when it comes to the development and production of advanced metal components in the power industry. Through this long-term investment into AM we build up skills and experiences that may lead to new ideas and development in the field.” says Hans Holmström, CEO for Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery.
By using AM, Siemens can develop new, improved components and can carry out repairs significantly faster, for instance burner tips for their SGT-800 industrial gas turbines,. Repair times can be shortened substantially from months to a couple of days or weeks and responses to customer demands as such can be further improved.
Dr. Adrian Keppler, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at EOS adds: “Siemens is an important strategic customer for us. As a technology enabler we are proud to cooperate with them for the Finspång facility and beyond. As an experienced industry partner they provide us with valuable feedback which we then incorporate in further system development of our Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology.”
8 February 2016
