A leading provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) solutions announced recently that it delivered an industry-leading Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM®) system to the Global Research & Innovative Technology (GRIT) facility of a major Japanese automotive supplier, making it the first Asia-Pacific installation.
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., based in Kumagaya, Japan, purchased the EBAM 110 system from Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc., (PSI). The dual wirefeed configuration included in the system allows for the combination of two different metal alloys into a single melt pool, managed with independent program control, to create custom alloy parts or ingots. Users also have the option to alternate between different wire gauges for finer deposition features (thin wire) and gross deposition features (thick wire) to meet unique part specifications.
Hitachi Metals supports four business segments: specialty steel products, magnetic materials and applications, functional components and equipment, as well as wires, cables and related products.
“Sciaky is proud to extend our industry-leading technology with Hitachi Metals,” said Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc. “This is an important milestone for the industrial metal 3D printing market in Japan, and the forward-thinking leaders at Hitachi Metals are blazing a new trail for the Asia-Pacific region.”
