BEAMIT expands production capacity with new M Line Additive Manufacturing system
May 16, 2022
The BEAMIT Group, Fornovo di Taro, Italy, has expanded its large format metal Additive Manufacturing capabilities following its investment in a GE Additive Concept Laser M Line Additive Manufacturing machine.
This announcement follows the signing of a letter of intent regarding a strategic technology collaboration between Avio Aero, BEAMIT and GE Additive. BEAMIT is a longstanding customer of GE Additive and operates a fleet of Concept Laser and Arcam EBM machines, including the Mlab, M2 and X Line platforms, as well as two Q10plus machines across its three manufacturing plants and its subsidiary PRES-X.
“As part of our ‘one-stop-shop’ strategy, we have continued to invest in our value chain over the past seven years and have also achieved rigorous ISO 9001, AS 9100 quality certifications and NADCAP accreditation needed to service the aerospace sector. That investment has not gone unnoticed and we continue to attract new aerospace, space and defence customers, while supporting existing customers who have already commenced their additive journey,” stated Mauro Antolotti, President of BEAMIT Group.
Andrea Scanavini, Chief Commercial Officer of BEAMIT Group, added, “Today, we are seeing an increasing demand from customers for much larger, more complex parts, and in higher volumes – this is why we have invested in our first M Line system. Based on our strong and well-recognised expertise in discovering new applications for Additive Manufacturing, we see in the new platform M Line, combined with our full cutting edge end-to-end value chain, the key for a technological leap towards significantly increased production volumes in the near future. The BEAMIT team is ready to explore the potential of the M Line and continuously improve the industrialization process by digitally connecting the system with all the subsequent post-processing phases. We will work closely with GE Additive’s AddWorks consultants to make this development even faster.”
The rise in demand for larger parts that BEAMIT is experiencing is replicated across the commercial aerospace, space and defence sectors globally, explains GE. AM users across the aerospace supply chain continue to invest in innovation and in doing so continue to set the bar high for the deployment of increasingly mature metal additive applications. The progression in terms of complexity and volume is a reflection of the evolving sophistication of in-house AM teams, one-stop shop companies like BEAMIT with an end-to-end approach, and the wider aerospace AM ecosystem.
“Being closely aligned through our own activities across GE Aviation, including Avio Aero, and many other customers in aerospace, we anticipated this next wave of industrialisation. For some time our common objective with BEAMIT has been to work closely together to enable their customers to make the shift to industrialization as seamless as possible, we feel now quite proud that this becomes a reality,” said Rob Dean, GE Additive’s AddWorks senior leader in Europe.
Wolfgang Lauer, Product Line Manager – M Line, GE Additive, added, “Customers, like BEAMIT, recognise that GE Additive’s experience and products can help them move to serial production quicker. It’s great to see BEAMIT invest in the M Line and build on our strategic technology collaboration that will not only benefit the aerospace industry, but also the wider industrial additive community here in Europe and around the world.”
