Materials Solutions to add two NXG XII 600 machines to enable large part production
Materials Solutions – a Siemens Energy Business, based in Worcester, UK, is expanding its Additive Manufacturing fleet with two twelve-laser NXG XII 600 Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) machines from Nikon SLM Solutions. The first of these machines is scheduled for installation in May 2025, with the second planned for later in the year.
The NXG machines will initially be focused on the production of a yet-undisclosed large power generation part, reportedly the first of its kind produced by PBF-LB Additive Manufacturing. While specifics aren’t available, the completed component is set to replace five separately additively manufactured parts – which already substantially improved on the conventional manufacturing process previously used.
Trevor Illston, one of Material Solutions’ co-founders and its Chief Manufacturing Engineer, commented in the latest issue of Metal AM magazine, “When the machine is fully operational, it will lead to significant reductions in cost and lead time for this very large part, whilst significantly improving fuel efficiency and the emissions of Siemens Energy’s most advanced gas turbine.”
Interested in learning more about Materials Solutions? Read ‘Back to the future: A decade of Additive Manufacturing innovation and growth at Materials Solutions’, available to download here.
