Germany's LBC to Use 3rd EOSINT M 270 System

In mold making, LBC already covers a large spectrum including the automotive sector, medical technologies and the packaging industry. Particularly the latter offers very interesting market potentials as laser-sintered tools with conformal cooling offer great benefits for huge lot sizes. 

Augustin Niavas, Business Development Manager Tooling at EOS, emphasizes: A good formula for success, LBC exemplifies a good combination of customer know how with EOS systems. As such, they can provide the tool and mold maker market with high quality parts while other manufacturing processes have to take a back seat. This is another proof for the acceptance laser-sintering is gaining in production environments. LBC can already look back on a number of successful projects which – due to their positive progress - also convince potential new customers because conformal cooling significantly optimizes the production of tooling inserts.”

Ralph Mayer, CEO of LBC, adds: “With the new system we can adjust our flexibility and part delivery to the highly increased number of incoming orders. Our customers know that laser-sintered tooling inserts can offer a considerable competitive advantage. As a result, not only the number of short term orders increases. At the same time we see higher order number as well as clients ordering considerably bigger parts. In this context, the number of cavities our clients are demanding is rising, too. So laser-sintered tools with 96 or more cavities are not a rarity any more.”

Both agree that laser-sintered tools with conformal cooling channels are the key for success and as such will ensure a viable European tool and mold making industry. In the years to come a close cooperation between EOS and its customers will push further market development. This can be achieved via higher volume building rates and decreasing manufacturing costs.

LBC LaserBearbeitungsCenter

Kornwestheim-based LBC makes the full scope of modern laser technologies available to its clients. With its know how, especially in the tooling and mold making sector, the company offers its services for a number of process chain steps: manufacturing molding blanks or molds with optimized conformal cooling, designing optimized cooling channels, simulating the optimized tool, 3D laser engraving direct part marking. LBC sees its customers as partners and to collaboration with them as the key to success. 

About EOS

EOS was founded in 1989 and is today the world-leading manufacturer of laser-sintering systems. Laser-sintering is the key technology for e-Manufacturing, the fast, flexible and cost-effective production of products, patterns and tools. The technology manufactures parts for every phase of the product life cycle, directly from electronic data. Laser-sintering accelerates product development and optimizes production processes. EOS completed its business year 2008/2009 with revenues of approximately 60 million Euros. The company employs 300 people worldwide, 250 of them in Krailling near Munich, Germany. For more information, please visit www.eos.info

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Additional News

Jan 20 - EOS Ships Metal Powders for Aerospace Industry
Dec 3 - EOS, BESTinClass Joint Venture to Offer MMP in UK
Dec 3 - EOS to Present Part Property Profiles System at EuroMold
Dec 3 - Germany's LBC to Use 3rd EOSINT M 270 System
Dec 3 - EOS to Present EOSINT P Laser Sintering Systems at EuroMold
Aug 3 - UK's UCL Bartlett School of Architecture Picks EOSINT P
Apr 15 - EOS Holds 51% of Advanced Laser Materials Shares
Mar 9 - GPI Expands Prototype, Anatomicals with EOSINT M 270
Feb 18 - EOS, Victrex to Develop Peek Material for Laser-Sintering
Jul 9 - Aerospace, Manufacturing Firms Join to Form Research Center

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