GE Additive
arcam-q10plus
The Arcam EBM Q10plus is one of the GE Additive machines now available to GKN.
GE Additive has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GKN, a global engineering group.
It will give GKN access to the additive manufacturing expertise of the GE division and its affiliated companies, Concept Laser and Arcam, as it becomes a GE Additive Production Partner. GKN will harness the machines and services of GE Additive, and also becomes its non-exclusive preferred AM powder supplier.
Additionally, GKN will collaborate with GE Additive on part development projects on powder bed machines as they seek to create and enable market opportunities, and AddWorks, GE Additive’s Engineering Consulting Team, will assist GKN and its affiliates with the acceleration and industrialisation of AM systems.
“GE Additive and GKN both understand the transformative power that additive manufacturing will have in the aerospace and automotive industries,” said Mohammad Ehteshami, Vice President and General Manager of GE Additive. “Additive machines from Concept Laser and Arcam will bring tremendous value to this GKN relationship and we look forward to collaborating more closely in the future.”
Jos Sclater, GKN’s Head of Strategy added: “We look forward to working with GE Additive on this revolutionary technology. GKN has a strong history of producing and certifying AM parts and powder, and by working together, GKN and GE can accelerate future developments in additive manufacturing and meet the growing demand we’re seeing across a range of industries.”
This partnership is GE Additive’s latest development as it aims to accelerate additive manufacturing and ensure the technology is put to good use in a number of vertical markets. It’s nearly a year since GE took control of Concept Laser and Arcam as part of a $1.4 billion investment. Since, the company has made public its ten-year plan to build 10,000 additive manufacturing systems, outlined its growth of the Concept Laser business – hoping to nearly double its workforce by 2018, and is working to build the world’s largest laser-powder 3D printing platform for the aerospace industry.
