FKM reports 67% faster builds on an EOS platform
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EOS has published a case study on an upcoming polymer 3D printing platform. The contract manufacturer FKM Additive Manufacturing tested an unreleased system on one of its own parts. Build time fell from 3 hours 10 minutes to 1 hour 54 minutes, a 67% productivity gain, compared with FKM's previous machine, according to EOS.
The figure comes from one part, in one application, against one older machine. FKM says the faster builds let it finish a full build job every day in single-shift operation. Its managing director, Matthias Henkel, says consistent quality matters more than batch size for series production.
EOS says the platform lets users adjust surface quality, detail resolution and mechanical properties, and that dimensional accuracy improved. These are EOS's claims. The case study does not cite an independent test, and it gives no mechanical data for the part.
EOS will show the full platform at Formnext 2026. Its official launch is on 17 November at 11:00, at the EOS booth in Hall 12, D71. 3D Printing Industry reported the case study.
Why it matters: for a contract maker, faster builds can mean more parts from the same machines. Whether that holds for other parts is not yet known.
Which matters more to you when you choose a printer: speed or part properties?
Sources: 3D Printing Industry