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EOS and the Brazilian space startup BIZU Space have agreed a cooperation focused on know-how rather than hardware. BIZU Space engineers get DfAM training through the Additive Minds Academy and consulting from EOS experts. The startup is evaluating industrial metal 3D printing for rocket engine parts.
Advanced Manufacturing Partners (AMP), a strategic partner of ACMI, will base its flagship factory in Austin, Texas. The machine fleet includes what AMP calls the world's first deployed AMCM M 8K, with an 800 x 800 x 1200 mm build volume and eight 1 kW lasers. A ribbon-cutting is planned for early 2027.
Kratos will install an AMCM M 8K, a large-format multi-laser metal powder bed fusion system from EOS, at its Indiana Payload Integration Facility in Odon. The machine is meant to supply large components for low-cost, high-cadence hypersonic systems, including testing under programs such as MACH-TB.