EOS is preparing to unveil a new polymer powder bed fusion platform at Formnext 2026, and one of its customers has already reported results from trials run under production conditions. Materialise, an additive manufacturing service provider, evaluated the soon-to-launch system and recorded 44% higher productivity than on the previous EOS platform, with build time per part falling by more than six minutes.
Production trial on an aerospace part
As part of the evaluation, Materialise used the machine to print a cable twist wheel for GKN Aerospace. Beyond confirming that the part could be built, the company assessed reliability, the effect of the platform's new features, productivity and efficiency, usability and control, and how straightforward post-processing would be.
EOS has not disclosed the full technical specification, which is scheduled for release on November 17. What is known is that the platform uses a three-laser architecture with intelligent utilization and dynamic load balancing; the latter is described as maximizing output per build by equally balancing the exposure workload, while the additional laser capacity contributes to higher throughput.
Giovanni Vleminckx, process engineering manager at Materialise, said the three lasers make a visible difference in performance and that their intelligent utilization helps the company reach considerably higher throughput while maintaining the part quality its customers expect.
Open process controls and gentler depowdering
The system also offers extended process controls, letting users work with validated parameter sets or open them up to align the process with specific applications and KPIs. Vleminckx said what stood out was not one isolated feature but the overall performance of the system, which combines the productivity the company needs with the process stability and control required to bring demanding applications into production.
On the cable twist wheel build, per-part time dropped from 19:53 to 13:51 minutes alongside the 44% productivity gain. Materialise also noted downstream benefits from an advanced roller recoater that produces softer powder cakes, making parts easier to unpack and depowder and reducing handling effort. Vleminckx called the soft powder cake a very tangible improvement for operators, adding that the overall workflow becomes noticeably more efficient.
The combination of three-laser architecture, the new roller recoater and open process controls matters for a service provider with high-throughput requirements that must adapt to different production applications. EOS plans to show the platform in person from November 17 at Formnext 2026 at its booth in hall 12, stand D71.