EOS GmbH Wins Patent for Sand-Casting Application of Laser Sintering
Oct 17, 2000 — MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 17 -- EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, manufacturer of rapid prototyping systems in Munich, Germany, has received a US patent for a new product that is used to make cast metal components. DirectCast allows its users to produce moulds and cores for sand casting directly from CAD data without requiring any patterns, core boxes or tooling by using laser sintering. A computer is used in the design of the cast component, which is subsequently inverted to create a digital model...