Arcam AB fka AMAVF

[Nobahamas]

A sale of a single printer is not shared with the press, not even with us
A sale of two printers isn't shared
In my believe, at this moment, more than 70% of the parts (for serial production) printed for aircrafts / rockets are done by SLM because SLM delivers a better quality.
It is expensive, but with a new production method you don't want to take any risk.
It's what we have seen in the past with over-dimensioning in strength (i.e. security factors for bridges 100% overdimensioned)
SLM is a finer proces of AM than EBM; a tiny faillure in the production-proces has less impact than the same tiny faillure in EBM production.

We choose for the best, and we will control every production step. Later when we know all do's and dont's we will decide what is good enough to do the job.

In my opinion, at this moment EBM in aviation is accepted as the best solution for 5 to 10 percent of the printable parts (fear for failures) but when quality control is guaranteed,then price / quality counts.
And by far EBM is then in favour.

So, sales of more than two printers at once won't be common, but I do believe we will sell lots of single printers in the future, because this production technique is welcome (price / quality) in a lot of sectors.