标题: Freemelt Wins SEK 28 Million ESS Order for 7,000 Tungsten Neutron-Source Components [打印本页] 作者: admin 时间: 2026-11-4 20:04 标题: Freemelt Wins SEK 28 Million ESS Order for 7,000 Tungsten Neutron-Source Components On October 31, 2026, Nanjixiong learned that Swedish metal additive company Freemelt had received an order worth SEK 28 million, approximately USD 2.8 million, from the European Spallation Source, ESS. It will manufacture and deliver 7,000 tungsten-based components for the target-wheel system over 14 months, with most deliveries in 2027.
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ESS is a major European research facility. Accelerator-generated proton beams strike tungsten targets to produce neutrons for materials research. Tungsten's high melting point, thermal conductivity, and resistance to thermal shock and irradiation suit the target wheel, but parts have a finite service life and require regular replacement. Freemelt uses electron beam powder bed fusion, E-PBF, melting metal powder in vacuum, well suited to reactive and high-temperature materials such as tungsten, titanium, and copper.
CEO Daniel Gidlund said the order validates the strategic shift from equipment sales to component production. In September, Freemelt received a major tungsten-component order from Fusion for Energy. In October it signed a refractory-metal feasibility study with a Swedish defense company and joined Proxima Fusion's Alpha alliance to validate tungsten plasma-facing fusion reactor components.
Nanjixiong's Observations
Tungsten additive manufacturing is moving from laboratories into batch supply. Research facilities and fusion reactors are early applications, with clear demand for localized European supply chains.
AI-translated from an article by Kuaixiong on Nanjixiong, originally published on 2026-10-31. Text and images retain the original source attribution. Read the original Chinese article
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