AIJU Technology Center, Dr. Luisa Marín and Dr. Asunción Martínez Asociación de Investigación de la Industria del Juguete, Conexas y Afines, Spain

Bimonthly Custom-Fit Newsletter.

Custom-Fit is an industry led project to investigate the possibility of moving towards knowledge based manufacturing and customised production through integration of knowledge in RM, IST and Material Science. Funded under FP6, the project involves 28 partners from 12 countries. This newsletter brings you the latest developments.

This newsletter will introduce you to the process of Helmet Customisation and a rapid manufacturing procedure, which uses a high viscosity powder material, being developed by TNO in the Netherlands.
We have also included the decisions made last 23rd of November by the Competitiveness Council of the European Union concerning the Joint Technology Initiatives that have been budgeted for.
As always, we will finish with information about the upcoming events.

AIJU Technology Center, Dr. Luisa Marín and Dr. Asunción Martínez Asociación de Investigación de la Industria del Juguete, Conexas y Afines, Spain

Bimonthly Custom-Fit Newsletter.

Custom-Fit is an industry led project to investigate the possibility of moving towards knowledge based manufacturing and customised production through integration of knowledge in RM, IST and Material Science. Funded under FP6, the project involves 28 partners from 12 countries. This newsletter brings you the latest developments.

This newsletter will introduce you to the process of Helmet Customisation and a rapid manufacturing procedure, which uses a high viscosity powder material, being developed by TNO in the Netherlands.
We have also included the decisions made last 23rd of November by the Competitiveness Council of the European Union concerning the Joint Technology Initiatives that have been budgeted for.
As always, we will finish with information about the upcoming events. 

Jacob Benthien, DTI, Focus, Danmark

The day when physical manufacuring of items or components is carried out by consumers themselves is just round the corner.

Martijn Laar, Berenschot, Netherlands 

Marketeers hebben het leveren van maatwerkproducten (customization) ontdekt als de marketingtrend van de toekomst. Zoals de evaring van Berenschot en het Custom-Fit project aantoont, biedt Rapid Manufacturing bedrijven nu voor het eest een instrument om deze individualisering rendabel vorm te geven.

Martina Methner, EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, Germany

Mass production in the Western world is on the brink of a silent revolution and e-Manufacturing is an important part of that change. These are some of the conclusions of a survey conducted by EOS: they interviewed industry experts at the K 2007 show in Duesseldorf and Euromold 2007 in Frankfurt.

Miranda Bastijns, Materialise, Belgium

Materialise unveils their contribution to the Pininfarina Sintesi project at the 78th International Motor Show in Geneva. It is the first time in history that additive technologies play such a prominent role in a concept car project.

Materialise, Jurgen Laudus The innovative solar car “Umicar Infinity” that participated in 2007’s World Solar Challenge in Australia, consisted of various Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) components. The perfect proof of this RP technology’s reliability as a full production method.

 

AIJU Technology Center, Dr. Luisa Marín and Dr. Asunción Martínez Asociación de Investigación de la Industria del Juguete, Conexas y Afines, Spain

Bimonthly Custom-Fit Newsletter.

Custom-Fit is an industry led project to investigate the possibility of moving towards knowledge based manufacturing and customised production through integration of knowledge in RM, IST and Material Science. Funded under FP6, the project involves 28 partners from 12 countries. This newsletter brings you the latest developments.

This newsletter will introduce you to the process of Helmet Customisation and a rapid manufacturing procedure, which uses a high viscosity powder material, being developed by TNO in the Netherlands.
We have also included the decisions made last 23rd of November by the Competitiveness Council of the European Union concerning the Joint Technology Initiatives that have been budgeted for.
As always, we will finish with information about the upcoming events. 

AIJU Technology Center, Dr. Luisa Marín and Dr. Asunción Martínez
Asociación de Investigación de la Industria del Juguete, Conexas y Afines, Spain

Bimonthly Custom-Fit Newsletter.

Custom-Fit is an industry led project to investigate the possibility of moving towards knowledge based manufacturing and customised production through integration of knowledge in RM, IST and Material Science. Funded under FP6, the project involves 28 partners from 12 countries. This newsletter brings you the latest developments.

AIJU Technology Center, Dr. Luisa Marín and Dr. Asunción Martínez
Asociación de Investigación de la Industria del Juguete, Conexas y Afines, Spain

Bimonthly Custom-Fit Newsletter.

Custom-Fit is an industry led project to investigate the possibility of moving towards knowledge based manufacturing and customised production through integration of knowledge in RM, IST and Material Science. Funded under FP6, the project involves 28 partners from 12 countries. This newsletter brings you the latest developments.

Laser-sintering opens up new opportunities for the production of robot hands.
Since the beginning of the year, ASS Maschinenbau uses an EOSINT P 390 for plastic laser-sintering. The company, a daughter of Indus Holding AG, thus produces compact, complex and ultra light-weight robot hands.
At the same time, ASS integrates functions in the gripping technology and as a consequence enlarges the application spectrum of its products.

Additive layer manufacturing technology using a machine built by EOS GmbH, near Munich, is helping internationally acclaimed designer, Assa Ashuach, to produce interior furnishings that could not be made any other way.

Laser sintering of plastic powder in successive horizontal slices taken through a 3D CAD model, a technique normally used in engineering to produce prototypes and products quickly.

Martijn Laar, Berenschot, NL

Marketeers around the world are discovering that internet is causing the death of mass marketing and mass advertising. Customisation of products and personalization of information is the marketing trend of the future. As the Berenschot and Custom Fit experience shows, now rapid manufacturing is providing the tools for companies to give an economically viable response to this trend.

Anton Gerrits, TNO Science & Industry, NL

Er is een radicale verandering in het productieproces in gang gezet. Door middel van RM moet het mogelijk worden om functionele producten en onderdelen te vervaardigen vanuit 3D CAD. Hierdoor komen begrippen als produceren, service en distributie in een compleet ander daglicht te staan en kunnen extreem klantgerichte producten worden ontwikkeld.

Dean Palmer, Eureka magazine January 2006, UK

The goal of mass customisation goods to suit individual tasts is nearing reality. This articles shows SLS being used to tailor the design of football boots for individual players.

Hugo van der Horst, Kunststof Magazine, Netherlands

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Dit artikel verscheen in 2005 in Kunststof Magazine, het grootste vakblad voor de kunststofindustrie in Nederland en België.
In het eerste deel van deze driedelige serie worden bestaande RP technieken besproken en maken we kennis met RM.
www.kunststofmagazine.nl, hugo@beaumont.nu

Hugo van der Horst, Kunststof Magazine, Netherlands

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Dit artikel verscheen in 2005 in Kunststof Magazine, het grootste vakblad voor de kunststofindustrie in Nederland en België.
Het tweede deel laat zien hoe het grijze gebied tussen RP en RM ingevuld gaat worden, wat we onder personalised manufacturing verstaan en hoe het Europese Custom-Fit project daarin een belangrijke rol speelt.
www.kunststofmagazine.nl, hugo@beaumont.nu

Hugo van der Horst, Kunststof Magazine, Netherlands

3^e deel
Dit artikel verscheen in 2005 in Kunststof Magazine, het grootste vakblad voor de kunststofindustrie in Nederland en België.
Het derde en laatste deel gaat over ontwerpers: hoe kijken zij aan tegen de RM ontwikkelingen en welke omslag moeten zij maken?
www.kunststofmagazine.nl, hugo@beaumont.nu

Anton Gerrits, TNO Science & Industry, The Netherlands

RM is een veelbelovende techniek die aansluit op de richting waarin de West-Europese maakindustrie zich met de hete adem van de lagelonenlanden in de nek, beweegt de laagsgewijze productie van kleine series complexe producten met een hoge toegevoegde waarde. Het artikel schets de stand van zaken.

BPO, 4D CAD (Dutch), Alfard Jansen, BPO, The Netherlands

Het conservenblik werd uitgevonden in 1810. Echter pas in 1870 werd een enigszins bruikbare blikopener uitgevonden. Momenteel dienen zich productietechnieken aan waarmee binnen één object verschillende materialen gemengd kunnen worden. De machines die het kunnen, komen er aan. Het wachten is nog op software om de producten te ontwerpen.

Fraunhofer IPA, Serienfertigung in Losgröße 1 (German). Andrzej Grzesiak, Fraunhofer Institute Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Germany

Im September 2005 fand das 10. Anwenderforum RPD & Manufacturing statt. Dieses Mal standen die Themen generative Technologien und Qualitätssicherung in der Produktentwicklung und Kleinserienfertigung im Mittelpunkt.

Andrzej Grzesiak, Fraunhofer Institute Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Germany

Standortbestimmung: Nach Jahren der Besinnung, geben die Rapid-Manufacturing-Anhänger jetzt Gas. Nicht ohne Grund: Für bestimmte Nischen bietet die schnelle Kleinserienproduktion per direkte Datenleitung durchaus interessante Wachstumspotenziale.

Andrzej Grzesiak, Fraunhofer Institute Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Germany

Studie: Das Fraunhofer IPA befragte potenzielle Anwender zum Thema Rapid Manufacturing und stellte fest: momentan kein Interesse. Laut IPA kann es allerdings für bestimmte Anwendungsfälle durchaus empfehlenswert sein, einen kompletten Technologiewechsel ins Auge zu fassen.

Duncan Wood, The TCT Magazine, UK

TCT takes a timely look at the current status of RM in industry. The article aims to give the reader some insight into how the emergence of RM is taking shape and how it can and will affect global manufacturing communities in the coming years.

Jurriaan van Hengel, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands

Overzicht van Rapid Manufacturing met definitie, toepassingen, overwegingen, voor- en nadelen.