Dear [NAME],
The 4th RM platform meeting on April 16th was a great success!
It was organised perfectly by Prodintec, and took place together with a Custom-Fit and Spanish platform meeting on April 15th. As much as [180??] peoples attended from 14 countries with 76% from industry, showing that RM is really getting increasing interest!
The European Commission was represented by Mr Tokamanis, head DG, head DG, demonstrating continued support through FP7.
The four successful FP7 proposals of the 1st RM call were presented to the delegates, together with a range of relevant information about RM in Europe and the platform itself. There was also a networking workshop in which small groups of participants discussed new RM applications in 7 market segments.
All presentations and workshop results can be downloaded here.
Each workshop RM application defined a lead partner and they can be contacted to follow up these initiatives. So the continuation of this workshop results is up to the pro-active attitude of stakeholders and not of the platform management.
The next RM platform meeting will take place on Tuesday September 16th in Slovenia, together with the RM related conference ICAT 2008 (www.rapiman.net), so mark your agenda!
Some platform partners have discussed and prepared contributions from the RM platform to the Manufuture ETP for further cooperation in manufacturing. In particular subjects within the RM platform which have a capability for a wider implementation, such as alternative business models, new design methods and implementation measures and education at SMEs are described. Martin Schäfer will continue to intensify our contacts with Manufuture on this.
In line with this, a new initiative has started within Manufuture to set up an JTI (Joint Technology Initiative) which in the next decade will be a body suggesting and allocating funding for related research areas. In this new approach the basic structure is that the funding for new developments and products comes from three parties: B2B company funding, National funding and EU funding. To be continued!
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Best regards,
The platform management team.
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2008-04-22, 2008-05-06 and 2008-05-27: TNO and Metaalunie create Rapid Manufacturing workshop, Eindhoven, Netherlands
The workshop allows participants to become familiar with RM in a practical way, and participants can even bring in cases from their own company. In consultation, samples of products are manufactured using various RM techniques so that the participants have an opportunity to experience the possibilities of the techniques themselves.
2008-05-27 and 28, Rapid Tech., Erfurt
Rapid.Tech 2008 (user's conference and trade fair)
- conference with focus on RM
- high quality exhibition
- special technical designer's day
- design competition/award
2008-05-30 & 31, Rapid Implant Manufacturing Forum, Vienna
Medical Innovations Conference of Materialise
On Friday, May 30 the second edition of the Rapid Implant Manufacturing Forum will be held in Vienna, Austria.
Get to know the latest developments in the field of implant production through well selected case studies, presented by industry trendsetters. Goal of these sessions is to discuss and set, in dialogue with the experts, the future standards for certified, validated implants.
2008-06-13: 9th RDPM 2009, Lancaster
9th National Conference on Rapid Design, Prototyping & Manufacture.
This year, the annual conference will be hosted by Lancaster University. It is a one day event jointly organised by CRDM Research, Bucks New University and the Lancaster Product Development Unit, Department of Engineering, Lancaster University.
Download Call for papers here
2008-06-30: Custom Fit: Customized Products Student Competition 2008
There are 1000’s of other potential applications for customised products.
The aim of this competition is for YOU to propose new customised products which give better comfort, performance, safety or enjoyment for the user.
All applicants must be fulltime students over the age of 18.
PRIZES:
€800 for the best product
€ 500 for the 2nd placed runner up
€ 300 for the 3rd placed runner up
For more information and to register for this competition go to www.custom-fit.org Deadline for receipt of entries is 5.00pm (CET) Monday 30th June 2008.
2008-07-07: ESDA 2008, Haifa
The ASME conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA) is a bi-annual event, held recently in Istanbul (2002), Manchester (2004) and Turin (2006). The conference draws hundreds of participants from all over the world. The scope of the conference covers a variety of major topics in engineering and related disciplines, ranging from theoretical developments to industrial applications and case studies. Call for papers: find the call in this document Please read this document for a decsription of the event.
2008-09-17 and 18: ICAT 2008, Ptuj, Slovenia
ICAT 2008 - 2nd International Conference on “Additive Technologies”,(a DAAAM Specialized Conference)
The conference topics on RP & RT & RM will be focused on “Medical Applications of Rapid Manufacturing” and “Business Models for RM”. You can find all the details about the conference at the website www.rapiman.net (call for papers is included).
ICAT 2008 is a perfect opportunity to share your research results with the RM professionals and industrial people. There will be several intersting keynote speakers (Terry Wohlers, Phillip Dickens, Ian Gibson, Andrea Reinhardt, Ian Campbell …) and parallel events (such as RM platform meeting and GARPA session.
2008-09-19 and 20: Custom Fit: 1st International Summer School on RM
Ptuj, Slovenia
microTEC: RM based micro systems production, Paper for ESDA 2008-10
Reiner Götzen, microTEC Gesellschaft für Mikrotechnologie mbH, Germany
Article as published for Haifa Conference, with details about RM based micro systems production.
microTEC: New in micronano 2008
Reiner Götzen / Andrea Reinhardt, microTEC Gesellschaft für Mikrotechnologie mbH, Germany
PowerPoint shows overview of RM based products in medical, consumer electronics and industry, also RMPD-technologies and 3D-CSP for mems packaging are explained.
Berenschot; Customization, Rapid Manufacturing en de toekomst van marketing (Dutch) 26.03.2008
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.
EOS; EOS survey confirms: e-Manufacturing is ready for the mass market 26.03.2008
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.
Materialise; EOS, Use of RM technologies in Pininfarina concept car 26.03.2008
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.
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