Development 2023, December

The advancing digitalization requires a rethink already in product development. Here, too, the processes have to be digitized, automated and streamlined. The Smart Engineering Day presents methods and tools for the development of competitive, smart products - among other things the new VDI guideline 2221, standard work for designers and product developers

The entrepreneurial families Hehl and Keinath, owners of Arburg, have taken over German Reprap GmbH, a manufacturer of industrial 3D systems based in Feldkirchen

The use of additive manufacturing can be worthwhile for companies. But what needs to be considered and what are the costs? An overview

Here we present three innovations from the field of simulation /u2013 from the process simulation for 3D printers to the investment calculation to determine potential savings in virtual commissioning

Costs play an essential role in product development. With Design to Cost you can plan and reduce all costs incurred, but the right methods have to be used

Breakthrough in additive manufacturing: A research team from TH N /u00fcrnberg have developed a new type of print head that enables variable web widths and makes 3D printing faster

A compact electric motor with 80% less weight than comparable motors; Lightweight chassis of a small van with 30% more payload and a modular lightweight truck frame - these are the winners of the Thinking Award 2020

The Association of Technical Plastic Products raises the alarm: freshmen in plastics processing are drastically declining. Professors and associations call for action and want, among other things, to improve the negative image of plastics

Researchers have developed a new method with which oil can be passively scooped out of water and used again. To do this, they constructed adsorbing textiles based on nature

Aerospike engines are light and save a lot of fuel, but so far it has hardly been possible to manufacture them. Researchers at Fraunhofer IWS and TU Dresden have succeeded through additive manufacturing

Scientists from Fraunhofer ILT and RWTH have developed a process for joining plastics with magnesium sheets by injection molding. The scientists will be showing how extremely light components can be manufactured at JEC World from March 3 to 5, 2020 in Paris

Industrial companies like Volvo, Raytheon, Jabil, Stryker, Beneteau or Bosch did it: they introduced PLM company-wide. But what are the advantages of such an introduction? An overview

The good news first: Even in medium-sized companies, the advantages of simulation in the product development process are clear today. Nevertheless, many companies still hesitate to use simulation. Why this is so and how you can master the hounds

Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) are calling internationally to submit contributions to the 2020 Altair Enlighten Awards. The closing date for entries is May 31, 2020

Anna Sembach joined Sembach Technical Ceramics on January 1, 2020. This means that the company is being continued in the fifth generation

The trade fair for die casting was a complete success, the organizers say. Impressions and figures for the fair

In order to protect car tires from theft, car manufacturer Ford relies on customized rim locks. The highlight: With the recorded voice of the customer, the 3D-printed lock becomes unique

Permanent magnets for electrical products should become smaller and smaller, but conventional manufacturing processes reach their limits. Scientists are therefore researching 3D-printed super magnets

Deutsche Bahn relies on 3D printing for its spare parts. More than 10,000 spare parts have already been manufactured in this way and thus save waiting and delivery times, as the example of a paddle wheel shows

A 3D printer with printing speeds of around ten million voxels per second and thus almost as fast as an inkjet printer. Scientists at KIT have developed a 3D printing system that prints precisely even on a micrometre scale

Through a partnership with FIT, Mediamarkt Saturn offers a professional 3D printing service for business customers. Small and medium-sized companies in particular should benefit from the offer

No other topic currently concerns manufacturers of medical devices as much as the European Medical Device Regulation MDR. If you know how the increasing regulatory requirements affect aspects of the development and manufacture of medical electronics, speak at the conference about device medicine and electronics practice

In aircraft construction, ever lighter components are in demand in order to keep fuel consumption and thus CO 2 emissions as low as possible. The example of Airbus shows how the generative design approach can help

In plant engineering projects, the calculation of the investment costs is an important criterion for decisions. In addition to a basic part, the new technical book /u201eCost Estimation in Plant Construction /u201c also contains a practical example, which is used to estimate costs with different levels of accuracy, as well as templates and accompanying documents

The industry is increasingly demanding components that can be manufactured additively and in series. However, this is not yet fully possible. Mark Cook, Vice President Metal Products at 3D Systems, explains why and what needs to be done

Unidirectional fiber-reinforced thermoplastic semi-finished products, so-called UD tapes, offer great weight and cost reduction potential, for example in the transport, sports or medical sector. The IKV at RWTH Aachen is currently investigating how UD tapes can be produced efficiently

A new module of the cost calculator of the VDI Center Resource Efficiency helps in the calculation of the ecological footprint of products and shows concrete savings potential

Large CFRP components are manufactured using the vacuum infusion process. Fraunhofer LBF and MT Aerospace have made hidden process sections visible and digitally controllable in the Infusion 4.0 project with fiber-optic sensors

A bike frame from the 3D printer? The Slovakian company Kinazo Design sro will produce an e-bike in limited series production in the coming season 2020, manufactured using the metallic 3D printing process

A coolant module, a housing HV booster and a housing upper part for 2-channel EBS are only three of a total of 18 prize winners who participated in the die casting competitions at Euroguss Were awarded in 2020. The winners in detail

Which product variant costs the least and at the same time offers the greatest customer benefit? Designers can answer this question with the so-called NLPP method, which provides precise forecast formulas for costs and sales prices

Local joining zone temperature control is intended to optimize the component properties in the additive process. With this development, employees at the Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University can also produce large-volume components additively

Scientists at the TU Berlin are researching genetically modified mushroom cultures that could replace plastic, leather and building materials. The renewable raw materials should be much more ecological

Extremely resilient, tensile, yet tough and light as a feather /u2013 are the requirements of materials in many industrial sectors. A team of researchers at the University of Bayreuth has now developed polymer fibers with these properties

Solid electrolytes are said to be more environmentally friendly than conventional liquid electrolytes and could make lithium-ion batteries more efficient and more reliable. A researcher has investigated how they should be composed

A casting technique with which light windings can be made from aluminum and a higher slot factor; A software that predicts and optimizes the casting processes and solutions for the impregnation of castings are the innovations for the Euroguss 2020

The shape is of central importance for the die casting process. It specifies the contours that a casting should take and influences its properties

Composites are a key technology for lightweight construction. In order to develop highly precise and reliable composite structures, a deep understanding of the behavior of such materials is necessary. Multi-physics simulations make this possible

5,127 prototypes were built by James Dyson for the first bagless vacuum cleaner. Today, simulations are the focus of product development at Dyson

How can companies prepare their research and development for the future and which trends are targeting? The Fraunhofer IAO interviewed R&D experts and presented the seven most important trends in the Future R&D study