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ICD A-2.1 "Selective Laser Melting" | ||
 |  | As part of the project "Production Technologies for Individualised Production" the Cluster of Excellence deals with increasing the build-up rate and the improvement of the surface quality of the Selective Laser Melting (SLM). In this method, components are build layer by layer directly from the CAD-data by melting metal powder. Play |
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ICD A.2.1 "North Rhine-Westphalia’s 2011 Innovation Award for additive manufacturing by Fraunhofer ILT (German)" | ||
 | | North Rhine-Westphalia’s 2011 Innovation Award in the »Innovation« category has been awarded to Professor Reinhart Poprawe M.A. and his team of laser experts. The award, which carries a cash prize of 100,000 euros, was presented to the winners by Svenja Schulze, North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister for Innovation, Science and Research. Play |
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ICD B-1.2 "Integrated Platform for Distributed Numerical Simulation" | ||
 | | The compative advantage of industry in high wage countires with mature markets is the customization of products. However, this ihighly planning-intensive. Economies of scale contribute to this loss, so it should be virtualized through the production process. This development is focused by the ZLW IMA and the chair of Scientific Computing in the sub-project called “Integrated Platform for Distributed Numerical Simulation”, a software simulation platform. The goal is to reduce cost of planning-intensive production processes. The simulation platform has four objectives: 1. Being a universal, extensible concept for flexible coupling of simulations 2. Synergy distributed resources 3. Sharing information 4. Using existing infrastructure. At the end of the planning approach, value orientation counts: The goal is reached. Play |
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ICD C-2.1 "Incremental sheet forming combined with stretch forming" | ||
 | | Incremental sheet forming (ISF) enables the manufacture of complex sheet metal components with simple tooling via the CNC-controlled movements of a half-spherical forming head. By a combination of the ISF with other processes and manufacturing steps the efficiency shell be increased. Play |
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ICD C-2.1 "Incremental sheet forming combined with local heat treatment" | ||
 | | Incremental sheet forming (ISF) enables the manufacture of complex sheet metal components with simple tooling via the CNC-controlled movements of a half-spherical forming head. By a combination of the ISF with other processes and manufacturing steps the efficiency shell be increased. Play |
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ICD C-2.2 "Multi-Technology Platform for Hybrid Metal Processing" | ||
 | | Modern production systems have to guarantee high flexibility, high availability and high performance combined with high precision. In the hybrid processing center of the main process of milling is supplemented with several laser processes. Various processing heads allow wire-based welding, hardening, ablation and laser patterning. With flexible combinations of the modules machine, robot and laser a high utilization of all system components is achieved. Play |
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ICD C-3.1 "Simulation of the production of metal/ plastic hybrids" | ||
 | | Whereas metal and plastic traditionally compete with each other, the advantages of both materials are combined by the hybrid technology. Although, nowadays, various technologies are capable of producing plastics/metal composites, they all have disadvantages in commen due to serval manufactoring steps and limitations in productivity. As part of the Cluster of Excellence a hybrid multi-component process shell be developed by the combination of metal pressure and plastic injection molding. Play |
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ICD C-3.1 "Production of metal/ plastic hybrids" | ||
 | | Whereas metal and plastic traditionally compete with each other, the advantages of both materials are combined by the hybrid technology. Although, nowadays, various technologies are capable of producing plastics/metal composites, they all have disadvantages in commen due to serval manufactoring steps and limitations in productivity. As part of the Cluster of Excellence a hybrid multi-component process shell be developed by the combination of metal pressure and plastic injection molding. Play |
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ICD C-3.1 "Stack-turning Moulds" | ||
 | | With the stack turning, a rotation around the vertical axis occurs. This allows high quality multi-component products manufactured economically. Play |
ICD D-1.1 "Cognitive Control Systems for Production" | ||
 | | The aim of the ICD-C 3.1 is a higher flexibility of the real process chain. In this context the approach of Cognitive Tolerance matching deals with a change from a tolerance-oriented to a function-oriented production. Play |
ICD D-2.1 "Interview - 3M-Welding Safety Award for results of the Cluster of Excellence" | ||
 | | The 3M Deutschland GmbH and the German Welding Society (DVS) honored approaches to sustainable improvement of working conditions during welding. Interview with Marion Beckers und Konrad Willms. Source: www.dvstv.de Play |
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