INTERMAT 2011: Rapid Manufacturing Conference The European consolidation of Rapid Manufacturing/ Additive Manufacturing The challenge of more variants and small lots: AM/RM perspectives

Outline • What is the AM/RM –

Technology/History/Platform

• Some examples of

Additive/Rapid Manufacturing

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www.rm-platform.com 3

Position in Manufuture

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What is it – AM/RM Platform? • A community of European stakeholders finding RM relevant to survive

• “Stakeholders” can be companies,

universities or branch organisations

RM platform objective To achieve European industrial growth & sustainability by a coherent strategy, condensed research, dissemination and exploitation

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What is considered here as AM/RM AM/RM is making functional end products “directly” from CAD using Additive Layer Manufacturing technologies • In particular for “smaller” volumes or one-off products • It avoids investments of tooling • Currently hardly any dedicated RM technologies or machines; only •

“RP++” Also called Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM), Direct Manufacturing, Direct Fabrication or Digital Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing

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Main objectives? • Promoting Research and Industrial

Implementation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) by appropriate strategic intelligence • Networking and Companies’ promotion • Supporting Companies in the preparation of European AM-related R&D projects • Ensure sound exploitation of industrial results of European projects

National & Regional Working Group

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Status • • • • • • • • •

Commitment of broad range of end user industries Commitment from high level RTDs Good feedback from EC regarding WP contribution Website up & running Presented during events & meetings Publications to inform public Vision paper ready SRA ready Road map on track

MEGA-Trends/Potential impact Trends/ – Demand for individualization of products increases (mass customisation) – Products become more complex and life cycles shorten (pressure on cost and time-to-market) – Customer-oriented services as selling argument – Environmental issues get more attention

• As a result or risk:

– Mass production is moving outside Europe – Risk of tooling investment becomes show-stopper – Growth in niche markets and services

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Megatrends require innovative and comprehensive solutions – Availability of trendsetting technologies* is necessary

Project Project & & Risk Risk Management Management Rural Rural Healthcare Healthcare Solutions Solutions for for India India

Self Self Organization Organization and and Model Model Predictive Predictive Control Control

Constraint Constraintbased based Configurators Configurators

Globalization Demographic change

Climate change High-PerforHigh-Performance manceMetals Metals &&Alloys Alloys

Urbanization Rural Rural/ /Community Community Healthcare Healthcarein inChina China

Oil Oil&&Gas GasField Field Development Development

Wireless Wireless Communications Communications

RF RFTechnology Technology IT ITSecurity Security

AM/RM Trends ➨ Machines on industrial level ➨ Software ➨ AM-Design-Potential ➨ Development of material ➨ Standardisation ➨ Cooperation ➨ New Business models 13

First FP7 RM-Projekte – CompoLight – DTI, Olivier Jay Develop new RM methods and solutions to improve the design of complex lightweight parts with internal channels or porous structures – DirectSpare – Materialise, Karel Brans Deliver spare parts on-demand in large industries using RM techniques, so reducing the need for large store houses, wasted spare parts and large inventories – Impala – TWI, Emma Ashcroft Develop a RM process using a laser-based process to produce customized small and medium volume parts from powders – StepUp – MBN, Paolo Matteazzi Develop new systems, i.e. materials design and development, through the mechano-chemical modification, based on the high energy ball milling technology in polymers, for RM applications.

Trends and developments: Standardisation ASTM

VDI

New name: Additive Manufacturing

Cooperation / Research Center

• Direct Manufacturing Research Center DMRC; Paderborn; GER • Rapid Manufacturing Consortium; Loughborough Univ.; UK • Research Centres of Excellence, Birmingham; UK • Additive Manufacturing Consortium, EWI – Edison Welding Institute; U.S. • Additive Manufacturing Branding Initiative January 11, 2011 – Leuven, Belgium

Application fields Industry

Energy

Healthcare

▪ Motor components

▪ Turbine components

▪ Medical devices

The beauty of Rapid Manufacturing.

Potential impact “new industrial revolution in the digital age” “customer-oriented service-based manufacturing”

Interested? www.rm-platform.com [email protected] Chairman: Martin Schäfer (Siemens) Coordinator: Frits Feenstra (TNO)

Thank you for your attention!