3D printing for additive manufacturing
3D printing process, 3D printer, filament or printing material, etc. for modern mechanical engineering and special industries
Image: Fraunhofer IWU
3D printing for additive manufacturing
3D printing process, 3D printer, filament or printing material, etc. for modern mechanical engineering and special industries
Image: Fraunhofer IWU
Glass & ceramics for industry
Technical glass for displays or panes as well as high-performance ceramics, industrial ceramics, engineering ceramics or as a symbiosis of glass ceramics
Image: LPKF / Vitrion
plastics as an alternative
Polymers, elastomers, duroplastics, thermoplastics, polystyrene, etc. extend the service life of your newly developed products.
Image: BASF
Metals for mechanical engineering
Steel, copper and precious metals, alloys or aluminum for lightweight construction as well as profiles, bent parts or laser parts for the development of new industrial goods
Image: HP Kaysser
Composites for new properties
High-performance compounds, natural fiber compounds, glass fiber reinforced plastics, thermoplastic composites and fiber composites
Image: Vienna University of Technology
Surface technology for the coating
Coatings by painting, powder coating as well as PVC coatings, surface refinement, dosing, lasering give robustness and shine
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Here you will find modern new ones Materials, Technologies and Process for their treatment or processing for mechanical and plant engineering as well as many other branches of industrial production, including materials such as glass, ceramics, plastics, Metals and Composites as well as procedures like 3D pressure and Surface Technology.
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The development of modern Materials and processes for industrial applications are decisively characterized by energy saving, lightweight construction, environmental protection and sustainability. Material developers and researchers work on the performance and cost efficiency of new materials. And so materials science and materials science are subject to constant change and new alloys of steel or innovative filaments for 3D printing are being created, for example. Of course, all these materials also have to be processed. In addition, we examine manufacturing processes, the processing of raw materials and technologies for shaping, etc.
The following materials and processes are for specific industries like that Automotive industry, Renewable energies, Technical Building Services, Medical Technology, Microsystems Technology been developed. You will also find new materials here, which Applied research has developed.
The engineering of the modern material goes hand in hand with an efficient process that can process it. That happens especially in Machinery and plant engineering to carry. We report below on both sides: Innovations of new materials and new processes for their processing:
At the TUM the processing of new materials with existing production methods in bending technology has been taken on. Using the practical example of a free-form bending machine from J. New plays the IoT CNC control module DAU from Mitsubishi Electric an essential role. At the Chair of Forming Technology and Casting of Prof. Dr.-Ing Wolfram Volk, research is currently being carried out on projects that could bring decisive further developments for bending technology.
When it comes to wear-resistant tribo-polymers, users have Igus the agony of choice. The plastics specialist now has one for small series or series production in injection molding, a prototype from the 3D printer or semi-finished products Offline configurator Developed for its 39 Iglidur standard materials: The user can determine the appropriate material using templates. An Iglidur expert system is also available for the selection and calculation of the service life.
Rampf presents a structural resin for the fairing in the aircraft main landing gear and a cyanate ester infusion system for the Composite Aviation manufacturing. The new cladding replaces the previous aluminum shell, thus avoiding problems caused by natural frequencies. The low-viscosity infusion system offers first-class mechanical properties. Both innovations meet the high demands on the Fire protection.
The "Preeflow Eco-PEN300 1K" dispenser from Viscotec ensures optimal surface technology processes and low material consumption in automated use. Applications can be found everywhere: for example on steering wheels and grilles for cars, excavators and tractors, on coffee machines, refrigerators and other household appliances.
With the new modular microwave technology "Raku Microwave Curing" from Rampf ultra-fast curing and processing times are achieved when mixing and dosing sealing systems, adhesives and potting compounds. The focus is on the thermal activation of one- and two-component plastic systems using microwave radiation.
Karl Späh is further expanding its plastics processing capacities. With a new generation of multifunctional plotters, precise plastic parts up to a size of 3 x 2 m and a maximum thickness of 70 mm can be produced for all areas of industry and technical trade. And this in any desired shape and quantity from batch size 1. The milled parts can be made from all common plastics such as PA, PC, PE, PEEK, POM, PP, PS, PTFE, PVC and many more.
Machine and vehicle parts are manufactured with the highest precision. Even the smallest scratches can impair the function and lead to complaints. To avoid this, quality management should always include transport protection for components with sensitive surfaces. As a solution, "Poly-Net" interlayer grids for load carriers from the North German submarine cable works offer themselves.
The new FIP CC technology (Formed-In-Place Closed-Cell) from Sonderhoff brings together the high water resistance of the silicone world and the attractive material costs of the polyurethane world. The foam seals "Fermapor CC" based on PUR are room temperature crosslinking 2-component systems that use the FIP CC foaming process to form a very fine-cell, predominantly closed-cell, soft foam seal.
Whether direct and indirect light accents, colored accent strips or mirror surfaces: With an innovative plastic coating, components in and around the vehicle can be designed in a variety of ways. Benseler shows how wide the range of what is feasible with plasma vacuum coatings (PVD) in combination with UV paint is.
Sembach Technical Ceramics has recently been producing small parts in Micro injection molding Method. Micro injection molding is not yet very common in the ceramic industry. Manufacturers of medical technology often still lack the knowledge about the materials of the Technical ceramics. However, these offer a number of positive properties. This makes them particularly suitable for miniature components in medical technology.
Datalogic presents its new "Arex 400" laser. Together with the “Marvis” software, the user receives a complete traceability solution. The Arex series is a family of compact fiber lasers for high-speed marking on metal and plastic for the automotive and electronics industries.
Hydrogen embrittlement is an omnipresent issue when it comes to protecting against corrosion by coating the surface of metals. This applies above all to safety-relevant components that are subject to particularly high strength requirements. Ebbinghaus Verbund uses zinc thermo diffusion (ZTD) for the corrosion protection of bulk material and thus eliminates this problem.
The mica glass ceramic "VITRONIT" from Werkstoffzentrum Rheinbach (WZR) continues to gain popularity among designers and design engineers. Especially when plastics or metals have reached their limits, this porous ceramic material is a popular alternative. It is temperature resistant up to 1000 ° C and can be worked machined using conventional tools. Meanwhile it quality prototypes and series parts with sometimes amazing properties are manufactured.
Granta Design has announced the latest release of its material information management tool "Granta MI" Version 12. Manufacturing companies are increasingly investing in digitization strategies in order to enable decision-making with a precise virtual representation of the real product and to drive innovation. In matters "Digital twin“The materials used must be mapped exactly.