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EuroMold to Host New Feature Show on RP/RM for Consumer Products
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The University of Offenbach’s demonstration will involve scanning a person’s hand and then using that data to laser-sinter an individualized glove.
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In the field of rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing (RP/RM), EuroMold has long been established as a preeminent European marketplace. Now, at EuroMold 2009, DEMAT GmbH, the organizer, will offer the new feature show “e-Production for Everyone” to solidify the fair’s leadership in product development techniques and technologies.
Visitors to EuroMold 2009 (December 2–5) will find e-Production for Everyone in the newly built Hall 11.0 at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre. The show focuses on fields of consumer application for generative processes. It offers attendees a perspective on how these highly innovative technologies can bring about breakthrough changes in the nature of the products we use every day, by revolutionizing the way new products are developed.
Current consumer applications for RP/RM techniques include jewelry, furniture, interior design, and personal accessories, such as eyeglasses.
The new special feature show, which has been organized in cooperation with the universities of Coburg and Offenbach, looks at other areas into which this future-oriented approach to development and manufacturing might find its way. On display will be exhibits showing how the production of everyday products can be individualized.
Specific products will represent various potential future fields of application for generative manufacturing processes. The two universities are cooperating in these exhibits with several renowned international companies that will also have their own exhibits in Hall 11.0, as well.
The University of Offenbach’s demonstration will encompass products such as gauntlets and bicycle seats. To produce a custom gauntlet, first the user’s hand is scanned. Scan data are then used to laser-sinter an individualized glove. The gauntlet and its Velcro fastener are made as a single piece in one process step, including all seams. A special structure in the glove even protects the fingers and wrist from overstretching. A similar process that involves CAD data derived from the measurements of the user results in the generative RM production of an individualized bicycle saddle.
In addition, the University of Offenbach will present an innovative technique for exhibit-stand construction.
The Coburg-Design-Lab of the University of Coburg illustrates various possibilities for designing and altering products in 3D in real time. Among other things, changes in the design of objects based on blood pressure will be demonstrated. Moreover, Coburg shows via research results and developments that generative processes have reached a point where new forms of mass-customizing and individualizing products are imminent.
For further information:
EuroMold 2009
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
www.euromold.com
Tel. +49 69 2740030
Fax +49 69 27400340
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