EOS to Introduce e-Manufacturing at Hanover Fair
 NOVI,
MI and KRAILLING, Germany, Apr 2, 2008 - EOS will present its
e-Manufacturing solutions for fast, flexible and cost-effective production
from CAD data at the
Hanover Fair from April 21st to 25th in Hanover, Germany. RapidX, a
jointly sponsored event in Digital Factory, hall 17, will demonstrate how
small series and batch-size products are manufactured using EOS
technology-completely without tools and within just a few hours. The RapidX
demonstration shows the entire product development chain from the idea to
the end product. EOS will highlight different e‑Manufacturing applications
in close collaboration with Hubtex, a specialist in industrial trucks.
RapidX completes the arc from the design study via ergonomic tests to the
model—and finally to production—using e-Manufacturing. Hubtex is one of
several partners participating in the initiative. The manufacturer of
special trucks and side loaders relies on flexible production technologies
such as e-Manufacturing in order to deliver one-offs, custom products and
small series within very short timeframes.
One scenario at RapidX describes the path from the design study of an
integrated steering wheel to ergonomic tests. The STL file of the model is
then handed over to EOS, where the wheel is produced with e-Manufacturing.
Conventional methods would require days or even weeks from concept to final
product. Laser-sintering, however, delivers the steering wheel within hours.
Furthermore, the wheel components are significantly reduced; where
conventional methods require five parts, e‑Manufacturing builds the product
in a single step, eliminating 100 percent of assembly time and costs.
“e‑Manufacturing enables us to speed up our production processes and to
manufacture much more flexibly,” says Achim Otterbein, manager design and
development at Hubtex. Other best-practice examples and comparisons
displayed at the booth further underscore the efficiency of the technology.
The growing demand for such complex components and individualized mass
production (“mass customization”) is highlighted in a recently published EOS
survey about the future prospects of e‑Manufacturing. According to the
results, mass customization is gaining increasing importance in the Western
world.
RapidX also includes “Guided Tours” conducted by experts. Participants
will watch individual phases of the process chain with 3D glasses, and also
experience the production process with e‑Manufacturing live. Representatives
of the press are cordially invited to attend.
Other partners at RapidX are Autodesk, Gotha Design and Marketing,
CADEXperience, ICIDO, E&H Formtechnik Entwicklung as well as SolidCAM. The
initiative is led by the NC Gesellschaft.
About EOS
EOS was founded in 1989 and is today the world leading manufacturer of
laser-sintering systems. Laser-sintering is the key technology for
e-Manufacturing, the fast, flexible and cost-effective production of
products, patterns or tools. The technology manufactures parts for every
phase of the product life cycle, directly from electronic data.
Laser-sintering accelerates product development and optimizes production
processes. EOS completed its business year 2006/2007 with revenues of 59.7
million Euro, representing an increase of 14 percent compared to the
previous year. The company employs more than 250 people worldwide, more than
200 of them at its headquarters in Krailling near Munich, Germany.
For more information, visit www.eos.info.
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