With granulate-based plastic processes, it is now possible to design highly durable products and produce them economically, even in closed material cycles. Fraunhofer IWU demonstrates with a highly resilient shelf and a vehicle frame how individual shaping, low material costs, and high load-bearing capacity can add up to rather useful products.

Mayku has unveiled its advanced Multiplier Pressure Former, enabling benchtop precision akin to injection moulding for engineers and designers. Boasting features like sub-micron detailing and rapid production cycles, the Multiplier also introduces a custom mode for material versatility and a Reducing Plate accessory for material adaptability.

Create it Real and Aim 3D partner to advance 3D printing capabilities with the integration of Voxelfill technology into the Exam 255 and Exam 510 systems. This collaboration brings the innovative Slicex software solution, leveraging Voxelfill's cross-layer filling strategy to produce stronger, more uniform 3D components in a range of materials including metals and ceramics.

Additive fusion expert 9T Labs will host the Composites United Innovation Day on September 21, 2023, at its headquarter in Zürich, Switzerland. The event will focus on the theme of “Innovation through Collaboration“, and will feature presentations and discussions from leading experts in the composites industry.

Making new technology possible and creating real added value — that is the goal of the Lehvoss Group. Concrete product ideas are just as much a focus as sustainability and tangible profitability. At the Fakuma, the Hamburg-based company will present numerous application examples that go beyond the limits of what was previously feasible.

At Fakuma 2023, which will take place from 17 to 21 October in Friedrichshafen/Germany, Oerlikon HRS Flow, will be focusing on hot runner systems that enable greater sustainability and efficiency in thermoplastic injection moulding. In addition to future-oriented automotive applications, the focus will be on trendsetting technologies and projects in packaging industry.

The partnership between CRP USA and U-Vic Formula Racing has produced many functional parts over the years using carbon fibre filled composites and laser sintering as a manufacturing process. These components are characterised by their versatility, mechanical properties and durability.

The 5th IIMC — International Injection Moulding Conference organised by the IKV in Aachen, Germany, is approaching and the programme is already well filled with expert lectures from industry and science. All lectures will be held in English. The conference will center around the dynamic automotive industry, delving into the prevailing challenges through the lens of injection moulding.

As the only international trade fair for deburring technologies and precision surface finishing, Deburring Expo presents corresponding offerings in a concentrated fashion. The bilingual expert forum and various theme parks will also ensure an effective transfer of knowledge at the 5th leading trade fair at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre from the 10th through the 12th of October, 2023.

The Chair of Microfluidics at the University of Rostock is working together with Stenzel MIM Technik (Tiefenbronn near Pforzheim) on a project to print a 3D metal injection moulding (MIM) tool. The basis of the development is the use of Aim 3D's CEM technology with an Ex-AM 255 system.