Lightweight Wins: The Winners of the Enlighten Award
The BMW Group uses a 3D printed metal component in series production for the first time: The roof mount for the 2018 i8 Roadster is manufactured by selective laser melting. The component is 44 % lighter than the original component and, according to the manufacturer, has ten times the rigidity.
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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745100/1745191/original.jpg "The negative development in operating earnings was chiefly due to the crisis-induced lack of sales in the second quarter of 2020.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1744900/1744927/original.jpg "The market for actuators is anticipated to grow at a fast pace.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1742100/1742148/original.jpg "The 3D printer VX4000 from voxeljet has a build envelope of 4000 x 2000 x 1000 mm.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1738200/1738250/original.jpg "This picture shows Rolf Philipp, Managing Director of the Aircraft Philipp Group (left) and Gerald Mayer, CEO of Amag Austria Metall AG (right) with the future logo of the joint company")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748500/1748503/original.jpg "The MetraSCAN BLACK dimensional metrology system has been developed to measure complex parts and assemblies from an array of industries and manufacturing processes.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748100/1748157/original.jpg "Digital twin design process: Overview of the simulations.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745500/1745523/original.jpg "The stationary filter unit is suitable for filtering medium quantities of welding fumes and dust at up to two workplaces simultaneously.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1744500/1744524/original.jpg "“Our experience so far shows massive value in leveraging AI to reduce waste and resource consumption, as well as to increase yield.”")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1750000/1750086/original.jpg "“EUROGUSS 2022 is clearly an event not to be missed in this sector, and one that appeals to all die casting foundries, their suppliers, and of course all buyers of die cast components”.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748600/1748689/original.jpg "Optomec’s automated solution typically replaces manual operations.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1749200/1749212/original.jpg "VW restructures its personnel.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748200/1748270/original.jpg "New cooperation partners (from left to right). LMI: Dawid Ziebura, Sven Scheres, Steffen Stahlhacke, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum & Kurtz Ersa: CEO Rainer Kurtz, Technical Director Victor Romanov, Managing Director Uwe Rothaug")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1746900/1746979/original.jpg "The automotive industry and the mechanical and plant engineering sector are facing massive challenges. Thus, the foundry industry is also affected to a large extent.")
/cdn4.vogel.de/infinity/white.jpg "The BMW Group uses a 3D printed metal component in series production for the first time: The roof mount for the 2018 i8 Roadster is manufactured by selective laser melting. The component is 44 % lighter than the original component and, according to the manufacturer, has ten times the rigidity.")
