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Additive Manufacturing New Business Opportunities

Dr Ir. Bart Van der Schueren

Executive Vice President

Materialise

2 Courtesy of Patrick Jouin and Thomas Duval; Lisa Craft; Rimac; Pinovo; OBL; RSprint; Makerbot; Baoyan Automation; Envisiontec; Stratasys; EOS

3 Courtesy of Patrick Jouin and Thomas Duval; Lisa Craft; Rimac; Pinovo; OBL; RSprint; Makerbot; Baoyan Automation; Envisiontec; Stratasys; EOS

4 Courtesy of Patrick Jouin and Thomas Duval; Lisa Craft; Rimac; Pinovo; OBL; RSprint; Makerbot; Baoyan Automation; Envisiontec; Stratasys; EOS

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Engineering 3D

Printing

Software Development

Courtesy of Patrick Jouin and Thomas Duval; Lisa Craft; Rimac; Pinovo; OBL; RSprint; Makerbot; Baoyan Automation; Envisiontec; Stratasys; EOS

Additive Manufacturing 3D Printing

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Strengths of the Technology

• Toolless production

• No upfront investment

• Design changes are for free

• (Almost) unlimited freeform

• Limitation is mainly in mind of designer

• The higher the complexity, the better

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Growing Field of Application

Series

Cost

Complexity

Cost

• Reduction of printing time

• Reduction of raw material prices

• Improved data processing

• Improved post processing

Conv. Conv.

AM AM

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series

Cost

Complexity

Cost

• Customization • Function integration

• Using the form freedom

Conv. Conv.

AM AM

Growing Field of Application

Strengths of the Technology

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• Toolless production

• No upfront investment

• Design changes are for free

• (Almost) unlimited freeform

• Limitation is mainly in mind of designer

• The higher the complexity, the better

• Technologies are slow

• Materials are expensive

New Business Opportunities?

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MASS CUSTOMISATION

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Image courtesy of Phonak

Hearing Aids

Taking the

impression

3D Printing of

the hearing aid

Quality Control &

assembly

Scanning of the

impression

Software to design

the hearing aid

Hearing Aids

• Digital manufacturing of shells to nearly 100% in 2

years

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INCREASE THE ADDED VALUE

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Risk Category % % of injuries in 7

weeks

High 18.6 56.5

Medium 21.4 30.4

Low 60 13

Decrease of injuries after 14 weeks :

translated in less days out

The prescription and application of the

D3D® orthotics reduced the injury rate

(ARR) by :

- 66 % in subjects with a high injury risk

and with

- 31 % over all categories.

Implants by Mobelife

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Implants by Mobelife

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INVOLVE THE COMPUTER

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The Mathematics of Life

Mimicking nature through AM

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WertelOberfell - Platform

Generation of Lightweight

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Classical design

Volume: 23x23x5 cm³

Weight: 20 kg

Pressure loss : 4.0% at 200 bar (8.1 bar)

Optimized design:

Volume : 8x8x5 cm³

Weight: 1 kg

Pressure loss: 0.6% at 200 bar (1.2 bar)

Burst pressure: 1044 bar

Volume: 9 x smaller

Weight: 20 x lighter

Pressure loss: 7 x smaller

Burst pressure: 1.7 x higher than test pressure of 600 bar

Function Integration

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Function Integration

Dust extraction in pipe sanding – Industrial automation

© Pinovo

Robot Grippers

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Robot Grippers

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The New Power of Consumers The Consumer as Maker The Consumer as Co-Designer

The DIY Hobbyist

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Creativity

33 Alchemy by Nicollo Casas Twisting Chaos by Kristo De Pooter Stringcap by Raf Verheyen

Hobbyist Communities

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Art

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The Entrepreneur

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The Entrepreneur

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Conclusions

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• 3D-Printing

• Modelling tools

• Internet

• New business opportunities

• Involvement of consumer

(directly or indirectly)

• New business models

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