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Engineering Valley - The RWTH Aachen University Campus A unique research environment ◼ Broad engineering portfolio tailored to industrial needs ◼ Trust is the key! Infrastructure and expertise is not enough ◼ Systemized learning Campus Melaten 2016 RWTH Campus GmbH Campus Melaten 2012 ◼ From first idea to final product ◼ Winning formula: „ Kannste mal eben ?“ RWTH Campus GmbH Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 2
Engineering Valley - The RWTH Aachen University Campus Key Facts ◼ Know-how of RWTH Aachen Bio-Medical Heavy-Duty Photonics Engineering Drives ◼ Among best technical universities worldwide ◼ 43,000 students Established Sustainable Production n.n. Energy Engineering Planned ◼ 500+ professors ◼ Vast industry cooperation Information Molecular Smart n.n. & Comm. Technology Logistics Technology & Catalysis Innovation Factory Aeronautica n.n. l Engineering Engineering Natural Sciences Rail Geo- Energy Transport Resources Storage Medicine ◼ Shared lab & office space for Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences − industrial R&D partners − research chairs ◼ 16 clusters overall ◼ 300+ industry partnerships already established Hotels, shopping, leisure, day- care, … ◼ Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 3
Engineering Valley - The RWTH Aachen University Campus Focus Areas Production Engineering Smart Logistics Railway Transportation ◼ Center Smart Services ◼ Condition-based Maintenance ◼ WBA Tooling Academy ◼ Future Train ◼ Center Enterprise Resource Planning ◼ Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production ◼ European 4.0 Transformation Center ◼ Sustainable Energy Supply ◼ Complexity Management Academy ◼ Electromobility Lab ◼ Future Train Station ◼ Ramp-up Factory Aeronautical Engineering Sustainable Energy Photonics ◼ Silent Air Taxi ◼ Digital Photonic Production ◼ Flexible Electric Networks ◼ Intern. C. for Turbomach. Manufacturing ◼ E.ON Energy Research Center ◼ ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing Heavy-Duty Drives Innovation Factory Biomedical Engineering ◼ Invention Center ◼ Center for Wind Power Drives ◼ Intel. Implants & Support Systems ◼ Center for Mobile Machinery ◼ Controllable Digitalization ◼ Biohybrid Syst. & Tissue Engineering ◼ Internet of Production ◼ Europ. Training Center for Innov. Med . Future City ◼ Smart Infrastructure Geo-Resources Initial clusters ◼ Urban Production ◼ Rare Earths Planned clusters ◼ Smart Urban Systems Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 4
Additive Manufacturing at the RWTH Aachen Campus Highlights in research, development, patent and cooperation The world‘s most vivid and multifaceted AM The cradle of ecosystem metal AM 1995 2015 1997 First Hybrid Machine Tool 2001 2008 Foundation Basic Patent of ACAM for SLM First Implant First Tool Insert Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 5
Additive Manufacturing at the RWTH Aachen Campus Nowadays – Cluster Photonics More than 100 researchers dedicated to AM 200+ years of person years in R&D experience 3,000 m² AM lab space Design, post-machining and testing facilities 25 systems for metal AM, 15 for polymers L-PBF, DED, SLS, SLA, EBM, FDM RWTH Campus GmbH 16 Mio. € yearly overall AM budget 40% industry share Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 6
Additive Manufacturing at the RWTH Aachen Campus Navigating AM Complexity University, research institutes and spin-off companies in Aachen Research Partners at the ◼ One stop shop for Additive Manufacturing ◼ ACAM pools resources and facilitates the access to the AM expertise of leading research institutions ◼ ACAM provides opportunities for joint R&D , a sophisticated training and education program and an online platform ◼ ACAM enables industry partners to strengthen their AM footprint , to be upfront in technologies and build business connections. Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 7
Range of Services Four pillars ensuring successful AM implementation for our partners Community Services ACAM GKN Sinter Metals Become a part of the Aachen AM Community Directly benefit from the experience at one of the based on trust, innovation and experience! largest AM research sites in Europe! Research & Development Further Education Fraunhofer ILT Fraunhofer IPT Fraunhofer ILT ACAM Mesago Find out about our possibilities to solve your Enable your employees to become an expert in specific challenges in AM and beyond! AM and future production possibilities! Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 8
Range of Services Four pillars ensuring successful AM implementation for our partners Community Services ACAM GKN Sinter Metals Become a part of the Aachen AM Community Directly benefit from the experience at one of the based on trust, innovation and experience! largest AM research sites in Europe! Research & Development Further Education Fraunhofer ILT Fraunhofer IPT Fraunhofer ILT ACAM Mesago Find out about our possibilities to solve your Enable your employees to become an expert in specific challenges in AM and beyond! AM and future production possibilities! Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 9
Community Our Member Network BUSINESS Members BASIC Members COOPERATION Members Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 10
Community Virtual Networking in the ACAM Community Calendar News ACAM Events and Overview of the current individual appointments activities of the ACAM AM Documents ACAM Knowledge Area Community Storage for files, such as Dynamic database project descriptions, around AM pictures, templates, etc. Account Users Statement Summary of the List of the registered annual transactions ACAM Members and Research Partners Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 11
Community Face to Face Networking in the ACAM Community Two exclusive meetings for the ACAM industry and research partners for networking, idea exchange and R&D updates ◼ ACAM Annual Meeting ACAM Oerlikon AM Date: End 3 rd Quarter − − Location: Aachen ◼ ACAM Semi Annual Meeting Date: 1 st Quarter − − Location 2018: − Location 2019: ACAM Oerlikon AM Next ACAM Community Meeting – September 18-19, 2019 Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 12
Range of Services Four pillars ensuring successful AM implementation for our partners Community Services ACAM GKN Sinter Metals Become a part of the Aachen AM Community Directly benefit from the experience at one of the based on trust, innovation and experience! largest AM research sites in Europe! Research & Development Further Education Fraunhofer ILT Fraunhofer IPT Fraunhofer ILT ACAM Mesago Find out about our possibilities to solve your Enable your employees to become an expert in specific challenges in AM and beyond! AM and future production possibilities! Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 13
Research & Development Conortial projects b ased on our member’s needs ACAM Consortial Projects ◼ Annual joint R&D projects with ACAM industry and research partners ◼ Topics range from polymers to metals, from design and processes all the way to innovative business ACAM ACAM models and new possibilities in AM. ACAM ACAM Together with our research partners, the ACAM facilitates the access to the Additive Manufacturing expertise and WBA conducts R&D projects on wide range interdisciplinary topics for the industry members. Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 14
Research & Development Consortial project tracks Quality & New Business Standardization Opportunities Digital Productivity Materials c Fraunhofer ILT b a Fraunhofer ILT Fraunhofer ILT Each consortial project is assigned to a specific R&D track. Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 15
Research & Development Consortial Projects 2016 Processability of Novel Qualification of Metal Benchmarking of SLM Requirements for Industrial Materials by SLM Powders for SLM Production Systems AM Process Chains Benchmarking Access Fraunhofer ILT Fraunhofer ILT Fraunhofer ILT Florian Eibl – Fraunhofer ILT Wilhelm Meiners – Fraunhofer ILT Sebastian Bremen – Fraunhofer ILT Mortiz Wollbrink – Fraunhofer IPT Tobias Pichler – Fraunhofer ILT Sebastian Bremen – Fraunhofer ILT Simon Vervoort – Fraunhofer ILT Powder Production – Market Powder handling & Potential Industrial Workplace Safety Applications for Powder and Technology Based and Wire Based LMD Fraunhofer IPT FH Aachen 3dprintingindustry Fraunhofer ILT Nils Klingbeil – Fraunhofer IPT Frederik Klöckner – KEX AG Prasanna Rajaratnam – FH Aachen Dr. Chongliang Zhong – Fraunhofer ILT Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing | RWTH Aachen Campus Page 16
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