Presentation titles and abstracts

Bart Van der Schueren - Materialise - Belgium

• Driving forward - How does Materialise envision the future for the automotive industry?
• Considering Materialise's many years' experience in providing solutions for automotive manufacturers, we have developed a clear view on upcoming developments in the automotive industry. Mr. Van der Schueren, Materialise Industrial Services Director, explains how we see the future.

Brian Sabart - Stratasys - USA

• FDM technology: a sensible alternative to traditional manufacturing processes in automotive applications
• Mr. Sabart will be presenting several automotive applications in which Fused Deposition Modeling was successfully used in the product development chain.
   

Rob Lewis - TotalSim - UK

• A CFD Process Based on Discrete Geometry
• Historically the speed of building a CFD model has been defined by the CAD cleanup stage since this has been the most time consuming element. Also, the rate at which shapes can be iterated has been limited by the time taken to go back to CAD, modify geometry and repeat the model build. Using new tools such as 3-matic and Sculptor it is possible to build a CFD process based on discrete geometry which not only speeds up the initial model build but also allows rapid iterations of shape to be performed. This paper presents the key elements of this process and draws comparisons to a typical CAD based approach.
   

Gilbert Van Kalkeren - Spyker - The Netherlands 

• Spykercars: challenges in small volume production
• Spyker builds exclusive cars for exclusive owners, who have the privilage to personalise their Spyker in any way they wish. Mr. Van Kalkeren describes the challenges in the building process of this type of exclusive vehicles.

Brecht Van Hooreweder - The Umicore Solar Team - Belgium

• The Umicar Infinity - Development and construction of a solar powered vehicle
• Mr. Van Hooreweder from the Umicore Solar Team will present the solar powered vehicle that will participate in the Panasonic World Solar Challenge 2007 in Australia. Several components of this one-off car are manufactured with rapid prototyping technologies, which have proven to be a perfect solution for this type of custom-made applications.

José da Silva - Plastic Omnium - France

• Shortening the development cycle of the Chrysalis bumper by means of Mammoth stereolithography
• Before, Plastic Omnium had to do with hand lay up parts. It took ages to get hold of these parts and the technique did not allow to obtain the correct wall thickness or technical functions. Today they have the luxury to make use of large parts in stereolithography that are delivered in record times and are much more representative.
  At the 2003 Frankfurt show Plastic Omnium introduced an entirely new concept of fixing headlights onto the bumper instead of onto the vehicle. The project leaders needed a bumper skin that could be assembled with this new concept in order to be able to present it to different automotive manufacturers. They needed to realise a skin, impossible to manufacture on their own workfloor, and this at very short notice.
  Mr. Da Silva explains why they turn to Mammoth stereolithography for this type of applications. 

Jo Massoels - Materialise- Belgium

• Gain more insight on 3D scanning and Quality Control of RP&M models
• The combination of 3D scanning and RP&M was never far away but now it is closer than ever. Customers want more accurate models and this striving for perfection on low and high volumes is now possible by making use of advanced optical measuring techniques.
  This presentation gives you real life examples of the unique quality control that creates the missing link between your design and the real life RP&M model.
  For measuring and scanning bigger flexible parts, Materialise is using a unique in-house developed fixture system that combines Magics software and RP technology. 
  
  
   

Parallel Sessions

Toon Roels - Materialise

• Materials @ Materialise : RP Materials expertise at Materialise
• One of the crucial aspects of Providing Solutions to the RP world is to make the right material choice. Materialise assists its customers not only in this selection process, we also take the lead in generating crucial material data and bringing new materials to the market. On top of this, we translate market requirements into development needs to the major material suppliers.
  Based upon themes that frequently generate some questions (thermal properties, chemical resistance,..) you will get an overview of the material expertise, mainly stereolithography based, within Materialise. It is also an excellent opportunity to activate your specific questions in this area and express your general RP material needs.

 Pieter Bourgaux - Materialise

• Architecture & RP: A Software Story
• Everyone who has been in contact with architectural RP has discovered that fixing an STL-file is a new challenge.
  Magics has tools to make this step easier. When combining existing tools and the new Shrinkwrap tool, fixing Architectural models becomes easier than ever.

 Koen Engelborghs - Materialise

• Forward Engineering using 3-matic software or Materialise Services
• Digital CAD is the common driving force behind the different products of Materialise. It is an enabling factor for Rapid Manufacturing and it is revolutionizing Biomedical Engineering and Preprocessing to FEA/CFD. In this presentation we give a taste of these new possibilities using a high-level overview and a number of examples from varying applications. We show how driving applications forward has become part of the meaning of the term forward engineering which can be used for many digital CAD achievements.

Geert Van Goethem - Materialise

• Hearing Aid Design & RP
• After discussing what a hearing aid is, both conventional and digital manufacturing of hearing aids will be examined. Before focussing on automated design of hearing aids with RSM, an overview will be given of the basic principles of digital manufacturing of hearing aids. Concerning RSM, the history of developments will be presented, together with a demonstration of the software. The presentation will be concluded by giving the advantages of digital manufacturing, as well as an overview of the printing technology.