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take over Schuler’s former Body Panel
business unit including the respective
around 200 employees.
The new owner will operate the business
unit as Cartec Tooling GmbH under
the umbrella of the planned company
Deutsche Werkzeugbau (DWB), which
already owns the company Gebr. Rath
Werkzeugbau in Kreuztal, Germany.
Cartec mainly specializes in the construction
of dies for the production of car body
panels, expanding the product range of
Gebr. Rath Werkzeugbau, which focuses
on high-strength materials for the automotive
industry.
The aim of the investor group is the
long-term development and expansion of
an international industrial business with a
focus on manufacturing. Die construction
is an important part of this plan.
Die for the production of pressed parts for car bodies (Picture: Schuler)
• Schuler
SLM Solutions and Honeywell partner to qualify new additive manufacturing technology
SLM Solutions is going to work with
Honeywell, a leading user of additive
manufacturing technologies, to help
qualify new additive manufacturing
parameters that enable printing at
increased thicknesses.
SLM Solutions’ robust Selective Laser
Melting metal additive manufacturing systems
optimize fast, reliable and cost-efficient
production for complex, completely
dense metal parts. SLM Solutions has
been continuously working to reduce build
times by combining high-powered lasers
with advanced parameter sets.
As part of the partnership, Honeywell’s
Aerospace business will begin
qualification efforts for aluminium builds
using increased layer thicknesses of 60
and 90 µm on the SLM ® 500. SLM Solutions
will provide their standard aluminium
parameter sets for Honeywell to complete
material qualification utilizing the
quad-laser systems to achieve optimal
material properties. The partnership will
help both companies reduce printing
times and costs.
• SLM Solutions
Shape Corporation wins Swedish Steel Prize 2019
Representatives of US-based Shape
Corporation accept the award in Stockholm
(Picture: SSAB)
United States-based Shape Corporation
has won the Swedish Steel Prize for the
groundbreaking use of martensitic steel
in a 3D formed tube for automotive roof
rail applications.
The Swedish Steel Prize, which celebrated
its 20th anniversary last year, recognizes
good engineering, cooperation and steel
innovations that lead to a better and more
sustainable world.
Shape Corp.’s cost effective and robust
manufacturing process for 3D shaped tubes
made it possible to utilize the cold forming
martensitic steel Docol ® 1700M from SSAB
for a unique lightweight solution for A-pillar
and roof rail tubes, with a minimal profile size.
The components will soon be implemented
in a number of Ford vehicles, including the
2020 Ford Explorer and 2020 Ford Escape.
Thanks to 3D forming, instead of hydroforming,
Shape Corp. has succeeded in
creating smaller profiles than traditional
solutions, allowing for better driver visibility,
more interior space as well as better
packaging of airbags. The 3D formed A-pillars
also have an improved strength-toweight
ratio, which has led to an overall
mass reduction of 2.8 to 4.5 kg per vehicle.
The other finalists of the competition
were Austin Engineering from Australia,
Kampag from Brazil and Roofit.solar from
Estonia.
• SSAB
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