2023-08-21 19:04:33
Both Austria and Bavaria have already built up a strong position when it comes to technology development for 3D printing. Six colleges and universities are now joining forces to build a cross-border AM competence center. This should mainly benefit small and medium-sized enterprises. The initiative is financially supported by Interreg funds.
“By establishing a joint competence center in the border region of Bavaria and Austria, bundling the specific competences of the research partners and working on ongoing research tasks, the companies should benefit from the technical-scientific synergy effects,” explains Professor Otto Huber of Landshut University explains the purpose of the project.
3D printing is a prerequisite for producing gravel materials in an economical way
Production of raw materials sparingly
The EU is subsidizing the project with €2.55 million for three years. Everything is done under the heading of resource-saving innovations for the production of parts with additive manufacturing. This is seen as an essential condition for sustainable use of raw materials and materials in the future. The project participants see applications in, among other things, mobility, machine and plant construction as well as energy technology. The material savings are in digital production without tools and also in the efficient production of small series. This can be done, for example, by 3D printing lightweight structures in metal.
Focus on the entire AM process
SMEs often lack the capabilities and financial resources to explore the potential of additive manufacturing. The Austro-Bavarian project therefore wants to support this SME in particular with this exploration and the subsequent introduction of 3D printing in the companies. This should safeguard the technical-economic development of both regions. The colleges and universities do not focus so much on the AM techniques themselves, but much more on the total workflow: the entire process from design via 3D printing to post-processing.
Participants and companies
The participants in the three-year project are TH Rosenheim (lead partner), the Competence Center for Lightweight Construction (LLK) and the Institute for Transfer und Zusammenarbeit (ITZ) of the Landshut University of Applied Sciences, as well as the University of Passau. The Austrian partners are: University of Innsbruck, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS). The companies that participated in the kick-off meeting are DATAWIN (Ergolding), ARRI (Munich), Flottweg (Vilsbiburg) and ODU Steckverbindungssysteme (Mühldorf). They mainly want to gain more knowledge of 3D metal printing.
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