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The 4th RM Platform 15-16th April 2008 was a great success! |
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The 4th RM platform meeting on April 16th was a great success!
It was organised perfectly by Prodintec, and took place together with a Custom-Fit and Spanish platform meeting on April 15th. As much as [180??] peoples attended from 14 countries with 76% from industry, showing that RM is really getting increasing interest!
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The European Commission was represented by Mr Tokamanis, head DG, and
was impressed also, helping to continue the support through FP7. The
four successfully passed FP7 proposals of the 1st RM call were
presented, together with all kind of relevant info about RM in Europe
and the platform itself. There was also a networking workshop in which
all peoples where discussing in small groups on new RM applications in
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All presentations and workshop results can be downloaded here.
Each workshop RM application defined a lead partner and they can be
contacted to follow up these initiatives. So the continuation of this
workshop results is up to the pro-active attitude of stakeholders and
not of the platform management.
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The next RM platform meeting will take place on Tuesday September 16th in Slovenia, together with the RM related conference ICAT 2008 (www.rapiman.net), so mark your agenda!
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Spotlight on: Slavko Dolinsek |
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Slavko Dolinsek
Associate professor and scientific advisor
University of Primorska (associate dean for R & D)
University of Ljubljana (researcher)
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Since 1998 Slavko Dolisek is a professor of "Manufacturing technologies and systems" at the University of Ljubljana and "Technology management" at the University of Primorska.
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For several years Slavko Dolisek has been working as a researcher in various basic research projects established by Slovenian governmental institutions, and in applicative research projects for the Slovenian industry in the field of production engineering (TQM, technology and knowledge transfer, technology and production management, rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing).
He has been intensively involved in the research of practical industrial problems, and consultancy in production engineering and management. At the last five years published more than 100 scientific and professional papers and is also a member in many institutions, boards and groups.
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RM platform in new TCT Magazine column |
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The TCT has added a new regular column about the activities of the RM Platform.
This column can be read here, turn to page 8/9 (click the bottom corners of the pages just a you would with a paper edition)
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News from 2nd stage of the FP7 RM call topic |
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The following projects proposals scored
higher than the threshold during the 2 stage of the FP7 RM call topic
NMP-2007-3.4-1.
The total requested EC grant is however higher
than the available budget, so the negotiation phase will learn whether all
projects can indeed be financed.
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Objectives
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COMPOLIGHT
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Develop new rapid manufacturing methods and
solutions to improve the design of complex lightweight parts with internal
channels or porous structures
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STEPUP
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Develop new systems, i.e. materials design and
development, through the mechano-chemical modification, based on the high
energy ball milling technology in polymers, for RM applications.
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DirectSpare
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Deliver spare parts on-demand in large industries
using RM techniques, so reducing the need for large store houses, wasted
spare parts and large inventories
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IMPALA
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Develop a rapid manufacturing process using a
laser-based process to produce customized small and medium volume parts from
powders.
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microTEC; New in micronano 2008
FHS RPD, SLS Total Quality Management (TQM) for Rapid Manufacturing