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TECHNOLOGY

Climate-friendly and recyclable: NALYSES research project develops
sustainable headlamp
(BMBF). addition, product design also plays a
“The aim of our research project is to decisive role: a sustainable headlamp
design and produce our future prod- should be both repairable and recy-
ucts more resource-friendly and with clable in order to increase its lifetime,
lower emissions. We are therefore conserve resources and contribute to
looking at options to reduce the CO2 the circular economy,” says Dr Mi-
footprint of a headlamp over its entire chael Kleinkes. Individual components
life cycle,” says Dr Michael Kleinkes, should be able to be reprocessed and
ELLA is researching in collabo- who is responsible for development in recycled at the end of the headlamp’s
Hration with industry partners the lighting Business Group at HELLA. life.
how headlights can be designed more In essence, the example of the head- In addition to leading the consortium,
climate friendly. To this end, the au- lamp will be used to research how HELLA is supporting the research
tomotive supplier operating under products and raw materials can be project NALYSES primarily through
the FORVIA umbrella brand, has reused as long as possible in the sense its expertise in automotive lighting
now started the NALYSES research of a circular economy. The findings technology. The BMW Group defines
project, in which the BMW Group, contribute significantly to HELLA’s the overarching system requirements
Covestro, geba, Miele, the Heinz climate objective to manufacture its of car manufacturers, while Covestro,
Nixdorf Institute of the University of products CO2-neutral by 2045 at the geba and Hamm-Lippstadt University
Paderborn, the Fraunhofer Institute latest. “The project is also relevant of Applied Sciences contribute their
for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM because the findings go far beyond expertise in sustainable materials. The
and the Hamm-Lippstadt Univer- the headlamp as a product. The ap- Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the Univer-
sity of Applied Sciences are involved proaches are also to be transferred sity of Paderborn and Fraunhofer IEM
in addition to HELLA. The results of to vehicle components from the elec- are developing a digital product twin
the project are to be incorporated tronics sector and to other industries, that can be used to evaluate recycla-
into the development of future gen- for example, to the production of bility and the effects of material selec-
erations of headlamps but shall also be household appindustrie tion or design on the carbon footprint
considered for other application and “We therefore start with the selection in a very short time. Miele is involved
product areas. The three-year pro- of sustainable, low-emission materials in the research project in order to
ject is funded by the German Federal and look at how recycled or biobased transfer findings to other industries.
Ministry of Education and Research plastics can be used, for example. In

Stratasys Debuts Integrated 3D-Printing System for Dentures

manent denture system. TrueDent, an resin was developed to be printed
FDA-cleared Class II dental resin, ena- exclusively with the Stratasys J5 Den-
bles labs to create permanent, natu- taJet 3D printer and GrabCAD print
ral-looking gums with accurate tooth software platform. The all-in-one
structure, shade, and translucency in system will allow dental labs to scale
one continuous print. manufacturing by simplifying work-
TrueDent is specifically designed for flow and reducing processing time for
D-printing pioneer Stratasys Ltd. dentures, while achieving a personal-
3has introduced TrueDent, the first the fabrication of dental appliances, ized, highly aesthetic dental appliance,
monolithic, full-color 3D-printed per- including removable dentures. The said Stratasys.

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