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█ Powder-bed-based laser melting with metals (LaserCUSING ® )
iF DESIGN AWARD 2017 for user interface design of the M LINE FACTORY from Concept Laser
User interface design of the CL WRX 3.0 software for the modular M LINE FACTORY receives award
Innovative HTML5 technology permits the separation of design, content and functionality
Great transparency of design and functionality of the software architecture of the M LINE FACTORY
Lichtenfels (Germany), Monday, March 13, 2017: The user interface of the CL WRX 3.0 software suite from Concept Laser has won the iF DESIGN AWARD 2017. The
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intuitively operated, ergonomically optimized and user-oriented interface of the CL WRX 3.0 software suite won over the international jury comprising 58 members.
The development partner for the user interface design is HMI Project from Würzburg,
Germany. The human machine interface specialists were thus able to demonstrate once
again that they are almost in a league of their own when it comes to the design and
usability of user interfaces. Concept Laser teamed up with HMI Project to develop an
HTML5-based user interface for interactive dialog between the user and the additive
manufacturing machine production environment. This new user interface of the CL WRX
3.0 software suite from Concept Laser was completed in time for formnext powered by
TCT 2016 following a 12-month development process. This very interface won this
year’s iF DESIGN AWARD and is thus one of the winners of the design label that is
renowned around the world.
Innovative design meets HTML5 technologyThe structure and graphical preparation of the interactive user interfaces of CL WRX 3.0
permits a maximum degree of transparency and rapid acquisition of parameters on local
or mobile devices. The essential attributes, as the jury saw them, include improved self-
descriptiveness, better ergonomics, greater efficiency, shorter learning times, better
acceptance, fewer operating errors, greater operational reliability and a high-quality
overall impression. According to HMI Project, the design makes the interface stand out
from the competition and ultimately is more fun to work with. The open, standard-based
HTML5 technology permits the separation of design, content and functionality. This
enables rapid testing and prototyping. Intuitive gestures and multitouch and easy
integration of semantic animations are also supported. The system allows uniform,
system-independent presentation and responsive behavior for different screen sizes and
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types of terminal devices. It is also very easy for functions to be expanded on this
technical basis.
Web-based technologies ensure rapid orientation in productionA clear and process-oriented architecture is the hallmark of CL WRX 3.0. It enables
more efficient production in a smart factory. The status of all machine components can
be monitored at all times during the process. The web-based app concept allows for
modularity and expandability. External interfaces are available for flexible adaptation to
larger production networks. It is also worth mentioning the standard control across all
applications and the flexible way that the software can be individualized with
configurable widgets. Apps can be combined, and a rapid change of app via partial / full
integration is possible. The software allows data to be managed centrally with clear
authorization concepts, both in the network and for locally available applications.
Accordingly, there is a breakdown into user roles with a range of functions depending on
the particular user role. The operator is presented with an intuitive, graphically
subdivided user interface with functional animations. Convenient operation thanks to
multi-touch gestures also forms part of the new design. Not least, a harmonious color
scheme aids orientation. Workflow-oriented navigation and transparent parametric
representation make it easy to map complex processes. All of these aspects combine to
deliver a harmonious overall impression and optimum usability.
M LINE FACTORY at the core of industrial series production The new M LINE FACTORY machine solution from Concept Laser heralds a completely
new approach in machine architecture and offers an unprecedented level of automation
and innovation. For the first time, part production as well as set-up and dismantling
processes will take place in two independent machine units so that they can be
operated physically separate from one another and can be combined however you
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desire. This now enables production processes to run in parallel rather than sequentially
so that downtimes are considerably reduced and the availability and output quantity of
the process chain is thus increased. The modular machine technology of the M LINE
FACTORY also forms the core of Concept Laser’s “AM Factory of Tomorrow” concept
which also makes provision for upstream and downstream stages of the production
process as well as links to conventional manufacturing methods. The concept
consistently implements the basic idea of “Industry 4.0” in the form of automation,
interlinking, and digitization of any number of machines, and thus permits the
economical series production of additive metal parts. Such a production scenario can be
controlled and monitored using the CL WRX 3.0 software suite. It brings together all
units and modules of the M LINE FACTORY and allows employees and operators to
access all process components.
The M LINE FACTORY in detailThe M LINE FACTORY consists of two independent machine units. The M LINE
FACTORY PRD, as the production unit, has a max. build envelope of 400 x 400 x 425
mm³ (x,y,z) and is optionally equipped with 1 to 4 laser sources, each delivering 400 W
or 1,000 W of laser power. The core of the unit is three independent modules, the dose
module, the build module and the overflow module, which can be individually activated
for the first time and therefore do not form one continuous unit. The individual modules
are moved via a tunnel system inside the machine. This means that, for example when
new powder is supplied, the empty powder storage module can automatically be
replaced by a new module immediately without the build process necessarily needing to
be interrupted, as was previously the case. Finished build jobs can now also be moved
out of the machine with the dedicated module and replaced directly by a new prepared
build module so that production operations can be resumed immediately. The physically
separate, autonomous M LINE FACTORY PCG is available as the processing unit for
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set-up and disarming processes. This enables “optimum use windows” right through to
the ideal of 24/7 availability of the machine technology. The new processing unit has an
integrated sieving station and powder management. There is now no need for
containers to be used for transportation between the machine and sieving station.
Unpacking, preparations for the next build job and sieving therefore take place in a self-
contained system without the operator coming into contact with the powder. An
automated material flow is another unique selling point. This allows self-contained
modules for transport and material provision to be used.
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Captions ████████████████████████████████████████
Caption 1: Beaming faces at the presentation ceremony for the iF DESIGN AWARD
2017 on March 10, 2017 in Munich: Markus Buberl (HMI Project GmbH), Philipp Kruse
(HMI Logic GmbH), Ralf Hetzel (Concept Laser GmbH), Christian Rudolph (HMI Project
GmbH) and Dr. Kai Hertel (Concept Laser GmbH) (left to right).
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Caption 2: Pure usability: The user interface design of the CL WRX 3.0 software suite
from Concept Laser for PCs, tablets, smartphones and touch panels.
Caption 3: Transparent HTML5 code below the user interface of CL WRX 3.0: The
software is displayed uniformly in the web browser regardless of the system.
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Caption 4: More perspective in the AM process: Modular widgets depict a large amount
of information.
Caption 5: Workflow of CL WRX 3.0: Plan build jobs with Office, create order, monitor
with the Manager and control options on the PRD and PCG production units.
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Caption 6: The latest machine architecture from Concept Laser: The M LINE FACTORY
is noted for physical separation of the machine units used for part production (M LINE
FACTORY PRD) and the set-up and dismantling processes (M LINE FACTORY PCG).
Operations can now take place in parallel rather than sequentially, which saves time and
costs.
Caption 7: The concept of the “AM Factory of Tomorrow”: The “smart factory” is a
flexibly expandable, high-grade automated and centrally controllable meta production
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system which is focused fully on the production assignments in hand and thus enables
the economical series production of additive metal parts.
All pictures courtesy of Concept Laser (unless indicated otherwise)
iF DESIGN AWARD 2017
Title: CL WRX 3.0
Type: User interface design
Discipline: Communication
Category: Apps/software
About the iF DESIGN AWARD
The iF DESIGN AWARD is presented once a year by Germany's oldest independent
design institution, iF International Forum Design GmbH in Hanover. For more than 60
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years, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been a global, recognized hallmark when it comes to
exceptional design. The iF brand is established internationally as a symbol of
outstanding design. The iF DESIGN AWARD is one of the world’s most important
design awards. It recognizes design achievements in all disciplines: Product, packaging,
communication and service design, architecture and interior design as well as
professional concepts. All award-winning entries are presented in the iF WORLD
DESIGN GUIDE, published on the iF design app and exhibited at the iF design
exhibition Hamburg.
Contacts ███████████████████████████████████████
Concept Laser GmbHAn der Zeil 8
D-96215 Lichtenfels
Germany
Phone +49 (0) 9571 / 1679-0
Internet: www.concept-laser.de
Press contact:Daniel Hund
Phone: +49 (0) 9571 / 1679-251
E-mail: [email protected]
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HMI Project GmbHFrankfurter Straße 92
D-97082 Würzburg
Germany
Phone +49 (0) 931 / 45329770
Internet: www.hmi-project.com
About HMI Project
HMI Project is an office from Würzburg, Germany for contemporary user interface design. HMI
Project designs and creates ergonomic software interfaces for industrial applications. HMI
Project, derived from Human Machine Interface, is a reliable partner when it comes to
developing unique solutions with touch-optimized usability and high-quality design for local
panels or mobile devices. New and open approaches from HMI Project combine the highly
specialist expertise with demanding and individual requirements from industry. The services on
offer range from technical analysis and the development of user-friendly operating concepts
through to implementation.
LaserCUSING® background information █████████████████
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Key word: LaserCUSING®
The patented LaserCUSING® process from Concept Laser is used to create high-
precision mechanically and thermally resilient metallic components. The term
"LaserCUSING®," coined from the C in Concept Laser and the word FUSING, describes
the technology: The fusing process generates components layer-by-layer using 3D-CAD
data.
In this process, fine metal powder is fused locally by a high-energy fiber laser. The
material solidifies after cooling. The contour of the component is created by redirecting
the laser beam using a mirror redirection unit (scanner). The component is built up layer
by layer (with a layer thickness of 15 – 500 μm) by lowering the bottom of the build
chamber, applying more powder and then fusing again.
Source: Concept Laser GmbH
What makes systems from Concept Laser unique is stochastic navigation of the slice
segments (also referred to as "islands") which are processed successively. This
patented process ensures a significant reduction in stress when manufacturing very
large components.
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Concept Laser at a glance ██████████████████████████
Concept Laser GmbH from Lichtenfels, Germany is today, unlike almost any other
company, one of the real pioneers and key drivers of powder-bed-based laser fusing
with metals. The technology driver here is the patented LaserCUSING® process, also
referred to as 3D metal printing, which over the course of 15 years has evolved the
additive manufacturing of 3D components from a rapid technology to the stage of
industrial series production.
When Frank Herzog founded Concept Laser GmbH back in 2000 in Lichtenfels, a metal
laser fusing machine was an entirely unknown quantity in the market. How is a 3D
geometry created from metal powder using a laser? What does 3D printing or a digital
process chain mean for the manufacturing of the future?
The answer was industrial machine technology: Concept Laser unveiled the first
machine of this type in 2001 at Euromold in Frankfurt. With 65 patents granted today
and over 120 patent applications, Frank Herzog and his workforce of around 190
employees continue to champion and develop the LaserCUSING® process. The
company caters for the global market for laser fusing machines across all different
sectors from sites in Germany, the USA and China and through a network of more than
35 distribution and service partners.
Concept Laser's high quality standards, expertise in processes, applications and
materials deliver reliable and cost-effective solutions which prove their effectiveness in
everyday production and are primarily aimed at reducing part costs. In addition to
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commercial aspects, the process offers a large number of other benefits compared to
conventional methods of production: The components are lighter, the designer has new
freedoms, the topology and geometry are optimized, additional functions can be
integrated, and less raw material is required. What this means is components that were
previously manufactured using machining processes are now being redesigned to fully
exploit the new potential offered by additive manufacturing.
Concept Laser offers a range of small machines (50 x 50 x 80 mm3) right through to the
machine with the world’s largest build envelope (800 x 400 x 500 mm 3). Machines from
Concept Laser that are equipped with multilaser technology are among the fastest,
safest and highest-quality laser fusing machines in the world. Around 650 installed
machines and prestigious references and projects of this Franconian “hidden champion”
around the globe send out a clear message and symbolize an outstanding technology
for the future sealed with the endorsement “Made in Germany”.
For example, today the aerospace industry, automotive industry, medical technology,
dental technology, toolmaking and other sectors focus strategically on 3D metal printing
as the economical and high-quality production strategy of the future that embraces the
notion of "Industry 4.0.”
Prizes & awards ██████████████████████████
2001 Presented with the EuroMold Silver AWARD for the M3 linear
LaserCUSING® machine
2008 Presented with the Bavarian Innovation Prize for the M2 cusing
LaserCUSING® machine
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2012 Presented with the EuroMold Bronze AWARD for the X line 1000R
LaserCUSING® machine
2014 BAVARIA’S BEST 50 prize-winner
2014 Finalist in the “Large Companies” category for the German Industry
Innovation Prize in the shape of Frank Herzog, Managing Director of
Concept Laser GmbH
Project: “The first 3D-printed titanium component on board the A350 XWB”
2015 The “Best CEO of the Year Additive Manufacturing” award was presented
to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser GmbH by the
European CEO Magazine
2015 Nominated for the German Future Prize – Prize awarded by the German
President for technology and innovation
Project: “3D printing in commercial aircraft engineering – a manufacturing
revolution is taking off” in the shape of Frank Herzog, Managing Director of
Concept Laser GmbH
2015 FOCUS Growth Champion
2016 Winner of the “International Additive Manufacturing Award” with the QM
Meltpool 3D quality monitoring tool, which was developed in-house
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2016 The ”Technologie Award by the Ostbayerischen Technologie-Transfer-
Instituts e.V.“ was presented to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of
Concept Laser GmbH, for his entrepreneurial technology and innovation
services
2016 Winner “Materialica Design+Technology Award 2016“ for the ”NextGen
Spaceframe” project, together with its project partners
2016 The “Best Pioneer in the Manufacturing and 3D Printing Industry 2016”
award was presented to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser
GmbH, by the European Business Magazine
2016 FOCUS Growth Champion
2016 Winner “Bavarian Innovation Award 2016“ with the QM Meltpool 3D quality
monitoring tool, which was developed in-house
2016 The “Best CEO of the Year Additive Manufacturing” award was presented
to Frank Herzog, President & CEO of Concept Laser GmbH, by the
European CEO Magazine
2017 iF DESIGN AWARD 2017 for the user interface design of the software CL
WRX 3.0 from Concept Laser
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