Integrated in a networked Industry 4.0 application, a Freeformer individualises “smart” luggage tags by adding a one or two-colour 3D graphic motif

At the FIP + 3D Print trade fair in Lyon (France) to be held from 13 to 16 June 2017, Arburg will demonstrate a new pioneering Industry 4.0 application: “Smart” luggage tags will be produced according to the principle of spatially distributed production in the smart factory. The exhibit on the Arburg stand, D14/E11 in Hall 2, will illustrate the flexibly automated, cost-efficient production of single unit-batches. Injection moulding, industrial additive manufacturing and automation are combined for the customer-specific individualisation of high-volume parts and the process data recorded using the Arburg host computer system (ALS).

In Lyon, Arburg will be showing a networked and flexible automated production sequence at spatially distributed locations. The trade visitors will be able to experience at first hand how mass-produced parts can be customised by combining injection moulding and additive manufacturing. Each individual part can also be seamlessly traced via the Arburg host computer system ALS.

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