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In the last month, CRP Technology took part to three big and successful Events, and is happy to give you all the details:
 6-7 November
The GLOBAL MOTORSPORT CONGRESS
that took place at Koln in Germany has been a great success. Eng.
Franco Cevolini -Chairman and Director of CRP Technology, personally
taking care of the R&D, Rapid Prototyping and Mechanical
Departments- explained the direct use of rapid prototypes, made by
Laser Sintering Technology and WINDFORM® materials, on road racing
motorbikes.
In particular he showed several different fields of application for
WINDFORM® XT and WINDOFORM® GF, largely used by CRP Technology on its
250cc motorbike, R250, that attended the 2005 World Championship in
250cc Class.
 27-28 November
The Euro-uRapid 2006,
INTERNATIONAL USER’S CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION ON RAPID PROTOTYPING
& RAPID TOOLING & RAPID MANUFACTURING, still in Germany but at
Frankfurt.
Eng. Franco Cevolini explained the “Rapid Manufacturing with carbon
reinforced plastic” (applications for motor sport, aerospace and
automotive small lot production part).
The Rapid Prototyping techniques, that first were applied mainly for
concept design and modelling, now are required to realize production
parts, or at least really functional prototypes.
Parts performance should therefore allow to jump directly form 3D CAD
drawings to functional models and finished parts, in order to shorten
lead-times.
The latest carbon fibre filled material for laser sintering technology,
branded WINDFORM® XT, has paved the road that others are trying to
pursue.
Eng. Franco Cevolini presented different Motorsport, Automotive and
Aerospace Case studies to help understand the difference between
WINDFORM®XT and previous technology.
 1 December
The INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUTURE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ADDITIVE FABRICATION,
with Chairman Terry Wohlers (Wohlers Associates, Inc. – USA), during
the Euromold 2006, still at Frankfurt in Germany.Dr. Livia Cevolini
-Marketing and Sales Director from CRP Technology- explained the “Parts
That Go on the Final Car”, as for motor sports and automobiles, the
quality and production time of high performance products can make all
the difference.
She focused her intervention on which are the last requirements for
end-users looking for Rapid Manufacturing and Rapid Casting and also
demonstrated that F1 is not the only sector where real Rapid
Manufacturing and Rapid Casting allows companies to gain a great plus
compared to their competitors, as verified in the following case
studies: the Intake Manifold for Dyno Tests (VM motori S.p.A.), the
Headlight Washer Cover Flap for a street top car (Lamborghini S.p.A.)
and Rapid Casting Wheel Uprights and Gearbox (Minardi F1 Team).
These big Events always are a great opportunity to renovate CRP
Technology’s image of high professionalism and quality and service, and
our special thanks go to the organisation of all three Events, as each
one has been very interesting and useful at the same time, with many
interventions of a very high technical level and full of information as
required.
Here are the links to access to the Press releases and the Papers.
Global Motorsport Congress press release
Global Motorsport Congress full paper
Euro uRapid press release
Euro uRapid full paper
Euromold press release
Euromold full paper
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