TY - THES ID - 146381567 TI - Integration of new rapid manufacturing technologies for purpose of prototyping and preseries at Valeo thermal systems AU - Wane Simo, Auguste Armel AU - Duysinx, Pierre AU - Debongnie, Jean-François AU - Lemort, Vincent AU - de Pelsemaeker, Georges AU - Mertens, Anne AU - Chevallier, Christophe PY - 2016 PB - Liège Université de Liège (ULiège) DB - UniCat KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Stamping KW - Hydroforming KW - Magnetoforming KW - Rapid prototyping KW - Rapid tooling KW - Rapid manufacturing KW - Vat Photopolymerization KW - Material extrusion KW - Material Jetting KW - Binder Jetting KW - Sheet lamination KW - Powder bed fusion KW - Direct energy deposition KW - CNC machining KW - Ingénierie, informatique & technologie > Ingénierie mécanique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146381567 AB - The last three decades have seen the emergence and evolution of new manufacturing technologies that offer the benefits of complexity, cost and especially speed. The most notable process is additive manufacturing, which involves the construction of an object layer by layer from its numerical model, the revenue it generates has exploded, from euro 1 billion in 2009 to over euro 4 billion in 2014 according to the Wohler report 2015. For a company like Valeo which invests heavily in research and development, it is essential to take advantage of these new technologies for their prototyping needs. Heat exchanger is one of the leading products of Valeo THS, for a new design of its plates, it takes up to 44 euro k and 8 weeks to have the first functional parts using conventional technologies. While, with a judicious combination of new electromagnetic or hydraulic forming technologies, with tooling produced by additive manufacturing, costs can be reduced by half. However, the new design rules, still unclear do not allow to improve production lead times. ER -