Plast Platinum Award 2015 for Freeformer
07.11.2016
Lossburg. On 27 May 2015, at the specialist Plastpol trade fair in Kielce, Arburg was awarded the Plast Platinum Award medal in the plastics processing machines and systems category
• Award-winning: innovative Arburg system for industrial additive manufacturing
• Proud: subsidiary manager Dr. Slawomir Sniady accepts medal
• Ceremony: prize-giving at the Plastpol 2015 trade fair in Kielce, Poland
Lossburg. On 27 May 2015, at the specialist Plastpol trade fair in Kielce, Arburg was awarded the Plast Platinum Award medal in the plastics processing machines and systems category. This trade-fair award, which is presented annually, honours the development and implementation of ground-breaking technologies as well as economic and ecological innovations. Dr. Slamowir Sniady, Managing Director of Arburg Polska Sp. z o o. accepted the award for the Freeformer.
The award winners are selected from numerous submissions and bestowed in a variety of categories. This year, the independent panel of judges comprising eminent specialists from the Polish plastics community met under the chairmanship of Prof. Marek Bielinsky of the Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology. Initially, all the applications are examined in detail. The members of the panel of judges then visit the companies at their exhibition stands, view the exhibits there and discuss details with the specialists from the various companies. Finally, the award-winners are selected and the prizes awarded to the relevant submissions.
Prestigious award for the Freeformer
Arburg has been awarded one of the coveted medals in the area of innovations to plastics processing machines and systems for the Freeformer as the most innovative system for industrial additive manufacturing of fully functional one-off parts of multi-variant small-volume batches. With the Arburg Plastic Freeforming process, fully functional parts can be manufactured additively from conventional standard plastic granulates based on 3D CAD data without a mould. Similarly to injection moulding, the granulate is first melted in a plasticising cylinder and the part is then built up layer-by-layer from tiny droplets. The discharge unit with the nozzle remains stationary and it is the part carrier which moves along several axes.
The Plast Platinum Award medal is one of the most prestigious prizes awarded within the industry in Poland. Since its market launch at the K 2013, the Freeformer has already received a number of prizes, including the renowned Red Dot Award for excellence in product design.
Delighted with the Plast Platinum Award 2015 medal: Dr. Slawomir Sniady (centre), Manager of Arburg Polska Sp. z o o.,Marek Zloch, Manager Additive Manufacturing (left), and Patric Kaisers from the Plastic Freeforming team at the German Arburg parent company.