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Fraunhofer ISC: 3D-printed Optics for Individualized Mass Production

The Fraunhofer "Go Beyond 4.0" project is a self-financed preliminary research project.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Individually manufactured and still suitable for mass production? Within the framework of the Fraunhofer “Go Beyond 4.0” project, this apparent contradiction is to be eliminated. In the field of illumination optics, the two Fraunhofer Institutes for Silicate Research ISC and Optics and Precision Engineering IOF developed new material concepts and processing technology for multifunctional and individualized optical components for “lot size 1.” The starting point is the relatively ea...

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