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The sustainability-oriented development process (a)
(SDP): The established design and development process
according to VDI guideline 2221, which is limited to the
implementation of classic technical and economic prod-
uct requirements, was used as the basis for the research.
Although a life cycle assessment also allows to quantify
the ecological product properties and to derive recom-
mended actions for the products, it is usually carried out (b)
on the existing product system due to the high level of
system knowledge required. As a result, ecological poten-
tials can only be tapped through costly system changes
or within the framework of further development cycles.
The SDP proposed by Levin Schilling, on the other hand,
makes it possible to carry out the ecological decisions al-
ready while the product is being designed. Such an eco-
logical assessment within the product development itself (c)
is more appropriate to the increasing demands in terms
of development duration and costs as well as product
complexity and quality than the subsequent life cycle as-
sessment.

Sustainable development of a Rolls-Royce intermedi-
ate case (ICM): The developed SDP was applied as part of © Schilling 2021 and ILK/TUD, Source: [1].
the LuFo project PEP4.0 (see p. 53) by Professor Dr. Maik (a) Product development in accordance with VDI Guideline 2221
Gude and Dr. Sebastian Spitzer. Together with the pro- with a subsequent ecological assessment by means of LCA. (b)
ject partner Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co.KG, it was Ecological assessment of development decisions within product
possible to investigate the ecological advantages of us- development: SDP designed by L. Schilling. (c) Use of the SDP in
the context of the development of an intermediate engine casing
ing fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites in ICM com- by Rolls-Royce
pared to the commonly used lightweight metals. It was
shown that the use of FRP within aviation is justified from The award for this work is not only a tribute to the re-
an ecological point of view: the increased degree of light- search of Levin Schilling in the field of methods and ap-
weighting through the use of FRP significantly reduces proaches for the development and design of polymers
the resulting emissions of the critical use phase of the components, but can be interpreted in particular as rec-
highly active component and thus improves the sustain- ognition of the ILK’s view for the sustainability in this field
ability of the engine structure across the entire life cycle. of research.

JEC Innovation Award 2021 for flying injection molding machine ROBIN

Simple, but ingenious: “For us as a young start-up, this
international award is the perfect boost at the right time
to introduce our technology to the market,” comments
Dr. Michael Stegelmann, sales manager at ANYBRID
GmbH: “We know that our technology has enormous
potential. Anyway, this doesn’t mean that the potential is
directly recognized by all potential customers, too. Such a
signet as the JEC Award helps enormously.” The manage-
ment of the ILK is also pleased with the award. “The idea
of mobile injection molding is so simple and ingenious at
the same time that it puts many conventional processing
methods in the shade all at once.”, emphasises Professor
The Robotized Injection Moulding (ROBIN) technology has Niels Modler, Chair of Function-Integrative Lightweight
been awarded again this year. ANYBRID, together with the Engineering, and continues: “As lightweight engineers,
ILK of TU Dresden, won the JEC Composites Connect Inno- we teach our students from the very beginning to ques-
vation Award in the Equipment and Machinery category at tion conventional construction methods and thereby ex-
this year's digital JEC Connect. Following last year's AVK In- ploit the potential of novel materials and processes to
novation Award, this is the second prestigious prize in the the maximum. The ANYBRID team has succeeded excel-
field of lightweight engineering for the latest ILK start-up. lently at this point.”

[1] Schilling, L. Integration of the LCA into the development process of an engine intermediate case. diploma thesis 2021, unpublished.

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