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The Environment

By choosing pre-shaped components from VBN Components you reduce the impact on the environment as follows:

  • Less material needs to be processed.
  • Energy consuming processes like forging, rolling, sawing, turning, milling, drilling, etc. are avoided.
  • The use of cutting fluids are drastically reduced.

 

Example: Heavy material saves on gear cutting hobs

Below is a comparison between traditional hob manufacturing from a steel bar and the VBN 3D-printed Near-Net-Shape technology with data from a large number of real manufacturing tests. The result is that the VBN technology saves 87 % material!

Yield traditional manufacturing Yield VBN Additive Manufacturing
Manufacturing of steel bar ~70 % –
Manufacturing of hob blank ~50 % ~98 %
Total material yield manufacturing ~35 % ~98 %
Traditional manufacturing VBN Additive manufacturing
Yield manufacturing 35 % 98 %
Performance (feed) 100 % 200 %
Weight hob 15.3 kg 11.2 kg
Number of produced gears/gear hob 7150 pcs 14300 pcs
Hob material consumption per produced gear HMCPPG* 6.1 g 0.80 g
  • The first grinding removes more material for the 3D-printed part, but the following grindings are the same.
  • The material savings on fewer coatings are not included.
  • The calculation is based on a traditional manufacturing where the steel bar is very close to the wanted diameter, which is not always the case.

Latest news

VBN Components wins lengthy patent battle against Uddeholms

January 28, 2019

PRESS RELEASE 28 JANUARY 2019   VBN Components wins lengthy patent battle against Uddeholms Swedish company VBN Components has won a lengthy patent battle against Uddeholms AB. The dispute began in 2013 when Uddeholms contested VBN’s first patent regarding high purity in high carbon content materials and was settled in December 2018 at the European […]

Newsletter January 2019

January 23, 2019

Subscribe to our newsletter Dear friends, To begin the new year, we would like to give you some insight into what VBN has been up to lately. Among other things, we have won yet another award for our ground-breaking technology, but the biggest achievement of all is the launch of the fantastic material Vibenite® 480. […]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

December 21, 2018

We are taking a break to enjoy the holidays, but promise to be back with thrilling news in January…    

VBN Components launches new type of cemented carbide

December 3, 2018

PRESS RELEASE 3 DECEMBER 2018 A hard metal (cemented carbide) produced in a shape of the customer’s choice, without sintering or cutting. Minimal material waste. A patented alloy that is heat resistant up to 750°C. After years of research, VBN Components is the first company to succeed with this innovation. VBN Components, the company that […]

VBN Components honoured with German innovation award

November 13, 2018

PRESS RELEASE 13 November 2018 VBN Components honoured with German innovation award New, wear resistant alloys which enhance life-span and capacity for industrial tools and components. Optimised material use and production that saves energy. The Swedish company’s patented materials are now honoured with German innovation award.   Through ground breaking technology, Swedish VBN Components has […]

VBN Components celebrates 10 years of materials development

October 15, 2018

PRESS RELEASE 15 October 2018 VBN Components celebrates 10 years of materials development Metal materials with remarkable properties. This has been the driving force for the Swedish company VBN Components since the very start. Today they look back at hard work and countless experiments that have led to patented alloys with unique performance. In the […]

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