This is a general presentation of Tenco Proto and its capabilities, vision on the market and future production and business models.

1. Tenco
Direct Digital Manufacturing

2. Timeline
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2008: Establishment of Tenco Proto bvba
Technical ENgineering, COnsulting & PROTOtyping
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2009: Official supplier of Sherline for BeNeLux + Germany + France
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2012: Tenco Protohas 2 divisions
Tenco Products
Tenco DDM

3. What is DDM / AM?
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Direct Digital Manufacturing is the process where a part is directly produced out of a digital file (no tools, … are created)
Additive Manufacturing is the process where an object is created by adding material in stead of removing material.
The technique of AM makes it possible to produce very complex structures and parts in one production process.

4. DDM vs. Conventional production techniques.
Conventional production techniques
:
Design
Tooling
Positive::
- Know techniques
- Industry is familiar with this concept and product design is based upon this technical model.
- Interesting for high volumes
- Fast production technique
- Technology and knowledge easy to transfer.
Nagative:
- O,ly interesting for larger series
- Long time to market
- Heavy ecological footprint (energy, waste, …)
- Expensive machinery and tooling
Injection moulding

5. DDM vs. Conventional production techniques.
Direct Digital Manufacturing / Additive Manufacturing:
Design
Positive:
- Short time to market’
- Producing complex structures in a simple way (reducing material, save weight, …)
- Interesting for low and medium volumes
- Short design fase
- Low production cost through ease of design
- Green technology (low energy cost, no waste, …)
Negative:
- Not (yet) interesting for large series
- Long production time per part compared with injection moulding
- Available material database is limited.
Production

6. Tenco DDM : Future vision
Conventional production
Production in the future
Production model will shift towards customised products and micro technology.

7. Tenco DDM : Vision
Bron: Engineeringnet.be

8. Tenco DDM : Visie
With the support of the Flemish governement, iMade is lounched.
“iMade is een project dat als doelstelling heeft het vormen van een regionaal
netwerk waarbij cutting edge technologie en gedeelde infrastructuur flexibel worden
ingezet om lokale productie-op-maat en snelle, veelvuldige productie van kleine
volumes mogelijk te maken.”

9. Tenco DDM : the professional approach
Home & private use
Industrial use

10. Tenco DDM : Applications

11. Tenco DDM : Applications

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18. Tenco DDM : Competence
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More than 15 years of experience in plasti industry
More then 10 years experience in technical coatings, a unique
combination with prototyping.
Not only AM techniques but also CNC turning, milling are used inhouse
High end finishing techniques (decal printing, photo etching, …
These key competences give Tenco Proto the possibility to offer
customers a total concept and to support the customer from the design
fase upto the production fase.

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