Prodintec is a technology center that provides industrial design and manufacturing services such as 3D CAD modeling, rapid prototyping, and product development. It has collaborated with over 700 companies on projects involving technologies like 3D scanning, reverse engineering, and strategic studies. Prodintec also promotes industrial design through regional and national projects helping small- and medium-sized companies.

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PRODINTEC
Technology center for Industrial
Design and Manufacturing

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Area of Industrial Design
Design/Development of products with added value:
Sustainable
Easy manufacturing/assembly
Functional
Services
Product Design
3D CAD Modelling
Rapid Prototyping
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Product development
Product Cost optimization
Design for Direct Manufacturing

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TECHNOLOGIES
3D Parametric CAD
• Possibility to create parameterized patterns
• Repetition of these patterns to any extension and scale
• Direct connection to Rapid Prototyping and CAM
software for Micromachining and 5 axes high speed
machining

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TECHNOLOGIES
3D Scanning
Obtaining a mathematical model of a surface from the real
surface
Real 3D Mathematical
Surface model (points)
Applications:
Modify an already manufactured design
Create
C t a parametric model of a physical object
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Copy of an existing design
Measure errors between manufactured and theoretical
design

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TECHNOLOGIES
Reverse Engineering
3D scanning
Point cloud
treatment
Wire model
Surface Volume
creation creation
3D CAD
model

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TECHNOLOGIES
Rapid Prototyping
• Obt i of physical model di tl f
Obtain f h i l d l directly from 3D CAD model
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• Most used techniques are LMT: Layered Manufacturing
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• Available materials, depending on specific technique: polymers,
plastics, wax, metals…

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TECHNOLOGIES
Rapid Prototyping: Objet Polyjet Matrix
• Capable of jet two different materials on same part
• Capable of create new “Digital Materials” by mixing two different
model resins

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TECHNOLOGIES
Rapid Prototyping: Zcorp 3D printing
• Create models in full color
• Different post-processing methods create parts with different
capacities

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TECHNOLOGIES
Silicone Moulds
• Inputs: Prototype from RP, CNC, Micromachining…
• Accuracy / Resolution:
Depending on the quality of the model used for
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building the mould
Good details and surface accuracy
Dimensional accuracy depends on the material
used
• Available materials:
Rigid / Flexible resins
Coloured / Transparent

10. PROJECTS
Design Promotion
PREDICA: Development and i l
PREDICA D l t d implementation of I d t i l
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design methodologies in SMEs (national project):
• 94 Audits on SMEs
• 60 design projects with SMEs
• Collaboration with 3 Technology Centers
PREDICA II:
• 57 SMEs
• 4 Technology Centers (national project)

11. PROJECTS
Design Promotion
NORPACK: Packaging design d innovation i SME 10
NORPACK P k i d i and i ti in SMEs:
SMEs participating (regional project)
DISART: Design and Handicrafts: 7 participants (regional
project)
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12. PROJECTS
Design Promotion
Eco d i
E design: A li ti of norm UNE 150301 E d i and
Application f Eco design d
guidelines on SMEs: 5 participants (regional project)
DISERGO: Design and Ergonomics on SMEs: 8 participants
(regional project)

13. PROJECTS
Design Promotion
DFMA for SMEs: 6 participants (regional project)
Strategic Design: promotion of Design as Strategic Tool for
SMEs: 7 participants (regional project)
Design for All: promotion of concepts and practice of Design
for All among SMEs: 8 participants (regional project)

14. PROJECTS
Studies
Study for implementation of Industrial Design Studies in
regional University.
Creation of Quality Label for the regional furniture industry
Promotion of the Furniture Quality Label (32 SMEs
participating)
Study on the Impact of Design on Small and Medium Sized
Companies
Study of Assistance products for Disable People

15. PROJECTS
Projects with Companies
Collaboration with ThyssenKrupp on Turbo Track (moving walk)
project
3 projects related with welding with IDESA
Design of new model of Pressure Balance valve for Alvargonzalez
S.A.
Hidritec: Design of Static Ozone Mixer
Farho: Design of Domotics Product Line
Design of new cutting mechanism for a Energy Wood Harvester
Design of new system of Transportation Pallets

16. PROJECTS
Research Projects
SYNTEX
New and Emerging Science and Technology (NEST)
Project sponsored by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Participation in 2 CENIT p j
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Research projects at national level

17. SERVICES
From 2005, more than 700 services
related with technologies and
competences of the Design Area:
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• rapid prototyping
• 3D scanning
• reverse engineering
• strategic studies
• ...

18. OTHER
International Activities
Collaboration agreements:
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
• HOWEST University College West Flanders
Projects:
• 1 Iberoeka project with Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
and 5 SMEs from Colombia and Asturias
• Contacts with partners from Argentina (INTI), Mexico
(UNAM), Chile (Bio-Bio) and Cuba (ISDI-ONDI), Japan
Contributions t I t
C t ib ti to International C f
ti l Conferences
• IASDR 2007 Hong Kong
• Design & Emotion 2008, Hong Kong