IEM Seminar Series: Additive Manufacturing and Mass Customization in the Hearing Aid Industry
Event details
| Date | 19.05.2022 |
| Hour | 14:15 › 15:15 |
| Speaker |
Dr Karla Lienau Sonova AG |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
Abstract
Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing has been a hot topic with many new developments the last 20-30 years and still is. Even though its many advantages like low material usage, sustainability and great variety of producible shapes, injection molding is often still the preferred manufacturing method due to considerably lower prices per unit for large batch sizes. Additive manufacturing is often seen as prototyping method. I want to share why this is not the case in parts of the hearing aid industry, show you how such parts are produced and why additive manufacturing is the method of choice here.
About the speaker
Karla Lienau (BS: 2012 Chemistry at University of Zurich, MSc: 2014 Chemistry at ETHZ, PhD: 2020 Solid state Chemistry / Catalysis at University of Zurich) has been working as a research engineer at Sonova AG since 2020. In this role, she develops and/or evaluates new materials, coatings and technologies, with a focus on custom manufacturing of shells for earmolds and in-the-ear hearing aids and also performs biological safety evaluations according to ISO 10993-1:2018.
Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing has been a hot topic with many new developments the last 20-30 years and still is. Even though its many advantages like low material usage, sustainability and great variety of producible shapes, injection molding is often still the preferred manufacturing method due to considerably lower prices per unit for large batch sizes. Additive manufacturing is often seen as prototyping method. I want to share why this is not the case in parts of the hearing aid industry, show you how such parts are produced and why additive manufacturing is the method of choice here.
About the speaker
Karla Lienau (BS: 2012 Chemistry at University of Zurich, MSc: 2014 Chemistry at ETHZ, PhD: 2020 Solid state Chemistry / Catalysis at University of Zurich) has been working as a research engineer at Sonova AG since 2020. In this role, she develops and/or evaluates new materials, coatings and technologies, with a focus on custom manufacturing of shells for earmolds and in-the-ear hearing aids and also performs biological safety evaluations according to ISO 10993-1:2018.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering (IEM)
Contact
- Prof. Christophe Moser, IEM