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Siemens chairman of the board Jim Hagemann Snabe, Siemens CEO Digital Factory Jan Mrosik and Frank Götzke at the Hanover Industry Fair 2018

Frank Götzke (born 18 June 1969) is a German engineer and technology manager. His creations include the Bugatti Veyron, Bugatti Chiron and Bugatti Bolide.[1] He is also well known for his metallic 3D printing creations.[2][3][4] He is considered to be a pioneer in the field of carbon-fiber-reinforced structural and functional parts, which are manufactured with resin infiltration processes.[5][6] Götzke has been a member of the Volkswagen Group since 1995, and he has worked for its super car brand Bugatti since 2001.

Career

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Frank Götzke during the shooting of the National Geographic's film of the Bugatti Veyron in 2009

After graduating from high school in 1989, Frank Götzke spent his military service at Stöberhai, a listening outpost of the German Armed Forces. After that, he studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig. He specialized in the field of machine tools and manufacturing technologies, and he completed his studies in 1994.[7]

He began working in the consulting business at IAP GmbH where he primarily dealt with plant engineering projects and organizational planning in the fields of rail vehicle construction, the aviation industries, and constructional machinery industries.[7] He was responsible for the planning and development of the flexibly automated Lost-Foam, casting plants at Volkswagen Hanover.

Frank Götzke as one of the main speakers at the Welcome Fraunhofer-IAPT event in Hamburg, in January 2018

In 1995, he joined Volkswagen Group's department of Technical Development where he has held various leadership positions.[8] This era marks his contact to the former Volkswagen CEO Ferdinand Piëch, who employed Götzke as one of the first persons in the newly founded hypercar brand Bugatti in June 2001. In the following years, Götzke led the department of car development.[9] Later, he led Bugatti's department of chassis development until September 2006.

Currently, he is the head of special projects and new technologies. He is responsible for the key activities of materials and manufacturing processes, calculation and simulation, patent and innovation systems, and the pre-development of entire vehicles and its components.[10]

Fields of activity

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In addition to the creation of the basic concepts of three modern Bugatti vehicles (Veyron, Chiron, and Bolide), Götzke is behind many different technological achievements:

  • Development and series applications of parts manufactured by Tailored-Fiberplacement processes[5]
  • CSiC high-performance brake discs in a series application for automotive purposes
  • Application of native spider silk for both automotive and medical purposes and in cooperation with the MHH[5]
  • Carbon based nano-tubes in cooperation with the Leibnitz Institute for Theoretical Solid-state Physics[5]
  • Lightweight construction pushrod made out of carbon fiber compound[5]
  • Caliper made out of titanium as the biggest titanium-3D-printing part in the world[11]
  • Closed development and manufacturing environment for 3D-printing parts[12][13]
  • Biggest hybrid functional assembly consisting of 3D-printed titanium combined with carbon fiber compound parts manufactured with maximum temperature bismaleimide-resin[14][12]

References

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  1. ^ Bugatti. "Bolide Media Kit". Bugatti Newsroom. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ https://saemobilus.sae.org/advanced-manufacturing/news/2019/03/bugatti-develops-and-builds-functional-components-for-high-performance-vehicles-with-the-slm-additive-manufacturing-technology/ Archived 2020-11-08 at the Wayback Machine Bugatti develops and builds functional components with the SLM-technology, letzter Aufruf am 28. Oktober 2020 um 16:25 Uhr
  3. ^ "Bugatti entwickelt additiv gefertigten Bremssattel aus Titan". springerprofessional.de (in German). 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  4. ^ Trop, Jaclyn. "Bugatti 3D-Printed A Fully Functioning Brake Caliper". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  5. ^ a b c d e https://www.volkswagenag.com/presence/publikationen/face-the-change/magazin_vw_gb17.pdf/ Geschäftsbericht der Volkswagen AG 2017, S. 74–77, letzter Aufruf am 28. Oktober 2020 um 16:00 Uhr
  6. ^ https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/stories/2018/05/the-fabric-of-the-future.html#/ Archived 2020-11-02 at the Wayback Machine The fabric of the future: A carbon fibe pioneer, letzter Aufruf am 28. Oktober 2020 um 16:10 Uhr
  7. ^ a b https://www.pfh.de/fileadmin/Content/PDF/broschueren/goettinger-marketingtag.pdf[permanent dead link‍] Vortragsprogramm der Göttinger Marketingtage 2019
  8. ^ Eugen Campe: „Die Melodie des Fahrens.“ In: Volkswagen Magazin Nr. 4. Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg 2000, S. 34–38
  9. ^ Sebastian Wolking: „Eine sehr emotionale Angelegenheit.“ In: VDI Nachrichten Nr. 47. VDI Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf 2019, S. 31
  10. ^ Pander, Jürgen (2010-10-12). "Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport: Das Über-Auto". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  11. ^ "Bugatti - Weltpremiere: Bremssattel aus dem 3D-Drucker". www.bugatti.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  12. ^ a b "Additive Manufacturing and Innovation for Automotive: Pushing the Limits of Performance - Corporate Blog". blogs.sw.siemens.com. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  13. ^ https://www.haimer.de/fileadmin/assets/downloads/kataloge/DE_EN/19_12_17_HAIMER_PROGRESS_DE_Screen_2.pdf/[permanent dead link‍] Bugatti fertigt ersten additiven Titan-Bremssattel, letzter Aufruf am 28. Oktober 2020 um 16:45 Uhr
  14. ^ https://standpunkt-automotive.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/StandPUNKT_Siemens_Bugatti.pdf/[permanent dead link‍] Standpunktbericht zur weltweit größten hybriden Titan-CFK-Baugruppe anlässlich der HMI 2018, letzter Aufruf am 28. Oktober 2020 um 13:20 Uhr
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