{"id":11413,"date":"2021-07-15T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:02:20","slug":"design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing."},"content":{"rendered":"

High-quality cables, e.g. for telecommunications, are a valuable asset. This is why companies take precautions to prevent the theft of cable drums or to upgrade them so that their location can always be reliably detected. <\/p>\n

In addition, the tracker we helped develop is used to improve internal logistics.<\/p>\n

Our customer m2m has developed a product concept for such a tracker, which enables the localization of cable drums or other high-quality capital goods on a GSM basis.<\/p>\n

We were responsible for developing an enclosure that ensures long-term, continuous outdoor operation even in the face of fluctuating temperatures and rain.<\/p>\n

The housing concept has been extensively tested against moisture and vandalism, among other things.<\/p>\n

We then produced a small batch of 500 units using additive manufacturing (HP Multi Jet Fusion) at our facility, and m2m performed the final assembly. Production using additive manufacturing allows for quick response times when it comes to design changes or sudden shifts in demand. <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For further detailed information, please contact our managing director<\/p>\n

Jens Arend(ja@industrialpartners.de)<\/a> or by telephone on +49 69 82 37 247 – 0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High-quality cables, e.g. for telecommunications, are a valuable asset. This is why companies take precautions to prevent the theft of cable drums or to upgrade them so that their location can always be reliably detected. In addition, the tracker we helped develop is used to improve internal logistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[393,394,397,390],"tags":[],"ip_layout":[],"class_list":["post-11413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-additive-manufacturing-en","category-product-development","category-productdesign","category-production"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTracker Enclosures & Small-Batch Production via Additive Manufacturing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tracker Enclosures & Small-Batch Production via Additive Manufacturing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"industrialpartners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-15T12:55:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T09:02:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1040\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jens Arend\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ip_ffm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ip_ffm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jens Arend\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jens Arend\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6191f48aed4bb43b23b37d727e1aa6a6\"},\"headline\":\"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-15T12:55:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-14T09:02:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Additive Manufacturing\",\"Product Development\",\"Productdesign\",\"Production\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tracker Enclosures & Small-Batch Production via Additive Manufacturing\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-15T12:55:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-14T09:02:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg\",\"width\":1040,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Geh\u00e4useentwicklung f\u00fcr einen IoT-Tracker\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/en\\\/home-2024-2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/\",\"name\":\"industrialpartners\",\"description\":\"Produktentwicklung in Frankfurt\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"industrialpartners GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/ip-logo_rgb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/ip-logo_rgb.jpg\",\"width\":1143,\"height\":195,\"caption\":\"industrialpartners GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ip_ffm\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ip_ffm\\\/\",\"http:\\\/\\\/linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/industrialpartners-gmbh\",\"http:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCYx_61xX_q_zfDANZYT_XAA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/industrialpartners.de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6191f48aed4bb43b23b37d727e1aa6a6\",\"name\":\"Jens Arend\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tracker Enclosures & Small-Batch Production via Additive Manufacturing","description":"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tracker Enclosures & Small-Batch Production via Additive Manufacturing","og_description":"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.","og_url":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/","og_site_name":"industrialpartners","article_published_time":"2021-07-15T12:55:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-14T09:02:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1040,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jens Arend","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ip_ffm","twitter_site":"@ip_ffm","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jens Arend","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/"},"author":{"name":"Jens Arend","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#\/schema\/person\/6191f48aed4bb43b23b37d727e1aa6a6"},"headline":"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.","datePublished":"2021-07-15T12:55:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T09:02:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/"},"wordCount":201,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg","articleSection":["Additive Manufacturing","Product Development","Productdesign","Production"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/","url":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/","name":"Tracker Enclosures & Small-Batch Production via Additive Manufacturing","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-15T12:55:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T09:02:20+00:00","description":"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/m2m-Tracker-Count-and-Care.jpg","width":1040,"height":720,"caption":"Geh\u00e4useentwicklung f\u00fcr einen IoT-Tracker"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/design-and-product-development-of-a-housing-for-a-tracker-production-of-a-small-series-of-the-housing-set-using-additive-manufacturing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/home-2024-2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Design and product development of a housing for a tracker. Production of a small series of the housing set using additive manufacturing."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#website","url":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/","name":"industrialpartners","description":"Produktentwicklung in Frankfurt","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#organization","name":"industrialpartners GmbH","url":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ip-logo_rgb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ip-logo_rgb.jpg","width":1143,"height":195,"caption":"industrialpartners GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ip_ffm","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ip_ffm\/","http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/industrialpartners-gmbh","http:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UCYx_61xX_q_zfDANZYT_XAA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/#\/schema\/person\/6191f48aed4bb43b23b37d727e1aa6a6","name":"Jens Arend"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18686,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11413\/revisions\/18686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11413"},{"taxonomy":"ip_layout","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industrialpartners.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip_layout?post=11413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}