Even the most brilliant ideas are not guaranteed to turn into success Ideas need people who believe in them and make them reality with unwavering determination The four examples described on these pages illustrate how Schaeffler manages to transfer innovative stimuli into successful projects by Björn Carstens THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HOW IDEAS TURN INTO SUCCESS Mini soccer tables guitars or small sailboats an ordinary shoe box can be converted into all kinds of exciting things Now the OmniSteer project proves that such a simple object as a cardboard box may even lay the foundation for successful innovations in a high tech compa ny Together with several partners Schaeffler has developed a chassis system that paves the way for a new approach to urban mobility parallel parking without stopping in the pro cess enabled by individually con trollable wheels that are steerable up to a 90 degree angle And the whole project started with a simple cardboard box The story of the OmniSteer project sounds like a modern fairytale pro duced on the stage of science in a way that almost appears to have been choreographed in every de tail along the lines of Once upon a time there was a shoe box In this case though reality surpassed the boldest research fantasies Start ing with a cardboard box to which four servo motors were attached we ultimately developed Schaeffler s 44 45

Hinweis: Dies ist eine maschinenlesbare No-Flash Ansicht.
Klicken Sie hier um zur Online-Version zu gelangen.