Automotive

A tool used to apply a name plate in an automotive assembly operation

The Manufacturing Network as a Source for Internal Custom Tooling

For a tool that includes both machined and 3D-printed components, all the pieces of the tool can be made by separate companies yet arrive together. BMW has used Xometry to obtain tooling in this way.

October 17, 2018 - Peter Zelinski

Dr. Martin Goede, head of technology planning and development at Volkswagen, on stage with Stephen Nigro, president of 3D printing at HP, during the keynote at the Additive Manufacturing Conference

3 Ways Volkswagen Will Use HP Metal Jet

When HP introduced its Metal Jet platform at IMTS 2018, the launch was assisted by key initial partners including the German automaker. Here are some of the opportunities VW sees with this metal 3D printing technology.

October 10, 2018 - Stephanie Hendrixson

Production Build of Automotive LED Heatsinks / Manufactured by Progressive Technology on an EOS M280.

Optimized LPBF Reduces Cost Per Part by 90 Percent

Through a combination of laser powder-bed fusion, design and optimization technology, Betatype reduced the cost of an automotive part from more than $40 to less than $4.

September 14, 2018

HP Metal Jet additive manufacturing machine

HP Enters Metal Additive Manufacturing with Production-Focused Binder Jetting Machine

A metal 3D printer for scale production of steel parts is the next extension of HP's additive offerings and the logical extension of printer technology the company has been developing for decades.

September 11, 2018 - Peter Zelinski

inside of a car

AM Conference: Selective Laser Melting for Automotive

SLM Solutions presents some of the ways that the automotive industry is embracing selective laser melting at the 2018 Additive Manufacturing Conference.

August 28, 2018 - Hannah Mason

Local Motors Chandler, Arizona facility

Local Motors Launches LM Industries

LM Industries leverages a co-creation network, technologies such as 3D printing and agile microfactories to deploy mobility solutions. 

July 17, 2018

A combination of weight reduction and stiff gear shape shape achieved a more efficient transmission. Lubrication tests with RP plastic gear were then performed.

GKN and Porsche Develop AM Transmission Part Using New Metal Powder

Using a combination of metal powder-bed fusion and metal powder 20MnCr5, GKN Powder Metallurgy and Porsche 3D-printed an intricate differential housing with gear ring unit on a front traverse transmission. 

July 4, 2018

3D printed cylinder head

Roush Uses Engine Cylinder Head to Prove Out Additive Manufacturing

A 3D-printed cylinder head investigation reveals the possibilities of additive manufacturing.

July 2, 2018 - Christina M. Fuges

Assembled saddle carrier and swing arm next to a swing arm installed in an IDAR test engine

Metal AM System Revs Up Prototyping for Startup’s New Engine

The Desktop Metal Studio System demonstrates time and cost savings in prototyping and improving the parts for Lumenium’s IDAR engine. 

May 25, 2018 - Julia Hider

Kiel probes made by Vectoflow

3D Printing the World's Smallest Flow Measurement Probes

Vectoflow has found its niche in 3D printing flow measurement probes featuring up to five holes on a probe head diameter as tiny as 0.9 mm.

May 2, 2018 - Barbara Schulz

The Victory Motorsports team and its Streamliner at the Bonneville Salt Flats

3D-Printed Windform SP Part Helps Team Set New Speed Record

With no time left to make a NACA duct out of fiberglass using a mold and layup tooling, CRP USA 3D printed it from Windform SP to withstand the conditions of the Bonneville Salt Flats.

April 6, 2018 - Julia Hider

copper and aluminum wheels 3D printed

Printing Solid, Simple Metal Parts in Minutes, Spee3D Process Is Competition for Casting

Kinetic energy additive process bonds metal not through melting, but with the use of compressed shop air.

March 28, 2018 - Peter Zelinski