Automotive
Autonomous Cobot Automation Increases Production 3D Printer Output for Ford (Includes Video)
A mobile robot that travels to each Carbon machine to unload builds lets the automaker run an additional three to four builds per machine per day. Autonomous robots fit well with 3D printing, but their role in production will extend beyond just the additive machines.
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GE Sells Generator Technology for Stake in EV Startup
The company says the Karno generator is expected to be 20%+ more efficient than today’s leading generators — achieved by 3D printing of thermal components and innovative fuel-to-electricity conversion.
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3D Printed Cold Plate for an Electric Race Car: The Cool Parts Show #51
An unconventional lattice design and biomimicry are key to the performance of this fluid-cooled heat exchanger for a battery-powered race car.
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How Additive Manufacturing Is Transforming EVs and Transportation: AM Radio #23
As 3D printing is adopted into the electric vehicle (EV) market, it is not just vehicles that are being reshaped. In this episode of the AM Radio podcast, we discuss additive manufacturing and the future of transportation.
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How GM Is Investing in Additive and EVs
People within the automaker aren’t just working with additive, they are actively promoting it to their colleagues throughout the organization.
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Consortium Sets Up Cost-Effective AM Production Lines for Automotive Parts
Automotive parts can now be mass produced using additive manufacturing technology’s laser powder bed fusion for the standard production of cars at two BMW Group sites.
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Multimaterial 3D Printing Enables Solid State Batteries
By combining different 3D printing processes and materials in a single layer, Sakuu’s Kavian platform can produce batteries for electric vehicles and other applications with twice the energy density and greater safety than traditional lithium-ion solutions.
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6K Receives Innovation Grant for Battery Production
The state grant will fund the purchase of one new UniMelt system, a technology designed by 6K that will be used to produce metal powders used in AM and battery material production.
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Plastics Assembly Expert Joins Development and Production via 3D Printing
Manufacturing technology supplier Extol has always served customers who are producing polymer parts. Now, it is making some of those parts in-house through 3D printing, providing new options ranging from functional prototyping into bridge production and beyond.
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3D Printing for Electric Vehicles Presentation Series
Discovering Design Freedom and Mass Customization from the Electrification Revolution (Monday, June 6, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET)
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