The automotive industry is experiencing disruption. Electric vehicle (EV) sales are rising, and enhanced connectivity is unlocking new capabilities, including entertainment, driver assist, and autonomous driving. There is a clear shift to online on demand car sales, optimized inventory management however equally increased personalization for automotive parts.
3D printing has the potential to address many of the industry’s challenges. Digital manufacturing allows automakers to rapidly design and refine components for evolving EV platforms. 3D printing enables manufacturers to quickly adapt to unexpected changes. On the assembly line, additive manufacturing enhances automation by improving tooling, jigs, and fixtures. Even after production, 3D printing remains valuable for creating replacement and customized parts.
3D printing is useful throughout the product lifecycle, from Prototyping to the design of functional parts for validation, to the production of tooling jigs and fixtures for robotic and assembly lines. Or the manufacturing of final parts at unmatched quality, allowing for mass custimization and speed, economical. 3D Printing allows equally for the production of legacy parts.
A number of car makers have already instutionalized the production of 3D printed accessories for storage of sunglasses, cups, phones and other items offering high surface quality and very fine detail.
3D AM eliminates the need for tooling and allows for the production of finished parts in days instead of weeks or even months.
While a completely 3D printed car might be in your driveway someday, automotive manufacturers are employing the technology now to reduce the cost of a growing collection of parts.
Volkswagen and Ford are just a few of the national brands that have adopted 3D Printing Technology to produce high performance, functional parts all the while eliminating expensive tooling. Each of their cars contain 6,000 to 8,000 parts and additive manufacturing gives them an opportunity to produce a high volume of parts quickly. They are able to remove constraints in product development.
Ford introduced a catalog of 3D printed car parts that reached over 5,000 different items used at every stage of the manufacturing process. The parts are less expensive to produce and are designed to be lighter and more ergonomic.
At 3DX we produce body kits, custom exhaust systems, bespoke interior trim pieces, personalized body panels, specialized brackets or tailored mounts. And while jigs and tooling, assembly fictures, prototyping are some of the more standard applications, 3DX equally produces a wide range of connectors and fixtures needed for finished harnasses.
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