Additive manufacturing for the automotive industry

The automotive industry is one of the top sectors that drive the growth of the additive manufacturing market. Car manufacturers and 3D Printing service bureaus take advantage of the technology to meet various challenges including light weighting and materials scarcity.

3D Systems & Alpine F1 Team Co-Developed Composite Material for Industrial SLA 3D Printing

With the goal of advancing wind tunnel in motorsports applications, 3D Systems joined forces with Alpine F1 Team (formerly Renault F1 Team) to develop Accura Composite PIV, a material that can produce rigid parts...

New consortium ambitions to develop additive manufacturing processes for e-motors

A commitment to an electrified future  So far, the only company that has made additive manufacturing of electric motors a core business is Additive Drives GmbH. Car manufacturer Ford plans to enter game as it...

door2door and Local Motors to provide Autonomous 3D Printed Shuttles in Europe

Local Motors, a US-based company that has been working for a few years now on the development of autonomous 3D printed shuttles, has its sights set on the European market. Via a recently signed...

How 3D printing sand mold ensures a longer service life for E-Motorcycle Batteries

We first heard about ETHEC city last year, a Swiss student project conducted by a team of mechanical engineers from ETH Zurich that is developing a prototype of an electric motorcycle. Several companies including manufacturers of...

Silca unveils 3D-printed titanium computer mount

Silca has recently introduced a £175 / $175 3D-printed titanium bike computer mount, compatible with various stem faceplates. Cycling computer mounts are useful when securing a GPS device to a bike’s handlebars or frame. Italian...

Could CNC Machining & 3D Printing converge for Automotive Prototyping?

A Step into the Future of Vehicle Assembly Cars are quite beneficial in the world of transit, and one of the essential aspects of automotive manufacturing is improving efficiency. Quick turnarounds are also increasingly important,...

Sakuu reveals more about its EV Battery 3D Printer, set To Accelerate Adoption of EV

Sakuu will initially focus on the two-, three- and smaller four-wheel electric vehicle market for whom the company’s SSB proposition delivers an obvious and desirable combination of small form factor, low weight and improved...

Daimler Buses and Omniplus develop a mobile printing centre for the decentralised production of 3D printed spare parts

“Mobile Smart Factory”, “Portable 3D Printing Factory”, and now “mini factory” or “mobile printing centre”…The names vary from one organization to another but the ultimate goal of the concept remains the same: being able...

There is a business model for additive manufacturing in the electric motor market

Additive Drives GmbH is one of the first “AM-driven applications” company - if not the only of the industry. In this article, co-founders Philipp Arnold and Jakob Jung provide insights into the use of...

Download the March/April issue of 3D ADEPT Mag NOW!

How do you look at manufacturing? And here we are, super thrilled to release the March/April issue of 3D ADEPT Mag; a volume that refocuses the debate on “manufacturing”, a term which is now almost...

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