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.

Two Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D Printers support Siemens Mobility’s ‘Easy Sparovation Part®’ expansion to Russia

Siemens Mobility is currently involved in a 30-year digital rail maintenance project.  The technology company recently won a  business that consists in building 13 additional high-speed Velaro trains for Russian train company, RZD. The agreement...

One method to deter wheel thieves is to use locking nuts, FORD decided to 3D print them to increase their performance

In order to increase the performance of locking nuts, car manufacturer Ford leverages 3D printing for their production. Reality shows that, as car security systems more sophisticated, thieves increasingly steal car parts instead, including alloy wheels....

How 3D printing and composite materials help streamlining SAE competition results

For the last four years of SAE competition, UVic Formula Motorsport team has been using 3D printed oil pans that were purposely engineered to be manufactured by CRP USA's laser sintering 3d printing process...

XponentialWorks and Arcimoto combine 3D printing & AI-generated designs to lightweight Fun Utility Vehicle® and improve performance

Lightweighting is becoming vital in the automotive industry, and with good reason: a less heavy car/truck can achieve better fuel efficiency and handling. Carmakers therefore, increasingly bet on how to leverage lightweight materials, improve...

Developed with 3D Printing, MetroSnap is an automated electric automobile for city life

Swiss company Rinspeed unveils a bit of MetroSnap, their first prototype of the next generation of automated electric vehicles for city life. As you may know, if we talk about MetroSnap today, it is first because...

Additive Center helps Burgaflex to explore various 3D printing applications for automotive

Burgaflex, a specialist in producing tube, fitting and hose assemblies for the automotive industry, has recently decided to take a leap into 3D printing. They have been helped in this approach by Additive Center,...

Carbon and Lamborgini strengthen their collaboration for the production of AM parts – with lead time reduced by 12 weeks

Earlier this year, Carbon and Lamborghini manufactured a new textured Fuel Cap and a clip component for an air duct for Lamborghini’s Super SUV, the Urus model.  This first experience of the Carbon Digital...

Using SLS technology, the Daimler bus division to respond flexibly and environmentally friendly to urgent customer needs.

Daimler’s needs in additive manufacturing are increasing. Two years ago, the bus division of the parent company of Mercedes Benz 3D printed over 780 parts for customers. Today, the manufacturing unit adds Sintratec’s SLS...

MGA granted approval to use a 3D printed part in the railway sector

Mobility Goes Additive aka MGA has received approval for operational use of an additively manufactured, safety-relevant part in the railway sector. Called "brake suspension link", the component of the brake unit of a metro...

The story of Volkswagen and HP MJF 3D printing technology hits key milestone

Last year, Volkswagen made a real splash when they announced they were ready to move towards mass production with HP MJF technology. Anyway, HP’s announcements are always a real splash for the industry.This time,...