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3D printing — driving business in the automotive sector

AU Manufacturing

The automotive sector is driven by the need for quality parts, delivered in a timely fashion, and at a competitive price. As such, for various applications, 3D printing is a good fit, allowing the manufacture of impossibly complex geometries in a variety of robust materials in a speedy and cost-effective fashion.

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A 3D Printing Retrospective

Mold Making Technology

3D printing advancements and applications have gone from conformally cooled hot runner nozzles using a 3D-printed pattern to cast the part with integrated cooling circuits (left) to large DMLS 3D-printed parts in 420 stainless steel with integrated conformal cooling and InnoVent Technology for venting (right).

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Xact Metal Launches Initiative for 3D Printing in Moldmaking

Mold Making Technology

Shown here is an Xact Metal printed automotive connector insert on a tool with the corresponding plastic injection molded final part. ” This initiative aims to change the approach to metal 3D printing in the tooling industry by reframing the technology as a valuable option in a moldmaker’s toolbox. .”

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3D Printed Metals are Boosting Sustainability at Scale

Fabricating & Metal Work

New innovative processes such as metal 3D printing — which reduces environmental impact by minimizing waste — are now available and commercially viable. Together with GKN Additive, John Deere is now using the Metal Jet S100 Solution to create 3D printed metal valves for its agricultural machinery.

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Metal 3D printing market size to worth around USD $16b by 2031

AU Manufacturing

The report provided strategic profiles of more than 30 service bureaus worldwide, including 3DEO, BLT, Burloak, Carpenter Additive, Digital Metal/Markforged, ExOne/Desktop Metal, FIT, GE Additive, GKN Forecast 3D, and HP. Hospitals and doctors lack the expertise to perform in-house medical 3D printing.

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Automotive Additive Manufacturing Applications

Additive Manufacturing

From initial use as a prototyping tool to additive manufacturing’s role as an enabler for electrification, mobility, and more, the automotive industry is accelerating additive manufacturing. John Rupp: Where are you seeing AM being used in automotive sector? What we’ve seen is heavy use of additive in form and fit prototyping.

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The Girl Gang Garage’s Iron Maven

Additive Manufacturing

Even more unusual, the most recent build dubbed “Iron Maven” includes custom 3D printed components in many parts of the vehicle. Through Women in 3D Printing, Girl Gang Garage put out a call for support on design and CAD modeling for the vehicle. Every part printed for the Iron Maven is completely custom for the vehicle.