New Sauber Alfa Romeo F1 features 143 3D printed parts Additive Manufacturing

New Sauber Alfa Romeo F1 features 143 3D printed parts Additive Manufacturing

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Showing off during tests at the Barcelona Circuit, Additive Industries‘ Technology Partner F1 team Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen dropped its special snakeskin livery camouflage on the C39 and revealed the latest changes in the 2020 season bodywork. Race drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi, alongside reserve driver Robert Kubica and development driver Tatiana Calderon, pulled the covers off the C39 during a roll-out presentation in the pitlane at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Ford using in-house 3D printing to make parts for personal protective equipment AM Industry

Ford using in-house 3D printing to make parts for personal protective equipment AM Industry

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The Ford Motor Company today announced its strategy to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the plan, it is partnering with 3M and GE Healthcare to help scale up production capabilities for medical equipment and necessary supplies using its expansive manufacturing capacity. The automotive leader is also leveraging its in-house 3D printing capability to produce components for personal protective equipment, and plans to assemble over 100,000 face shields per week.

APWORKS additively produces the exhaust tailpipe for the brand-new Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport Additive Manufacturing

APWORKS additively produces the exhaust tailpipe for the brand-new Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport Additive Manufacturing

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The Bugatti factory – like those of just about every major automaker in Europe – is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, development and automated production is ongoing at APWORKS, one of its suppliers. The advanced manufacturing firm is additively manufacturing the extremely lightweight and highly temperature-resistant exhaust tailpipe for the latest Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport.

Production has resumed at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg Additive Manufacturing

Production has resumed at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg Additive Manufacturing

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The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand resumed vehicle production at its Wolfsburg plant on April 29th with the early shift beginning at 6:30 a.m. Initially, Golf production will recommence on a one-shift basis — with reduced capacity and longer cycle times. The Wolfburg plant also hosts VW’s 3D printing center and a number of 3D printers. It’s not yet clear if and how newly approved healthcare safety policies at VW will affect the adoption and installation of new production-ready systems at the automaker. The new regulations are expected to reduce contact between employees and thus drive an increase in production automation, but it still remains to be seen whether AM workflows will be able to accommodate this new demand.

How bound metal 3D printing is going to transform the way parts are made Additive Manufacturing

How bound metal 3D printing is going to transform the way parts are made Additive Manufacturing

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“New manufacturing processes only come once every several decades,” says Jonah Myerberg, Co-founder and CTO of Desktop Metal, one of the most interesting companies in the global additive manufacturing landscape today. In this one-hour webinar, Mr. Myerberg discusses how Desktop Metal’s bound metal AM technologies can benefit manufacturing processes at all levels.

EDAG develops crash-proof aluminum alloy for automotive 3D printing Additive Manufacturing

EDAG develops crash-proof aluminum alloy for automotive 3D printing Additive Manufacturing

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Although we have not been able to establish a direct channel with their team, EDAG remains one of the most interesting, innovative and capable firms in the entire automotive additive production scenario. After showing some of the interesting cases and research studies in the automotive segment, the German design studio is now tackling materials with the CustoMat_3D research project.