Production has resumed at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg Additive Manufacturing

Production has resumed at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg Additive Manufacturing

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.

€10.7M POLYLINE project to create SLS-based production line for automotive AM Industry

€10.7M POLYLINE project to create SLS-based production line for automotive AM Industry

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has funded and launched POLYLINE, a collaborative project aimed at developing a next-generation production line for the automotive industry. The €10.7 million project specifically addresses the integration of additive manufacturing into plastic part production in the automotive industry to complement conventional production methods through high-throughput production line systems.

Tesla shows massive generatively designed part in Model Y underbody Additive Manufacturing

Tesla shows massive generatively designed part in Model Y underbody Additive Manufacturing

With a record market cap, Tesla is among the automakers that are best positioned to get through the COVID-19 crisis. The recent – possibly a bit uncalled for – tweets by its exuberant CEO do not seem to be getting in the way of the company’s climb to the top of the automotive world. And the reason is that its technology is – according to experts – six to ten years ahead of competitors (this used to be true for Apple, and look where it got). Tesla is not very open about its use of AM, however in the latest Q1 financial release, the company showed a very large, generatively designed metal part that will go into its new Model Y’s.

An Amalgam of 3D printing and tradition to make the world’s most beautiful model cars Additive Manufacturing

An Amalgam of 3D printing and tradition to make the world’s most beautiful model cars Additive Manufacturing

Collecting 1:8 models of cars and boats can be an expensive hobby however for many people the best model cars can be considered alongside fine watches and works of art. Amalgam Collections creates unrivaled examples of the world’s most iconic and luxurious cars at scale combining a vast array of manufacturing methods. For such unique, custom-made high-precision products 3D printing can provide an ideal solution. And it does.

What you can and cannot do with additive manufacturing in Formula 1 Additive Manufacturing

What you can and cannot do with additive manufacturing in Formula 1 Additive Manufacturing

Motorsports, and Formula 1 in particular, is considered one of the driving segments for AM adoption. But one thing is the ability to rapidly produce lighter AM car parts and an entirely different thing, especially in F1, is the ability to actually use them. That’s because the regulations for additive manufacturing in Formula 1 are very (very) strict and sometimes block AM materials and applications.