{"id":167101,"date":"2020-11-18T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/?p=167101"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:49:08","slug":"how-major-automakers-use-am-for-production-today-part-5-bmw-additive-manufacturing-additive-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/how-major-automakers-use-am-for-production-today-part-5-bmw-additive-manufacturing-additive-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"How major automakers use AM for production today, part 5: BMW additive manufacturing Additive Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During this month\u2019s&nbsp;AM Focus Automotive,&nbsp;we are mapping out the most accurate and up to date scenario for <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">automotive<\/a> additive manufacturing in final p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a> production. We present an analysis of the latest progress made by each major automaker group and some of the key activities\u2014either publicly disclosed or confirmed by reliable sources. Here\u2019s a look at BMW additive manufacturing. In the previous episodes, we looked at Volkswagen,&nbsp;General Motors, Daimler Benz and Ford. Still upcopming: PSA, FCA and JLR.<\/p>\n<p>Since \u201ccoming out\u201d officially as a major AM adopter in 2016, BMW Group continued to announce major initiatives in AM for p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a> production. They were consolidated in the Additive Manufacturing Campus, located in Oberschleissheim, just north of Munich. BMW is known to also rely on external AM p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s providers for <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sls-rapid-prototyping-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SLS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sla-dlp-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SLA<\/a> (Figure 4) p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s production, such as 3D Systems\u2019 On Demand Advanced AM Center near Turin, in Northern Italy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/bu22Qr.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>BMW<\/h2>\n<p>BMW was the first carmaker to <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a> a production run of several thousand metal p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s for the BMW i8 Roadster: a <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ed fixture for the soft-top, printed using aluminum PBF. In 2018 BMW announced it had printed over 1 million p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s in the past 10 years, with the millionth p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a> being a nylon window guide rail serially produced for the BMW i8 Roadster using HP multijet fusion technology. BMW printed more than 200,000 p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s in 2018, over than 42% more than in 2017. The company expects that it will have several thousand 3D p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s in each <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vehicle<\/a> within the next ten years.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/rA3maa.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/rIz2Uj.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/nYvY7j.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/QzEJby.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/BnyAZj.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/imiU7b.jpg\">  Additive series production at the BMW Group. \u00a9 BMW Group   <\/p>\n<p>BMW i Ventures also invested in Silicon Valley-based Carbon, whose DLS (digital light synthesis) layerless photopolymerization process is used in the production of unspecified polymer <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">automotive<\/a> p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s. Another investment in additive manufacturing was made in the st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>-up Desktop Metal, which competes with Markforged and HP on offering bound metal <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> processes for both tooling and high-throughput production runs.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2017 the BMW Group invested in custom production service provider Xometry, which is working to disrupt the supply chain in large industries such as <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">automotive<\/a>. Pilot projects are already underway in a range of areas including spare p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s manufacturing via metal powder bed fusion.<\/p>\n<h2>MINI<\/h2>\n<p>BMW\u2019s MINI brand looked to mass customization <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">application<\/a>s with polymer powder bed fusion in the MINI Yours Customized program that allows customers to design certain components themselves. The MINI Yours Customized service to offer its customers the opportunity of providing selected upgrade products with a design they have selected themselves.<\/p>\n<div style=\"    background-color: #eaeaea7a;    padding: 15px 30px;    overflow-wrap: break-word;    display: flex;    align-items: center;    border-radius: 4px;    box-shadow: -1px 4px 20px 0px #dedede;    margin-top: 1em;    margin-bottom: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"    flex: 1;    padding-right: 30px;\">\n<h4 style=\"    margin-bottom: 14px;\">Manufacturing on Demand<\/h4>\n<div style=\"    display: block;\">Have design to produce? Get professional manufacturing suggestion for free at FacFox!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"    background-color: #0baee8;    color: white;    padding: 10px 20px;    border-radius: 4px;\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw auxicon auxicon-cloud-upload\"><\/i> Get Quote<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/22Y3E3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ers used in this process are all highly professional production systems that were precisely configured for this purpose by the BMW Group, through strategic p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>nerships with HP, Carbon and EOS. This is the first time that they have been in a position to supply the p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>icularly high-grade plastic qualities selected for the MINI Yours Customized program. The computer-based laser lettering for the production of the door sill with customer-specific styling has also been designed specifically to match the stringent product-quality guidelines of MINI. As a result, all MINI Yours Customized products are in conformity with the same high standards of form, functionality and safety as the components supplied from the factory in the original MINI range of accessories.<\/p>\n<h2>Rolls-Royce<\/h2>\n<p>In 2016, BWM-owned high-end brand Rolls-Royce revealed it incorporated over 10,000 3D-printed p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s in its Rolls-Royce Phantom models, st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>ing in 2012. The company also revealed its Additive Manufacturing Centre at the BMW Group\u2019s Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ) has been using <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ers to produce p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s for the new Rolls-Royce Dawn since the st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a> of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditive technologies will be one of the main production methods of the future for the BMW Group \u2013 with promising potential,\u201d said at the time Udo H\u00e4nle, Head of Production Strategy, Technical Integration. \u201cThe integration of additively-manufactured components into Rolls-Royce series production is another important milestone for us on the road to using this method on a large-scale. By utilizing new technologies, we will be able to shorten production times further in the future and increasingly exploit the potential of tool-less manufacturing methods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/EBZVNb.jpg\">  The Rolls Royce Dawn   <\/p>\n<p>Components produced using additive manufacturing include high-visibility plastic holders for hazard-warning lights, center lock buttons, electronic parking brakes and sockets for the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Mounting brackets for fiber-optic cables are the main use case in the Rolls-Royce Dawn and the company will install several thousand of these clips throughout the model lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p>Rolls Royce and BMW are also both leveraging newer and faster planar printing technologies such as Carbon\u2019s and HP\u2019s, enabling considerably faster production times than conventional point-to-point <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> methods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 16px;border-left: 4px solid #cdcdcd;border-radius: 4px;background-color: #f9f9f9;font-weight: 500;color: dimgrey;\">\n<h5 style=\"\n    margin-bottom: 6px;\n\">You might also like:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dprintingmedia.network\/3d-printed-olli-turin-itc-ilo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D printed Olli shuttle deploys in Turin at ITC-ILO campus: <\/a>To date, Local Motors\u2019 automated shuttle has been deployed in a handful of cities, including various American cities, Berlin, Germany, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia and Holdfast Bay, Australia. Turin, the 3D printed shuttle\u2019s latest base, was selected through Local Motors\u2019 Olli Fleet Challenge, which invited European cities to propose the best short-term urban use case for testing Olli.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: grey\">* This article is reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dprintingmedia.network\/bmw-additive-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D Printing Media Network<\/a>. If you are involved in infringement, please contact us to delete it.<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"far fa-fw fa-user\"><\/i> Author:&nbsp;Davide Sher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this month\u2019s AM Focus Automotive, we are mapping out the most accurate and up to date scenario for automotive additive manufacturing in final part production. We present an analysis of the latest progress made by each major automaker group and some of the key activities\u2014either publicly disclosed or confirmed by reliable sources. 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