{"id":179188,"date":"2021-04-18T01:47:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T01:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/?p=179188"},"modified":"2021-04-12T03:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T03:05:33","slug":"ford-adopts-form-3l-3d-printers-from-formlabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/ford-adopts-form-3l-3d-printers-from-formlabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Adopts Form 3L 3D Printers from Formlabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Spain is the first car manufacturer in Europe to use the Form 3L, a larger format <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a>er from photopolymerization <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a>er OEM Formlabs. Ford Body and Assembly in Valencia uses the Form 3L to produce plastic caps that are used in a vacuum test to check engines for leakages. <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> helps Ford to prototype new tools and produce specific p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s in less time and for a lower cost than with traditional manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/1\/QNJfQ3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ford Body and Assembly Plant has been using a Form 3 desktop <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a>er for some time before adding the Form 3L, which boasts a significant print volume of 33.5 \u00d7 20 \u00d7 30 cm, into their manufacturing processes. Stereolithography <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> helps Ford develop prototypes with a high surface quality that resembles the final product. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> proved especially valuable when Ford needed to produce a specific p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> for a tool to do quality checks on motors. The whole production cycle from design and prototyping to the final product was completed onsite at the plant in Valencia.<\/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;\">Realize your creation with full capabilities, expand your business from prototyping to mass production.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"background-color: #0baee8; color: white; padding: 10px 20px; border-radius: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa-fw auxicon auxicon-cloud-upload\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Get Quote<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFor us, it was the first time to use <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> for this purpose, but we are very happy with the result\u201d, comments Carlos Cambralla, Reliability and Maintenance Engineer at Ford Motor Company in Valencia. The company needed specific caps for a tool that controls if a motor is tight and does not leak. The plastic caps that Ford developed are used in a vacuum test on a motor. Therefore, they need to be flexible in order to seal tightly but they must also be able to withstand the low pressure during testing. After designing the specific plastic caps for this tool, the team developed prototypes before eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> the final items. Since Ford only needed around 1,000 of these plastic caps, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> was their best choice. \u201cSometimes we needed the caps the next day, so it was crucial to producing them as quickly as possible\u201d, says Carlos Cambralla. For a comparatively small batch of these items, it was also more cost-effective to produce them on site. By moving the production of this p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> in-house, Ford did not have to rely on external providers and was, therefore, able to maintain their assembly throughout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to support such a renowned car manufacturer as Ford. With the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a>, prototypes can be developed much faster, but also finished, fully operational p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s can be produced within a very short time. Especially in this day and age, it is even better not to have to rely on extensive supply chains, but to have the autonomy to produce such p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s quickly in your own facility\u201d, says Stefan Hollaender, Managing Director EMEA at Formlabs.<\/p>\n<p>With its large print volume, the Form 3L can print many of these caps in one print job. Ford has also used <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sla-dlp-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> to replace broken push buttons from electronic devices using the transparent Clear Resin, in order to be able to see the internal LEDs. So far, Ford Body and Assembly Valencia has printed almost 100 different p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s. <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> has become a useful addition to their manufacturing process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: grey;\">* This article is reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dprintingmedia.network\/ford-adopts-form-3l-3d-printers-from-formlabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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: Davide Sher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Spain is the first car manufacturer in Europe to use the Form 3L, a larger format 3D printer from photopolymerization 3D printer OEM Formlabs. Ford Body and Assembly in Valencia uses the Form 3L to produce plastic caps that are used in a vacuum test to check engines for leakages. 3D printing helps Ford to prototype new tools and produce specific parts in less time and for a lower cost than with traditional manufacturing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/1\/QNJfQ3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Ford Adopts Form 3L 3D Printers from Formlabs","footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[44,24,145,3018],"class_list":["post-179188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotive","tag-3d-printer","tag-3d-printing","tag-automotive","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ford Adopts Form 3L 3D Printers from Formlabs - FacFox News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ford Spain is the first car manufacturer in Europe to use the Form 3L, a larger format 3D printer from photopolymerization 3D printer OEM Formlabs. 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