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MakerBot METHOD X 3D printer deployed by renowned automotive design in Aston Martin CALLUM Vanquish 25 project

Automotive and lifestyle product design firm CALLUM is using MakerBot’s METHOD X 3D printing system to produce prototypes, tooling and end-use parts for the limited-edition Aston Martin CALLUM Vanquish 25 by R-Reforged.

By TCT Team

/ 12 Jan 2021

Formlabs helps speed up product development at Ford and launches new 3D printing resin

The Valencia-based Ford Body and Assembly Plant is said to be the first European car manufacturer to bring the technology in house for the rapid production of prototypes and manufacturing tools.

By TCT Team

/ 11 Jan 2021

Formlabs Form 3L now being used by Ford Spain.

A 3D printed objet d'art: Bugatti & APWORKS on their 3D printed exhaust applications

Bugatti and APWORKS discuss their collaborative efforts to design and additively manufacture exhaust components for the former's supercars.

By Sam Davies

/ 21 Dec 2020

The right track: Angel Trains' James Brown on the standards 3D printing must reach before installation in the rail industry

James Brown, Data and Performance Engineer at Angel Trains, pens a column on compliance standards for 3D printed parts in the rail sector.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Dec 2020

Angel Trains PEKK testing PEKK tested to ISO 5658-2: 2006 spread of flame.

Additive is a lighthouse: Siemens Mobility on the growing importance of 3D printing in the rail sector

Senior Content Producer Sam Davies explores how Siemens Mobility's spare parts innovation programme is enabling its street cars customers to print 3D replacement rail parts.

By Sam Davies

/ 21 Dec 2020

Porsche leverages SLM Solutions NXG XII 600 metal 3D printing tech for proof of concept part

Porsche has deployed SLM Solutions’ latest metal additive manufacturing system to produce a proof-of-concept E-drive housing.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Dec 2020

SLM Solutions Porsche E-drive housing of Porsche, printed on the NXG XII 600 in only 21 hours.

General Motors opens 3D printing facility to enable production applications in automotive

General Motors (GM) has opened a 15,000-square-foot 3D printing facility comprising of a combined 24 metal and polymer platforms.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Dec 2020

GM 3DP facility General Motors Manufacturing Engineer Benjamin LeBlanc inspects a 3D printer at the General Motors Additive Industrialization Center at the GM Tech Center in Warren, M...

Interview: How Hyundai is using Autodesk generative design to build a "walking vehicle"

Andy Harris, Senior Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk Research, talks to TCT about how generative design is making this unique "Transformer" style vehicle possible.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 7 Dec 2020

Leavine Family Racing deploys MakerBot METHOD X for race car parts

Leavine Family Racing, a NASCAR Cup Series Team, is harnessing MakerBot’s METHOD X 3D printing system to produce a number of car parts.

By TCT Team

/ 3 Dec 2020

Leavine racing makerbot Dummy camera pod produced on a MakerBot METHOD X 3D printer.

Volkswagen invests in two Stratasys full-colour J850 3D printing systems

Automotive leader Volkswagen has purchased two full-colour, multi-material Stratasys J850 3D printing systems to enhance its design and product development capabilities.

By TCT Team

/ 25 Nov 2020

Volkswagen Stratasys With its Stratasys J850 3D Printers, the Volkswagen Pre-Series-Center is able to print ultra-realistic prototypes for interior vehicle applications. - Volkswagen AG

GE Additive strikes public-private 3D printing partnership with Indiana Economic Development Corporation

GE Additive has agreed to co-invest in additive manufacturing R&D efforts along with Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

By TCT Team

/ 28 Oct 2020

Power Management firm Eaton launches 3D printing programme within Vehicle Group

Power Management company Eaton has announced a new 3D printing programme within its Vehicle Group after successful implementation of the technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By TCT Team

/ 22 Oct 2020

Eaton metal AM oil fill nozzle Eaton’s Vehicle Group reduced cost and development time using its 3D metal printing capabilities to produce this oil fill nozzle.