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The Ultimate Printing Machine - How BMW is applying 3D printing to commercial vehicles

Head of Content, Daniel O'Connor reports on a visit to BMW's Additive Manufacturing Center in Munich.

/ 21 Aug 2018

BMW i8 SHOOTING LANZAROTE The BMW i8 Roadster features metal 3D printed parts for the first time on any commercial vehicle. - BMW

Betatype's volume additive manufacture of automotive headlight parts saves days in time and thousands of pounds

Betatype, a provider of additively manufactured components, has produced 384 headlight components in a single build using metal powder bed fusion.

By TCT Team

/ 15 Aug 2018

Betatype headlight component Automotive LED headlight heatsink component. - Betatype

Force of Nature - 3D printing brings bionic design to life

How SLM Solutions' additive manufacturing capabilities are helping Hirschvogel Automotive Group to produce optimised parts inspired by nature.

By TCT Team

/ 14 Aug 2018

Section of a steering knuckle with bionic internal structure.

Q&A: HP's Ramon Pastor discusses 3D printing in automotive

Ramon Pastor, VP 3D Printing at HP, discusses applications in the automotive industry, developing tailored materials, and what needs to happen for volume additive manufacturing to become a reality.

By TCT Team

/ 25 Jul 2018

Formula Racing Car battery cooling system HP A battery cooling system manufactured by a Formula Racing Car customer of HP's using its Multi Jet Fusion technology.

Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team upgrades 3D printing capabilities with five new 3D Systems machines

Sauber Motorsport AG has installed five new 3D Systems ProX 800 SLA 3D Printers at its headquarters and engineering facilities in Switzerland.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Jun 2018

Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team’s C37 on the track at the 2018 FIA Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix.

Ogle Models and Prototypes 3D prints Coventry University racing car parts ahead of Formula Student competition

Ogle Models and Prototypes has harnessed selective laser sintering (SLS) technology to produce racing car parts for Coventry University students ahead of the Formula Student competition next month.

By TCT Team

/ 13 Jun 2018

The Phoenix Racing Team from Coventry University The Phoenix Racing Team from Coventry University

Audi Pre-Series Center adopts Stratasys J750 for full-colour taillight housing prototypes

Audi, a leading automotive company, has revealed its Pre-Series Center is to adopt Stratasys’ J750 full-colour 3D printer to produce life-like taillight prototypes.

By TCT Team

/ 7 Jun 2018

Taillight produced on the J750 platform. Taillight produced on the J750 platform. - Stratasys

Chip off the old block - how 3D technologies brought this classic car back to life

Sam Davies reports on how a vintage car buff used 3D technologies to reengineer a Delage Type S engine block.

By Sam Davies

/ 10 May 2018

Reverse engineering of a Delage Type-S - on the road again.

BMW invests €10 million in new Additive Manufacturing Campus

New facility will house over 30 industrial metals and polymer AM systems and serve as a pilot facility for the latest technologies.

By TCT Team

/ 17 Apr 2018

Future BMW Group Additive Manufacturing Campus

In Full Swing - Autodesk's generative tools shift Lightning Motorcycles into gear

How Autodesk's generative design tools were used by Lightning Motorcycles to make the LS-218 go even faster in the race to the clouds.

By Daniel O'Connor

/ 28 Mar 2018

New swingarm designed using Autodesk's generative design tools.

Hackrod partners with Siemens PLM as it looks to transform automotive product design

Hackrod, the company looking to deliver to market an automobile with a 3D printed chassis, has entered a partnership with Siemens PLM Software.

By TCT Team

/ 23 Mar 2018

HACKROD LA BENDITA chassis La Bendita chassis - HACKROD

CRP Technology 3D prints dashboard and seat prototypes for Energica Ego electric motorcycle using Windform materials

CRP Technology has harnessed 3D printing to accelerate the product development of the dashboard and seats of the Energica Ego electric motorcycle.

By TCT Team

/ 22 Mar 2018

CRP dashboard Energica EVA dashboard - Damiano Fiorentini