3D Printing in Practice
Additive Manufacturing for Serially Produced Vehicles
Implement Series Customizing, Save Resources, Optimize Processes
The Potential of Additive Manufacturing
for Serially Produced Vehicles
We help our customers implement additive manufacturing wherever it can fully demonstrate its strengths. This ranges from major changes to logistics systems, detailed equipment customization and lightweight parts, to engine technology fine-tuning. 3D printing technology holds the potential to optimize the automotive production value chain and react quickly and flexibly to new trends. This potential is extremely valuable in an industry where every player, automotive manufacturer, OEM and tooling provider faces high costs and innovation pressure.
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Individual and revolutionary
Series customizing & design
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Efficient and high-performance
Optimized parts
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Sustainable and cost-efficient
Spare parts on demand
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Flexible and functionally integrated
Mold-making by 3D printing
Industrial 3D Printing & Customizing
Various elements can be customized with industrial 3D printing and delivered quickly, as demonstrated by the MINI Yours Customized program. Using the 3D printing process with the EOS P 396 system and the material PA 1101 , customized cockpit trims and indicator inlays were manufactured with high-quality plastic properties.
- The freedom of design to make individual adjustments
- Delivery within just a few weeks thanks to short production times
- Part quality, functionality and safety meet the strict product guidelines of MINI
- A system tailored to series production
Safety and Customization Thanks to 3D Printing
Ford – 3D-Printed and Customized Wheel Lock
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Ford uses EOS 3D printing to unite the need for security with the desire for customization. Together with the Additive Minds Consulting team, Ford succeeded in creating an innovative application for optimal protection against theft: customized, 3D printed wheel locks. The locks have a special shaft geometry that prevents unauthorized persons from removing the tires and/or rims.
Using a web-based configurator by Trinckle together with EOS 3D printing technology, the new wheel locks can be customized with a very individual design to protect the customer’s car wheels against theft. The first step is to record the car owner’s voice. The audio curve obtained from this voice is then visualized and converted into a geometry that is made into a wheel lock using 3D printing. Each lock is unique to the car’s owner and can only be opened with the correct key, improving the security of the vehicle even further.
Limited Series DS 3 Dark Side With Titanium 3D Printing
PSA – Spartacus 3D
For the Dark Side Edition of the DS 3 by DS Automobiles, a subsidiary of the PSA group, the 3D printing specialists Spartacus3D worked in close collaboration with EOS to manufacture a trim strip from titanium – quickly, in the highest quality and cost-efficiently. The part is built on an EOS M 290 from EOS Titanium Ti64.
- The build time of each part is less than one hour
- 200 parts can be manufactured per job without affecting the product quality
- Maximum precision without distortion even with an upright design
- Complex 3D titanium mesh satisfying all manufacturer requirements
Tooling
& Industrial 3D Printing
Our Additive Manufacturing Solutions for the Automotive Industry
For automotive manufacturers and suppliers, additive manufacturing clears a path for agile development and manufacturing processes, from the initial idea to the finished part. 3D printing systems by EOS create demonstrable added value throughout the entire value chain.
We can help you with implementation
With the right 3D printing systems and our comprehensive consulting and training services, we help our customers to successfully realize their projects. This way, our customers can successfully begin or expand future-oriented production of high-precision components for engines and bodywork, as well as interior or exterior parts.
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