Stamping sheet metal is an efficient form of manufacturing, capable of cranking hundreds or thousands of items an hour. The annoying thing is that making new stamping dies is a long, costly process. This is bad enough when it comes to retooling a factory, but creating prototypes for new products can leave designers waiting weeks. The Ford Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan has taken a page from the 3D printing handbook and is developing a new way of forming sheet metal that allows designers to create prototypes in hours instead of weeks... Continue Reading Ford creates sheet metal prototypes in hours instead of weeks
Section: Automotive
Tags: 3D Printing, Ford, Prototype, Research
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2 comments:
Brilliant!
I can see panels becoming available for long out of print cars.
Takes a little of the sting out of Chrysler destroying all those AMC parts knowing that fenders, doors, and hoods could still be available
Im a design, style and technological innovation trainer and Im definitely enthusiastic about rapid prototyping, but it can be complicated to describe these kinds of a new technique of produce without the need of using all the technical words and dropping all the enthusiasim! I use the ink-jet analogy, but in future I am totally leading students to this link!
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