|
|
| |
|
|
BMW Group makes increasing use of 3D printing-2019 China(Guangzhou) Int’l Laser Equipment and Sheet Metal Industry Exhibition
11/16/2018 钣金展-Laser Equipment, Sheet Metal Industry expo |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
Automotive World reported that at the BMW Group, the use of 3D-printed components is on the rise. Over the last decade alone, the company produced a million parts by this innovative method, and this year output from the BMW Group Additive Manufacturing Center is expected to reach over 200,000 components a 42 percent increase on last year’s total.
Dr Jens Ertel, Director of the BMW Group Additive Manufacturing Center said that “The use of components made by additive manufacturing in series production of vehicles is increasing particularly strongly at the moment. We are following the development and application of advanced these manufacturing methods very closely indeed, partly through longstanding cooperations with leading manufacturers in the field. At the same time, we are engaging in targeted technology scouting and evaluating innovative production systems.”
Recently the BMW Group fitted its one-millionth 3D-printed component in series production: a window guide rail for the BMW i8 Roadster. Thanks to the work of specialists at the Additive Manufacturing Center, the rail took just five days to develop and was integrated into series production in Leipzig shortly after. It is found in the door of the BMW i8 Roadster and allows the window to operate smoothly. The component is manufactured by HP Multi Jet Fusion Technology, a high-speed method enhanced by the BMW Group in conjunction with HP and now in use in the series production of vehicles for the very first time. It can produce up to 100 window guide rails in 24 hours.
钣金展-激光设备展-2019年广州国际激光设备及钣金工业展
-2019
China(Guangzhou) Int’l Laser Equipment and Sheet Metal Industry Exhibition
-Sheet metal exhibition, Sheet metal expo,
2019 Sheet metal exhibition, 2019 Sheet metal expo, China Sheet metal
exhibition, China Sheet metal expo, Laser Equipment exhibition, Laser Equipment
expo, 2019 Laser Equipment exhibition, 2019 Laser Equipment expo, Laser exhibition, Laser expo
|
|
|
|
|
