The multinational automotiveBMW Grouphas invested €10 million (approximately $12.3 million) in an Additive Manufacturing Campus scheduled to open early 2019.
新的添加剂制造校园是6,000平方米的设施，将重点放在原型制作，零件的系列生产以及为汽车行业定制的解决方案。
Udo Hänle, Head of Production Integration at BMW comments, “Our new Additive Manufacturing Campus will concentrate the full spectrum of the BMW Group’s 3D printing expertise at a single location,”
“这将使我们能够尽早测试新技术，并继续发展我们的开创性角色。”
Pedal to the metal for 3D printing at BMW
根据宝马3D打印是公司研发的组成部分。在美国斯巴达堡（美国），中国（中国）和泰国皇帝（泰国）宝马的地点，已经将3D打印用于原型目的。
最近，在宝马集团的雨伞下，迷你汽车品牌推出了商业3D打印服务that allows customers to specify decals for the lights and dash of their cars. Fellow group brand Rolls-Royce has been applying 3D printing to the定制车辆的生产。该公司还将3D打印应用于恢复猫王的宝马507。
In 2017, the i8 Roadster becamethe first in-production vehicle at BMW包括3D打印零件。According to Jens Ertel, Head of BMW’s Additive Manufacturing Center and director of the forthcoming Additive Manufacturing Campus, “With the BMW i8 Roadster, the BMW Group [also] became the first carmaker to 3D-print a production run of several thousand metal parts.”
所讨论的组件是用于汽车软顶机械化的棕榈大小固定装置。I8 Roadster的3D打印Tonneau盖 - 用于保护无空缺乘客座椅的盖 - 固定装置由铝合金制成，比注射模压的对应物更轻，并且具有更大的刚度。
Additive by association
Through related investment capital firm, BMW i Ventures, the BMW Group is also helping to advance 3D printing at enterprises including Carbon, Desktop Metal and on-demand manufacturing serviceXometry, that recently raised$15 million in fundingis round led by BMW i Ventures with GE Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.
2019’s Additive Manufacturing Campus in Oberschleissheim, north of Munich, will accommodate up to 80 BMW employees, with space for over 30 industrial systems for additive manufacturing in metal and plastic.
“Our new facility will be a major milestone in additive manufacturing at the BMW Group,” adds Ertel.
“那里的团队将评估塑料和金属印刷中的新技术和现有技术，并将其开发为串联成熟度。我们的目标是提供最佳的技术和过程链，无论是用于单个组件，小型生产甚至大规模制造。”
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比赛开始
通过下一代AM项目Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz and Smart cars, is also ramping up its efforts toward additive manufacturing for series production.
3D Printing Industry Awards nominee布加迪一直在成为实施的头条a 3D printed brake caliper in the $3 million Chiron。
Recently, South Korean Hyundai subsidiary现代Mobis宣布将开设一个专门的3D打印实验室，用于车辆研发。
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Featured image shows metal additive manufacturing at BMW. Photo via BMW Group
