Today,Carbon, the Silicon Valley-based company behindDigital Light Synthesis(DLS) 3D printing technology, has debuted the first 3D printed parts in production forFord, at the北美国际车展(NAIAS) in Detroit.
两家公司一起展示了福特Focus HVAC（供暖，通风和冷却）杠杆臂服务部件，福特F-150猛禽辅助插头和福特野马GT500电动驻车制动器支架。
“我们很高兴与福特合作，并为利用数字制造的力量提供了许多机会，以提供与注射模制零件相似或更好的特性的耐用，最终用途的零件感到兴奋。”碳的首席执行官兼联合创始人。
“汽车行业对大规模使用数字制造具有巨大的希望，而我们与福特的合作是一个完美的例子，说明您在生产手段进行设计时可以实现的创新类型。”
Carbon, Ford & 3D printing
According toJoy H. Forsmark, a technical expert at Ford Motor Company Research and Advanced Engineering Laboratories, Ford regards themselves as one of the earliest adopters of 3D printing. This is because the company purchased the “3rd Stereolithography machine ever made” back in 1988.
之后，有兴趣优化生产，福特于2015年与碳合作。从那以后，合作伙伴建立了高级制造中心在密歇根州雷德福德（Redford），3D打印零件福特·谢尔比·野马（Ford Shelby Mustang）GT500跑车。
福特继续利用碳的DLS技术和EPX (epoxy) 82 material通过严格的性能标准，包括内部风化；短期和长期热曝光；紫外线稳定性；液体和耐化学性；易燃;和雾气。
Digital Light Synthesis
DLS技术由Continuous Liquid Interface Production(CLIP). This process uses digital light projection, oxygen permeable optics, and programmable liquid resins to manufacture parts with “excellent mechanical properties, resolution, and surface finish.”
An upgrade of the原始M1型号，碳的M2 3D打印机已使用夹子生产adidas’ Futurecraft 4D3D打印的中底。M2在碳的SpeedCell system, a configuration that connects the 3D printers to a Carbon Smart Part Washer, boosting productivity.
Ford and Carbons 3D printed parts in production can be viewed at the Additive Manufacturing for Automotive Workshop at NAIAS until the January 27.
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Featured image shows a Ford Focus HVAC Lever Arm Service Part created through additive manufacturing. Photo via Carbon.
