汽车

大众opens advanced 3D printing center, looks to additive manufacturing in production

德国跨国汽车制造商的工具单位大众已经开设了一个新的高级3D打印中心。该设施位于德国沃尔夫斯堡的汽车枢纽,占地3,100平方米,并设有一系列尖端金属添加剂制造机。

在这个中心,大众将调查粘合射流3D打印的原型和工具生产的潜力。然而,在接下来的2 - 3年中,该公司预计将引入最终使用零件的技术,这将是实现其预计的大型3D印刷零件的关键每年100,000单位

此举也遵循€1000万欧元的增材制造业校园inaugurated by competitor BMW earlier in 2018.

“Official opening with 3D scissors: (from left to right) Oliver Schauerte, Head of Research, Materials and Production Processes, Eckhard Ritz, Head of Toolmaking, Volkswagen brand, and Uwe Schwartz, Head of Planning, Volkswagen brand, together open the 3D printing center.” Caption and photo via Volkswagen

大众汽车的3D打印

For years, VW has been experimenting with 3D printing to discover which areas are best suited to its application. Spare parts has been a key driver of this progress, with its development taking place through a number of试点项目

在公司的豪华车品牌奥迪和保时捷SLM 3D打印已应用于组件的轻巧重量,包括内部的供水器奥迪W12的引擎

In collaboration with desktop 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker, VW also won Automotive Application of the Year in the2018 3D印刷行业奖(2019 nominations现在打开)保存大众汽车的工具成本16万美元装配工厂。

通过Ultimaker在葡萄牙照片上制造的3D打印Liftgate徽章工具
A 3D printed liftgate badge tool made at Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Portugal. Photo via Ultimaker

According to Dr. Andreas Tostmann, Board Member for Production of the Volkswagen brand, the new Wolfsburg 3D printing center “[…] takes Volkswagen’s additive manufacturing activities to a new level.”

“In two to three years’ time,” he adds, “three-dimensional printing will also become interesting for the first production parts. In the future, we may be able to use 3D printers directly on the production line for vehicle production.”

由惠普和添加剂行业提供支持

新中心是使用的机器HP金属喷气技术。惠普(HP)在IMTS 2018上宣布了一种基于活页夹的3D打印方法,并确认大众为早期合作伙伴,帮助其开发。独立的金属喷气系统至少要在至少3年的时间内向公众开放,目前,目前可用的唯一访问是由GKN粉末冶金和Parmatech领导的“生产服务”。

在正式发布的照片​​中,新设施似乎也容纳了MetalFab1配置来自荷兰大规模3D打印机制造商加性行业。添加剂行业有现有的长期partnership with VWwhich was reaffirmed in a deal from November 2018.

Oliver Pohl, Head of Additive Manufacturing at Volkswagen (third from left) presents the new 3D printing center to visitors from the European Works Council and management. To note: The machine in the background appears to be a MetalFAB1 system from Dutch manufacturer Additive Industries. Photo via Volkswagen
Oliver Pohl, Head of Additive Manufacturing at Volkswagen (third from left) presents the new 3D printing center to visitors from the European Works Council and management. To note: The machine in the background appears to be a MetalFAB1 system from Dutch manufacturer Additive Industries. Photo via Volkswagen

大众汽车增材制造业负责人奥利弗·波尔(Oliver Pohl)总结说:“在这里,我们创建了一个创新的中心,这将在未来对大众汽车的战略重要性。”

Make yourApplication of the Year nomination以及2019年3D印刷行业奖的更多内容,现在开放。

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特色图片显示,大众汽车(左三)增材制造业负责人奥利弗·波尔(Oliver Pohl)向欧洲工程委员会和管理层的访客展示了新的3D打印中心。通过Volkswagen的照片