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In cooperation with its partners Mahle and Trumpf, Porsche is now establishing a new milestone in the use of additive manufacturing processes for highly-stressed drive components.
The world's first ever 3D-printed excavator was unveiled at the 2017 CONEXPO-CON/AGG show, an international construction trade show, at Las Vegas Convention Center, Tuesday. Made with a range of additive printing processes, the machine is called the Additive Manufacturing Excavator, or AME. Several institutions, including the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the National Fluid Power Association, the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, The OAK Ridge National Laboratory and the National Science Foundation, built the AME. Two research teams of graduate engineering students from Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota also designed several sections of the excavator, including the cab. The most important piece of information about the AME is that it actually works, and works well. Not only is the AME set to drastically reduce costs for excavators in general, the designers and builders of the AME envision great things for its future. It could be used in helping to rebuild lower income communities and may even play a role in developing land on Mars for human habitation.
ŠKODA AUTO uses 3D printing, for example, in prototype production in its Pilot Hall. Plastic 3D printing is used, in particular, in the maintenance departments in vehicle production. The carmaker also employs the technology in Central Technical Service.
In response to the corona crisis, the Volkswagen Group has started to produce face shield holders by 3D printing. This is part of a joint transnational initiative with Airbus and the 3D printing network “Mobility goes Additive”, which includes about 250 companies. The products developed by Airbus will be used in Spain and will be flown from Hamburg to Madrid by Airbus, next week. This cross-industrial initiative was launched in response to requests from the Spanish authorities, which will also distribute the products in the country. The aim is to make as many holders as possible by then. In addition, there are a number of other initiatives by Volkswagen Group brands to produce medical supplies.
Brussels, Apr 1 (EFE), (Camera: Leopoldo Rodriguez).- People with access to 3D printers are helping healthcare workers printing sanitary material.Nicolas Usuwiel prints up to 600 protective visors daily and sells them for about 10 euros to hospitals that are fighting the coronavirus pandemic. FOOTAGE OF THE 3D FACE SHIELDS.SOUNDBITES OF NICOLAS USUWIEL.
The MINI John Cooper Works GP is the racing essence of the modern MINI inspired by the legendary motorsport success of the brand, which is limited to 3,000 pieces and embodies maximum performance and uncompromising dynamism.Its design shows this at first glance: The purist and at the same time extremely emotional design of the exterior and interior visualizes the GP genes as radically as ever. The MINI John Cooper Works GP ties in with the similarly limited John Cooper Works GP 2013 and 2006 small series.