Additive Manufacturing on the Threshold of Mass Production

Potential of 3D Printing: New Materials, Automated Process Chains, Decentralized Production

2022/01/19

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Summary
NOT A REVOLUTION IN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION
THE AIM IS GREATER AUTOMATION
COMPLEX MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS INCREASE THEIR EXPERTISE

Summary

This report contains a Spotlight article from Springer's automotive technical magazine "ATZ" www.atz-magazine.com. and "MTZ" www.mtz-magazine.com. Springer is a German company affiliated with MarkLines.

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About Automotive Technology Magazine ATZ

Motorwagen-Zeitschrift (Motored Vehicles Magazine) was founded in 1898 as an automotive technical magazine. From 1929, the name of the magazine was changed to "ATZ (=Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift: Automotive engineering magazine)". In addition to being published in German, the English edition has been available since 2001.

Additive Manufacturing
on the Threshold
of Mass Production

The opportunities presented by Additive Manufacturing (AM) now go far beyond just model making or prototype construction. Many automotive companies are already producing personalized components and spare parts with 3-D printers.
But the biggest challenge facing the technology is making the breakthrough into vehicle mass production.

Material from: Thomas Siebel, Editor for mechanical engineering and materials on the Springer Professional online portal, Additive Manufacturing on the Threshold of Mass Production, IN THE SPOTLIGHT article from MTZ worldwide [11/2021] [the websites of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, which are available at www.springerfachmedien-wiesbaden.de] reproduced with permission of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH.

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