These challenges include enhancing product performance, reducing costs, improving quality and safety, while decreasing environmental impact, and achieving regulatory compliance.
In the episode "Additive Manufacturing: 3D Printing in the Automotive Industry" (20:00), engineers from Fiat Chrysler Corporation (FCA) explain the importance of using 3D printing to test multiple design scenarios and develop solutions that can be quickly evaluated on test tracks. And Local Motors shows how it builds a vehicle from the ground up with a 3D printer, and without a traditional assembly line.
Also known as stereo-lithography (SLA), rapid prototyping and/or additive manufacturing, 3D printing is already being considered a game changer in the automotive industry. This episode highlights:
Also Available in Streaming Video
To subscribe to a full-season of Spotlight on Design, please contact SAE Corporate Sales: CustomerSales@sae.org or 1-888-875-3976.
Subscribers can view annotate, and download all of SAE's content. Learn More »
A Durability Analysis Case Study of SUV and MUV Using Measured Proving Ground Road Profiles
2010-01-0495
Research and Verification on Ideal Stiffness Characteristic Curve of Suspension Coil Springs
2015-01-1328
Optimization of Proving Ground Durability Test Sequence Based on Relative Damage Spectrum
2018-01-0101
Select | Price |
---|