The latest technology
3d printed Car.
The technology that is an
alternative to the traditional tooling
and machining processes used in
manufacturing.
The International Technology Show in Chicago, a
little
known
Arizona-based car maker
created a media
sensation by manufacturing a
car at the
show.
It was a full scale, It is functional
car that was 3d printed in
44 hours and assembled in
2 days. The images below shows the
car being made.
This spring Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchioness called out the auto
industry for the staggering amount of money it wastes in the design and
manufacture of cars.
The world's first 3D-printed car is crude by design, its dashboard
looking like stacked silicone beads from a caulking gun.
Its flanks,
meanwhile, are smooth, resembling the exposed parts of the BMW i3's
matte carbon tub. We milled the sides to show how that would look,
Rogers says.
Some of the other parts are just how they came out of the
printer, so you can see that.
But we can make it look however we want.
You could put a vinyl wrap on it and the car would still be completely
recyclable.
“The
goal here is to get the number of parts down, and
to drop the tooling costs to almost zero.” said John B.
Rogers Jr., chief executive of Local Motors, a Princeton
and Harvard-educated U.S. Marine. - See more at:
http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
“The
goal here is to get the number of parts down, and
to drop the tooling costs to almost zero.” said John B.
Rogers Jr., chief executive of Local Motors, a Princeton
and Harvard-educated U.S. Marine. - See more at:
http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
“The
goal here is to get the number of parts down, and
to drop the tooling costs to almost zero.” said John B.
Rogers Jr., chief executive of Local Motors, a Princeton
and Harvard-educated U.S. Marine. - See more at:
http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The prototype I drove is the third that Local has printed and took about
40 hours.
The company is currently looking for an electric-power train
supplier,
so for now the Strati has a beefy golf-cart motor as a
stand-in.
The rear-wheel-drive Strati is envisioned as a city car, but
Rogers isn't blind to the performance possibilities.
Thanks to the nature of 3D printing, where the car is built in layers
squirted from the nozzles of a massive printer, you can embed
energy-absorbing crash structures or super strong seat-belt mounts that
are anchored deep in the body.
How long does it take to 3d print a car?
Not only does the Strati look better, and go faster (40 MPH), but it is also able to be 3D printed in just 44 hours,
compared to this car which took 5 days to complete. The Strati also
features many more 3D printed parts, other than just the car's body,
including its seats and chassis.
“The
goal here is to get the number of parts down, and
to drop the tooling costs to almost zero.” said John B.
Rogers Jr., chief executive of Local Motors, a Princeton
and Harvard-educated U.S. Marine. - See more at:
http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
The average car has more than
20,000 parts but this latest
technology reduces the
number of parts to 40
including all the
mechanical components. - See more at: http://www.inventor-strategies.com/Latest-technology-inventions.html#sthash.9F68BbsA.dpuf
