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Increase Component Performance in Challenging Environmental Conditions

New propulsion and control technologies are transforming the automotive industry and upending previously stable vehicle designs.

Our unique additive manufacturing solutions allow you to innovate by enabling you to rapidly test and iterate new designs, create advanced parts that can withstand the extremes of underhood and powertrain environments, and maximize the efficiencies of your manufacturing process. All this helps give you a crucial advantage over your competitors.

Solve Your Underhood and Powertrain Challenges

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  • Increase Performance in Challenging Environments

    Propulsion, drivetrain, and powertrain systems must be able to withstand environments with high temperatures, exposure to chemicals, and extreme loading conditions, often within a constrained package. Our additive manufacturing solution helps you meet this need using advanced materials capable of optimizing performance in even the most challenging conditions, allowing you to develop unique innovations.
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  • Test and Iterate Faster

    The advancements in powertrain, drivetrain and propulsion technologies in today’s automotive environment often outpace our traditional prototyping and validation approaches. Understanding the nuances of underhood functional and environmental performance requires rapid testing. With our additive manufacturing solutions, you can accurately represent the design intent and perform in extreme environments and forces. Reduce iteration time from weeks or days to hours.
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  • Gain Precise Control

    Traditional manufacturing constraints limit engineers’ ability to design advanced propulsion and mobility systems. Our comprehensive underhood 3D printing solution includes equipment, software, advanced materials, and services, giving you the capabilities you need to design complex parts for limited spaces.
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  • Optimize Manufacturing

    Productivity in production and service is an essential characteristic for the automotive business, but today’s innovations are often at odds with this reality. This is why it is so vital to create systems that maximize efficiency and drive continuous value. Our additive solutions will elevate your assembly process by reducing complexity and validating design and manufacturing through production-grade additive components.

  • Application Innovation Group

    Our team can help you solve your most difficult design and production challenges with additive manufacturing solutions. Together we’ll identify your needs, working with you to optimize your designs, prototype, validate and define a manufacturing flow.

More Automotive Applications

FormulaE

Metal Structural Components
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Body Interior Trim/Panel

3D Printed Automotive Body Panel SLA SLS

Body Exterior/Panel

  • The New World of Thermoplastic Manufacturing

    Learn how you can bypass the cost and time of traditional tooling, accelerating innovation and gaining a competitive advantage by 3D printing a robust, load-bearing, high heat resistance material. This is ideal for quickly producing the parts you need that can also withstand the difficult environment and demanding stresses of the vehicle.
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Learn More About Automotive Underhood and Powertrain 3D Printers and Materials

3D Systems DuraForm ProX HST

DuraForm ProX HST Composite (SLS)

A fiber-reinforced engineering plastic, high temperature resistance

3D Systems Figure 4 Standalone 3D Printer

Figure 4 Standalone

Ultra-fast and affordable for same day prototyping and low-volume production

High temperature resistant translucent plastic with HDT over 300 °C

Figure 4 HI TEMP 300-AMB

High temperature resistant translucent plastic with HDT over 300 °C

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Geomagic Control X

3D Inspection and Metrology Software

Improve production efficiency and increase uptime with IIOT management for 3D printing

3D Connect

Remote Diagnostics Management Software for 3D Printers

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