Automotive Part Manufacturing

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Vantagens e desvantagens da SLS

Vantagens do SLS:

(1) Pode produzir produtos com elevada resistência e excelentes propriedades materiais, podendo mesmo ser utilizados diretamente como produtos finais
(2) Existem muitos tipos de matérias-primas disponíveis, incluindo plásticos de engenharia, cera, metal, pó de cerâmica, etc.
(3) O tempo de construção das peças é curto e a precisão dos objectos impressos é muito elevada
(4) Não é necessário projetar e construir peças de suporte.

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Vantagens do SLS:

(1) Os componentes principais têm perdas elevadas e requerem um ambiente laboratorial especial.
(2) É necessário um controlo estável da temperatura durante a impressão, o pré-aquecimento e o arrefecimento são necessários antes e depois da impressão, e o pós-processamento também é problemático.
(3) O preço das matérias-primas e os custos de aquisição e manutenção são elevados.
(4) A superfície de moldagem é limitada pelo tamanho das partículas de pó e pelo ponto de laser, o que afecta a precisão da impressão.
(5) É impossível imprimir diretamente um desenho oco totalmente fechado, sendo necessário deixar orifícios para remover os materiais em pó

Technologies for the Automotive Industry

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Additive Manufacturing

Additive technologies, such as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process (STEP), Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) and Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), can be used to produce prototype parts for fit, finish and functionality purposes. In many cases, automotive additive manufacturing can also be used to produce bridge and limited-run production parts.

 

Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process (STEP)
This automotive additive manufacturing technology, exclusively available from Fathom, enables the additive production of tough, durable, high-precision thermoplastic parts at injection molding costs and speeds. STEP technology is already being leveraged to produce a variety of prototype and short-run production parts for new automotive models.

 

Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)
DMLS can be used to produce complex metal parts quickly. This automotive additive manufacturing technology can produce conformal cooling channels, optimized internal volumes and many other special features that cannot be successfully manufactured using traditional manufacturing techniques.

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Moldagem por injeção

Injection molding offers tough production-grade thermoplastic materials. Injection molded parts are not only used in vehicle interiors but also under-hood applications, exterior paneling, fluid tanks, brackets, supports and cowlings. Overmolding can be used to mold a softer material over a harder one to provide a cushioned surface, to meet a variety of aesthetic automotive interior and exterior needs.

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Fundição de uretano

Urethane Casting is an ideal way to produce low- to mid-volume quantities of parts quickly for functional and cosmetic testing. It can be used to produce parts with complex geometries and fine detail. In addition, it can be used to create both rigid and flexible, elastomer-like parts. This is a great manufacturing solution to help bridge the gap between your first new product introduction (NPI) and the start of production (SOP).

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Fabrico de chapas metálicas

Sheet metal can be used to fabricate a variety of interior and exterior components for vehicles, including body panels and doors.

Metal Cutting & Precision Forming

Automotive vehicles require brackets and other small metal parts to manage wiring, hoses and other components. These parts can be fabricated by Fathom to your desired specifications with our Metal Cutting & Precision Forming services. We can also handle larger projects like vehicle center console frames and dashboard frames.

Automobile Part Manufacturing Applications

  • Exterior trim body parts and panels
  • Undercar aero shields and panels
  • Fluid tanks and plastic housings
  • Underhood components
  • Wiring harnesses
  • Interior trim
  • Mounts and brackets for in-dash navigation and entertainment systems
  • Manufacturing tooling and fixtures

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Analyze the Fluid Flow of Under-Hood Components with 3D Printing

Stereolithography (SLA) provides the ability to print clear parts, and through post-processing techniques, you can increase the clarity of these parts even more, giving you the ability to analyze the flow in a physical environment against the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to validate the simulation models.

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