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Volkswagen Plans to Use New 3D printing Process in Vehicle Production

June 21, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Volkswagen 3D printing

Volkswagen is pressing ahead with the use of 3D printers in car production including components used in the A-pillar of the T-Roc convertible. For the first time, the newest process – known as binder jetting – is being used to manufacture components at the company’s main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Whereas conventional 3D printing uses […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, Volkswagen

Nissan Using Dieless Forming for Metal Crash Parts to Expand NISMO Heritage Parts Range in Japan

March 15, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Nissan today announced it will utilize its new technologies to bring to the Japan market additional parts in the NISMO Heritage Parts program, a series of genuine repair and replacement parts for discontinued vehicles. The new technologies include dual-sided dieless forming for body panels and 3-D printing for resin parts. Nissan unveiled dual-sided dieless forming […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, Dieless Forming, Nissan, OEM Parts

Interview: Mario Dimovski, TradieBot Industries and Plastfix

February 27, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mario Dimovski Interview

Australia-based innovator has developed virtual reality programs to help train entry-level painters, augmented reality technical information systems and a robotic 3-D printing headlight Repairbot. Longtime readers of CollisionWeek are familiar with Australia-based TradieBot Industries. Over the past few years, the company has launched a project to develop a robotic 3-D printing Repairbot to fix damaged […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: 3D Printing, Interview, Plastfix, Plastic Waste, Robotics, Tradiebot Industries

Tradiebot Industries Announces Collaboration on 3D Scanning Technology

May 22, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tradiebot Industries and Shanghai Digital Manufacturing (SHDM) today launched a collaborative project directed at developing 3D scanning technologies. Australia-based Tradiebot is developing robotic 3D printing technology it hopes will have applications in the collision repair industry. In March, its Repairbot project 3D printed a replacement bracket onto a headlight assembly. The collaboration announced today will […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, Agreements Signed, Australia, Robotics, Tradiebot Industries

Robot 3D Prints Replacement Bracket onto Headlight Assembly

March 8, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology reported that its Repairbot project has achieved a major milestone, using a robot to successfully 3D print a replacement lug on an automotive headlamp assembly. The Repairbot project is an industry collaboration with  Tradiebot, supported by collision repair facility operator AMA Group, and backed by the federal government via the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, AMA Group, Australia, Robotics, Tradiebot Industries

Volkswagen Will Begin Using 3D Printing for Production Vehicles

September 11, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Vehicle manufacturer announces cooperation with HP and GKN to integrate small customized parts on production vehicles. Structural parts two-to-three years away. Volkswagen announced today it is the first automotive manufacturer using the the HP Metal Jet 3D printing process to simplify and speed up metallic 3D printing. The biggest advantage: productivity improves fifty times compared […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, OEM Parts, Volkswagen

GM Using AI-Based Design Technology and 3D Printing for Next Generation of Vehicle Lightweighting

May 3, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

GM Alliance with Autodesk includes advanced AI-based generative design technology and 3D printing advancements to help lighten and transform future vehicles General Motors announced it is using new, advanced software design technology to introduce the next generation of vehicle lightweighting. According to the vehicle manufacturer, the technology is key to developing efficient and lighter alternative […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, Agreements Signed, Artificial Intelligence, General Motors, lightweighting, OEM Parts

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