3d printed parts in a real car
3d printed parts in a real car
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Okay this stuff is pretty mind blowing.
I've heard of 3d printing but had no clue that they are this level now.
Apparently, the Aston Martin in Skyfall (James Bond) movie was 3d printed (Fully driveable).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2232252/The-secret-James-Bonds-priceless-Aston-Martin-DB-5-stunts-3D-printed-models-used-Skyfalls-dangerous-scenes.html
The reason it was 3d printed was becasue they had to blow it up in one of the scenes (Fair enough).
Has anyone tried using this technology on a consumer level?
Here you can even find digital files (Fuel door holder) that simply require an upload on a proper 3d printer.
https://pinshape.com/items/13989-3d-printed-chevrolet-aveo-fuel-door-holder-replacement
Love to know about your experiences with this tech - if any?
I've heard of 3d printing but had no clue that they are this level now.
Apparently, the Aston Martin in Skyfall (James Bond) movie was 3d printed (Fully driveable).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2232252/The-secret-James-Bonds-priceless-Aston-Martin-DB-5-stunts-3D-printed-models-used-Skyfalls-dangerous-scenes.html
The reason it was 3d printed was becasue they had to blow it up in one of the scenes (Fair enough).
Has anyone tried using this technology on a consumer level?
Here you can even find digital files (Fuel door holder) that simply require an upload on a proper 3d printer.
https://pinshape.com/items/13989-3d-printed-chevrolet-aveo-fuel-door-holder-replacement
Love to know about your experiences with this tech - if any?





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No, not 'fully driveable'.
One-third scale for blowing-up purposes. Says so in the linked article.
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Greg Locock
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These days everything is overhyped. 'Everything' will be 3D Printed 'within five years.' Self Driving Cars are here 'now', <crash> oops... "Autonomous" dancing drones, controlled by computers in the back room. Lockheed supposedly has Fusion reactors on the back of trucks. BAE will be growing airplanes in vats.
Sigh...
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Even the cosmetics straight off the printer are not good. Usually have to to a lot of hand finishing and painting to make something presentable.
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But the speed tends to be slow and the costs somewhat high. So, maybe for today you can say " for production in the real world for cars it will rarely be appropriate other than for cosmetic purposes". But, you certainly can't say this will always be true and it certainly won't be only cosmetic purposes. There is the ability to make same strength but significantly lighter weight structural pieces and car manufacturers certainly want lighter weight these days.
There is a lot of R&D with improvements in processes and materials constantly happening. The abilities of production machines are changing very rapidly. We won't soon see a world where everything is 3D printed, but the technology has moved well past being only good for prototyping certain parts.
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"BAE Systems wants to grow military aircraft in chemical vats"
http://www.gizmag.com/bae-systems-grow-future-airc...
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Cheers
Greg Locock
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It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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Many people will disagree with you. They believe that 'someday soon, everything will be 3D Printed...'
They're naive and completely wrong of course.
We can put some of the blame on misleadingly-overhyped headlines that include lies such as '3D Printed Car'. Too many don't realize what's feasible and what's pure hype.
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Once again, I think a 2 year stint as a grunt in an iron foundry should be compulsory for all able bodied males between 18 and 45.
"Formal education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." ~ Joseph Stalin
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"Formal education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." ~ Joseph Stalin
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"Formal education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." ~ Joseph Stalin
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But today even the best process with Ni or Ti alloys have serious issues. They cannot tell you before they make a part what the grain structure and properties will be, and worse the properties vary by direction. Fatigue properties are barely as good as modern castings, even with HIP (expensive) treatment.
And NDT is expensive (full CT?).
They have a place. If you need to make a lightly loaded, intricate part, from an expensive material then give AM a look. Or if you need to make a highly customized part (prosthetic) as a one-off it also has real advantages.
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I disagree with that.
'Overhyped' relates to an output, the transmitter end. Marketing. BS Press Releases. Headlines that lie. Airhead tech journalists parroting nonsense.
A better word to describe the 'state of perception' at the receiver end is 'Naïve'.
Everyone should agree with you that the technology is what it actually is, and obviously can be extremely useful.
Just not for 3D Printing 'fully driveable' Aston Martins. Not now. Not in the foreseeable future. Probably not ever.
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Never say never. Sure "the technology is what it actually is", but tomorrow it will be something different.
je suis charlie
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