Modern Key application of 3D Printing in the electric automotive industry in India

By Yash Gautam

Technology always revolves around time. The best part about technology is that it never stays at one place rather always tends to move in the forward direction. In order to foster future technologies we have to know about the growth and to the past…

During the past few decades, 3D Printing was one of the developing technologies which were growing day by day. Initially, 3D Printing was primarily adopted for the smaller and rather simpler prototype parts. However, in its early to late 2000’s the technology was evolving rapidly making additive manufacturing a trusted sidekick to traditional manufacturing, even surpassing it in a few instances.

Scrolling back to our present time, 3D printing has become the widely accepted manufacturing technique by digging its roots into the next industrial revolution 4.0. As a pillar of industry 4.0 additive manufacturing is changing the conventional way of manufacturing a product.

Now the question arrives, how 3D Printing is impacting the manufacturing industry of the automotive sector?

The answer is quite straightforward.

From prototyping to tooling and to bringing out the end-used parts, 3D printing is impacting every aspect of automotive manufacturing.

With the sudden and autonomous advancement of EVs, the automotive industry is procuring new ways to make their products lighter, highly efficient, and cost-effective using modern 3d Printing technologies.

Now, let us look and try to understand it technically. By looking at the three ways of 3D printing, revolutionizing the manufacturing of electric vehicles and their subsequent automotive parts:

1. Freedom to Design

The layer-by-layer procedure of material deposition, used in additive manufacturing, offers a distinct advantage to engineers for designing different parts of the vehicle in a subtle, yet more efficient manner. Engineers can now design parts that weigh less, giving an overall improved performance with the use of DFAM and generative design principles. Moreover, design engineers can now decrease the number of parts by consolidating different parts into one.

2. Tooling & Fixtures

In the automotive industry, most of the components require custom tooling and fixtures which are often left redundant. When a change occurs during the designing phase, tooling and fixture are costly that demands more time to be in function again. This problem can be easily resolved by using 3D printers without the need for any additional machining. The tooling part can be used effectively, without giving any second thought, which eventually saves lots of money.

3. Flexible and localized production

Another benefit of 3d printing is that systems and subsystems can be produced locally without relying on external factors which have a drastic impact on the lead time. Similarly, EV engineers are equipped to deal with changing market trends and customer feedback. They are capable of producing more efficient parts, testing them over a certain period of time ensures the parts produced are in effect to the needs of the market.

Conclusion

3D printing is a lot more and has more to introduce itself to the modern era than what is being mentioned above.

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