使用增材制造升级汽车工具

金属技术中心

Metal Competence Center 将 Materialise 在不来梅的金属 3D 打印站点统一并扩展至一个屋檐下，支持集成生产和开发。

消除使用传统制造工具引起的问题

金属能力中心的专家非常熟悉将增材制造技术应用于汽车行业的应用。他们一直在用 AM 重新思考旧流程。这就是团队如何在生产过程中确定一个点，该点通常会导致不一致、时间延迟和过多的废料——悬垂形成。

当设计与工程团队遇到这些问题时，他们立即认识到增材制造可以提升工具的方式——同时继续使用铝来满足温度和压力限制。

在为增材制造重新设计零件时，团队必须深入了解应用程序以及如何设计 3D 打印。我们的金属能力中心团队非常适合这样做，因为该中心结合了增材制造软件、生产和设计专家的专业知识。凭借这种专有技术和 Materialise 软件来简化流程，团队完全重新考虑了使用 AM 的部件。

• The operational results of the redesign were significant. The flexibility in design allowed the team to combine two components into one, making the part lighter and easier for the operator to handle. This also reduced the cost of production. The team was able to design more organic shapes for the channels, minimizing the amount of material needed. The optimized channels were designed closer to the surface, ensuring homogenous and quick heating and cooling. This improved flow played a crucial role in reducing scrap, addressing a major drawback of the initial design. The redesign of the lamination tool demonstrated the many opportunities additive manufacturing offers, especially in production tooling.

• The redesigned part reduced the part's mass by 51%
• The new design eliminated the need for support structures, reducing material costs
• The optimized channels improved heating and cooling efficiency, reducing scrap