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Automotive & Transport

Full throttle production of automotive and transport components

The automotive and transport industries are under huge amounts of pressure to innovate faster. Vehicles need to be faster, safer, lighter and more efficient. Emissions must be lowered. To stay in the game, automotive and transport manufacturers need to take all these factors into account and deliver on competitive performance and price. They need to be better and faster than their competitors.

We have been helping our customers outperform their competitors since 2003. Our services, technologies and range of materials are specifically designed for the automotive and transport industry. They support quick decision-making at the product design and enable component part production.

Through these services we’ve helped our automotive customers to innovate, develop, test, improve and produce high quality parts. We’ve supported them through concept visualization and design iterations. We helped them find production solutions. We’ve been flexible and kept costs down. And we’ve made sure they’re happy. Time and again.

  • Design support to ensure functional elements align with manufacturability

  • Achieve first-to-market product launches with our rapid prototyping assistance

  • Lower inventory spending with our production and low volume solutions

  • Increase production quality and accuracy with custom jigs, fixtures and gauges

Prototyping and low volume production of end use parts

e.g. bumpers, windbreakers, brackets and mounts

Technology:
AM: SLA / SLS / FFF / DLS / MJF Rapid Technologies: RIM, Vac Casting
CNC: Tooling, gauges, jigs and fixtures

Materials: Polymers, foams, steel, aluminium

e.g. dashboards, seat frames, seat padding, buttons, badges, impact absorption

Technology:
AM: SLS / FFF / DLS / MJF
Rapid Technologies: RIM, Vac Casting, Silicone Casting
CNC: Component parts, tooling, gauges, jigs and fixtures

Materials: Polymers, elastomers, steel, aluminium, silicones

e.g. prototyping, tooling and quality control

Technology:
AM: SLA / SLS / FFF / DLS / MJF
Rapid Technologies: RIM, Vac Casting, Silicone Casting
CNC: Customised tooling, gauges, jigs and fixtures

Materials: Polymers, elastomers, steel, aluminium, silicones

e.g. Cooling vents, ducts, pipe connectors and fluid routing systems

Technology:
AM: SLS / FFF / DLS / MJF
Rapid Technologies: RIM, Vac Casting
CNC: Component parts, tooling

Materials: Polymers, elastomers, esters, steel, aluminium, silicones and custom requirements

e.g. Pumps, valves, fluid manifolds, clips, impellers

Technology:
AM: SLA / SLS / FFF / DLS / MJF Rapid Technologies: RIM, Vac Casting, Silicone moulding

CNC: Component parts, tooling

Materials: Polymers, elastomers, esters, steel, aluminium, silicones and custom requirements

e.g. Housing, embedded components, buttons and switches

Technology:
AM: SLS / DLS / MJF

Materials: Polymers, elastomers, esters

e.g. Hubcaps, suspension components, dampers

Technology:
AM: SLS / FFF / DLS / MJF
Rapid Technologies: RIM, Vac Casting
CNC: Component parts, tooling

Materials: Polymers, alloys, steel, aluminium, and custom requirements

e.g. Petrol caps, dampers, fluid routing, brackets and mounts, doors, dash components, ventilation grills, knobs, buttons, clips, verification builds

Technology:
AM: SLA / SLS / FFF / DLS / MJF
Rapid Technologies: RIM, Vac Casting, Silicone moulding
CNC: Component parts, tooling

Materials: Polymers, elastomers, esters, steel, aluminium, silicones and custom requirement

e.g. Fuel cell components, switches and valves, electrical connectors

Technology:
AM: SLS / DLS / MJF
CNC: Component parts, tooling

Materials: Polymers, alloys, steel, aluminium

Product development support and low volume manufacturing for companies in the automotive and transport sector including:

  • OEMS and Tier 1 suppliers
  • Motorsports
  • Niche automotive designers
  • EV production
  • Rail
  • Yellow goods
  • Seating
  • Restoration market
  • Aftermarket parts sales
  • Motorcycle components

Additive Manufacturing for Automotive

Tool-free solutions for production parts

We know that if you are to win that race to market, you also need to be able to create high-strength production parts in a tight time frame. Or, you’ll need to flex your supply chain with end-use parts on demand. They’ll comprise complex geometries yet need to be tough enough to endure the rigors of everyday use, high-speed racing or off-roading. The technology you choose will need to deliver on value and on economies of scale. Our Digital Light Synthesis and Multi Jet Fusion printers provide access to a wide range of production-ready resins and enable you to do just this.

Rapid Technologies for Automotive

Quick turnaround on prototypes and low volume production parts

Suitable for prototyping and low volume runs of very large parts, our rapid technologies include 3D Printing, vacuum casting for small to medium under bonnet and trim parts and lenses, and reaction injection moulding used for bumpers, wheel arch liners, decorative trim, spoilers and interior panels. Using a range of polyamide, polypropylene, thermoplastic, silicone and polyurethane formulations, many parts can be manufactured to meet UL94 – V0 flammability ratings.

CNC Technologies for Automotive

Lower costs and assure quality with end-to-end supply chain management, and faster tooling and part production times

Our contract-managed CNC solutions, coupled with our comprehensive, tight tolerance milling and turning capabilities, enable serious improvement in production processes. With a focus on ensuring consistent quality, regardless of the quantity of machined parts you require, we support automotive production with custom gauges, jigs and fixtures, 3 and 5 axis milling, turning, tool creation, mould modifications and inspection.

We’re perfectly positioned to enable you to flex your supply chain and reduce warehousing costs with on-demand production of machined component parts.