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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Interactive 3D and augmented reality online are making it easier for car manufacturers, fashion brands, and other businesses to design and produce their products. The virtual product can be rotated 360 degrees, and in some cases can be customized by the customer. Emersya’s customer support team can assist as well.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

European 3D solid-state battery start-up LionVolt successfully closed a seed round of €4 million, bringing its total funding this year to more than €5 million. LionVolt spun off last year from TNO at Holst Centre, building on six years of research and development of its innovative battery design. 3D solid-state battery (3DSSB).

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Cadillac provided some details on its production CELESTIQ flagship “ultra-luxury sedan”; the show car version appeared earlier this year. Clients will work directly with their selected dealer and Cadillac designers to realize their unique vision for the car, with unprecedented levels of personalization tailored to reflect the owner’s tastes.

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MARCH 23, 2020

announced a global mobilization of the company’s 3D printing resources and expertise to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, spanning its Stratasys, GrabCAD, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing and partner network with donated printing capacity across all regions. The company will have the ability to scale to an even faster rate of production.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Total and Engie signed a cooperation agreement to design, develop, build and operate the Masshylia project, France’s largest renewable hydrogen production site at Châteauneuf-les-Martigues in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur South region.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

HP Metal Jet simplifies and speeds up metallic 3D printing; productivity improves fifty times compared to other 3D printing methods, depending on the component. Automotive production is facing major challenges: our customers are increasingly expecting more personalization options.

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MAY 25, 2022

The common goal was to revolutionize metal 3D printing in standard automotive production. Around 50,000 components per year can be manufactured cost-effectively in common part production, as well as more than 10,000 individual and new parts, by means of 3D printing using Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The 3D printing technology used by ArcelorMittal at its R&D&I Center, combined with the smart design algorithms of Nebrija University, have made it possible to develop various components of the car. Nebrija to Dakar is a long-term project that extends beyond the 2023 Dakar Rally.

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JUNE 16, 2022

The CELESTIQ will be the first production vehicle to be built at GM’s Global Technical Center, the center of the company’s engineering and design efforts since its inauguration in May 1956. 3D Printer at GM Additive Industrialization Center. Cadillac CELESTIQ show car. —Mark Reuss, president, General Motors.

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MAY 16, 2023

—Navid Attarzadeh Attarzadeh wondered what if they designed a 3D nickel-based catalyst in the shape of the prickly pear cactus? The team synthesized a 3D nanoarchitecture of aligned Ni 5 P 4 -Ni 2 P/NiS (plate/nanosheets) using a phospho-sulfidation process. Resources Navid Attarzadeh, Debabrata Das, Srija N. 3c00781

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APRIL 14, 2023

bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. bp now operates five production platforms in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Argos, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika and Thunder Horse. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Samsung Electronics unveiled an extensive lineup of automotive memory solutions designed for next-generation autonomous electric vehicles. Having already completed customer evaluations, the new automotive memory products are currently in mass production.

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APRIL 12, 2019

BMW Group Production is focusing increasingly on easy-to-use and effective virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) reality applications. In production, these images are powerful tools in numerous use cases in training and qualification, planning of workstations at the assembly line, or quality control. Workstation planning.

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JULY 14, 2020

Porsche already uses 3D printing technology in prototype construction, manufacturing spare parts for classic sports cars and in other areas. For the first time, the pistons for the high-performance engine of the 911 flagship model, the GT2 RS, are now also being produced with a 3D printer.

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

The BFS confirms that 10ktpa of AAM production can be achieved via expansion of the existing plant and infrastructure within Syrah’s existing 25-acre industrial site. Syrah intends to initially expand natural graphite AAM production capacity at Vidalia to 10ktpa, and then increase in line with growing market demand.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The technology is optimized for the electric vehicle market and is designed to deliver three times (3X) the gravimetric energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Under Department of Defense (DoD) test protocols, a LytCell prototype design has demonstrated greater than 1,400 cycles. No conflict minerals.

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MAY 2, 2019

NextGenAM partners Premium AEROTEC, EOS and Daimler are building a pilot production line for a next-generation automated additive manufacturing (AM) process. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has become more interesting as a complementary or alternative process to conventional manufacturing techniques.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Sakuu Corporation, an additive manufacturing and solid-state battery technology company, announced promising results from its ongoing testing of a novel printable lithium formulation from Livent for use in Sakuu’s 3D printed batteries. Earlier post.) —Robert Bagheri, CEO and Founder of Sakuu

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MARCH 29, 2022

Blackstone Technology GmbH may begin commercialization of 3D-printed solid-state sodium-ion batteries as early as 2025. The results of the development project will form the basis for the market-ready product. To implement this, €32 million will be invested in a pilot plant at the production site in Döbeln and in extensive developments.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

Porsche has produced its first complete housing for an electric drive using 3D printing. Due to special structures that have only become possible due to 3D printing, the stiffness in highly stressed areas has been doubled. 3D printing opens up new opportunities in development and manufacture of low-volume parts.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

the design of a new generation road-capable flying car; high-voltage supercharging technology; and robotic innovations, forming the key components of the company’s smart mobility ecosystem. Its visual perception network has been upgraded from 2D detection to 3D, with multiple-target recognition, classification and positioning.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Porsche has presented an innovative alternative to conventional bucket seat upholstery with the concept study “3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat”. the seat and backrest cushions—is partly produced by a 3D-printer. Close-up of the 3D lattice structure. Here, the central section of the seat—i.e., Source: Porsche.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have additively manufactured (3D-printed) a lightweight aluminum alloy and demonstrated its ability to resist creep or deformation at 300 ?Celsius. While solidification cracking can be mitigated through careful processing parameter design in simple parts (e.g., Credit: ORNL, US Dept.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

BASF has introduced the novel X3D technology, a new additive manufacturing technology for catalysts based on 3D printing. The technology offers a greater freedom of catalyst design compared to conventional production technologies. BASF has capabilities to supply commercial quantities.

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APRIL 3, 2021

James Breyer founded Hercules Electric Vehicles in 2018 with a vision to bring luxury eco-utility products to market, beginning with an electric pickup truck and followed by other electric mobility products. Such materials and the underlying technologies lend themselves to low cost manufacturing and production scale-up.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. EVR will support the setup of EKA’s assembly line.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Sakuu Corporation ( earlier post ) has successfully and consistently 3D-printed fully functional high-performance batteries in custom shapes and sizes since December 2022. Finally, our platform can customize the form factor of the battery—whereby the battery itself can become part of product design via customized shapes and sizes.

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MARCH 24, 2020

Ford Motor Company, joining forces with firms including 3M and GE Healthcare, is lending its manufacturing and engineering expertise to expand quickly production of urgently needed medical equipment and supplies for healthcare workers, first responders and patients fighting COVID-19. Powered air-purifying respirators. Ventilators.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Lunaz, a creator of electric classic cars, announced the first tranche of production availability for classic electric Range Rovers. The first production tranche is currently being allocated with first customer deliveries anticipated for the summer of 2021. This will be achieved by applying Lunaz’ design philosophy.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Sakuú, the developer of 3D-printed Swift Print solid-state battery technology ( earlier post ), has selected Porsche Consulting, a subsidiary of the automotive manufacturer Porsche, to lead all aspects of design for its planned global gigafactories.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For almost 30 years, we have been creating a wide variety of packaged software products based on our unique 3D data-processing technology. In recent years, as digital transformation has progressed across many industries, manufacturing companies have increasingly relied on streamlined 3D data to optimize their supply chains.

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JUNE 3, 2020

The new electrocatalyst can be produced at large scale and low cost, providing a new paradigm in a wide application of hydrogen production by electrochemical reaction in future. Conceptual design of the multinary intermetallic electrocatalyst. The findings are published in the journal Advanced Materials. Source: CityU. Zhang, L.?

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MARCH 20, 2017

Divergent 3D has entered into a strategic development partnership with SLM Solutions Group, a manufacturer of 3D metal printing equipment. SLM Solutions Group is engaged in the development, production and distribution of selective laser melting systems, which create three-dimensional objects from metal powders.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Enovix Corporation, the developer of 3D Silicon Lithium-ion batteries ( earlier post ), announced BrakeFlow technology, an intra-cell system that significantly increases tolerance against thermal runaway from internal shorts, without compromising high energy density. —Ashok Lahiri, Co-Founder and CTO of Enovix.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Lamborghini unveiled the Lanzador electric concept at Monterey Car Week—a vision of a future purely-electric fourth series production Lamborghini. The Lanzador is a preview of the production vehicle that Lamborghini will present in 2028. The visually concealed louvers therefore provide downforce without creating additional drag.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Volvo Trucks North America is utilizing 3D printing technology to produce tools and fixtures used in the manufacturing process at its New River Valley (NRV) plant in Dublin, Virginia, where all trucks for the North American market are built. All of these parts were printed at the Volvo Innovative Projects lab at the Dublin facility.

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JULY 19, 2019

Since 2018, the BMW Group has been using various AI applications in series production. One focus is automated image recognition: In these processes, artificial intelligence evaluates component images in ongoing production and compares them in milliseconds to hundreds of other images of the same sequence.

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