AUTOMOTIVE
From the manufacturing floor to the garage, automotive professionals are using 3D printing to make their lives easier and to gain a competitive edge.
Hear the stories of engineers, teams, and businesses who are using 3D printing today and learn how you can incorporate this transformative technology into your automotive workflow.
Gain Added Design Confidence and Reduce Risk
Empower engineers to make products that better meet customer requirements, with more iterations to refine concepts and tooling ahead of production. Integrate higher performing, more complex designs that you could not reasonably take before and continually innovate to ensure that you stay ahead of competitors.
Fast-Turn Manufacturing Tools and Aids
Constant improvement on the assembly line means quickly identifying an opportunity and acting on it. With a 3D printer by your side, you can work with the assembly technicians to design and produce tools to save time, reduce human strain, and increase line consistency. Create a digital library and print gauges, drill jigs, alignment fixtures, and ergonomic tools - all on-demand.
On-Vehicle Parts that Perform
Short custom car shops and racing teams (from karting to Formula 1) have a unique set of challenges. Designing and manufacturing low run parts or hard to find replacements can be daunting and expensive. 3D printing offers the ability to design, iterate, and manufacture individual parts in industrial materials with the push of a button.
Hear the stories of engineers, teams, and businesses who are using 3D printing today and learn how you can incorporate this transformative technology into your automotive workflow.
Gain Added Design Confidence and Reduce Risk
Empower engineers to make products that better meet customer requirements, with more iterations to refine concepts and tooling ahead of production.
Integrate higher performing, more complex designs that you could not reasonably take before and continually innovate to ensure that you stay ahead of competitors.
Fast-Turn Manufacturing Tools and Aids
Constant improvement on the assembly line means quickly identifying an opportunity and acting on it.
With a 3D printer by your side, you can work with the assembly technicians to design and produce tools to save time, reduce human strain, and increase line consistency. Create a digital library and print gauges, drill jigs, alignment fixtures, and ergonomic tools - all on-demand.
On-Vehicle Parts that Perform
Short custom car shops and racing teams (from karting to Formula 1) have a unique set of challenges.
Designing and manufacturing low run parts or hard to find replacements can be daunting and expensive. 3D printing offers the ability to design, iterate, and manufacture individual parts in industrial materials with the push of a button.
How Top Automotive Professionals are Driving Innovation with METHOD
Dakar Rally
“METHOD is one of the most sophisticated units on the market, from the ease of connectivity––we can run all three of our printers from our laptop––to the advanced materials we were able to use––from ABS to nylon carbon fiber––to the heated build chamber that ensures print accuracy and repeatability every time."
Paul Doe - Chief Engineer of Chassis
How Top Automotive Professionals are Driving Innovation with METHOD
Dakar Rally
“METHOD is one of the most sophisticated units on the market, from the ease of connectivity––we can run all three of our printers from our laptop––to the advanced materials we were able to use––from ABS to nylon carbon fiber––to the heated build chamber that ensures print accuracy and repeatability every time."
Paul Doe - Chief Engineer of Chassis
Paul Doe is the Chief Engineer of Chassis at Prodrive. His job is to design and build the most advanced high performance race cars in the world. In 2020, his task was to build two rally cars from scratch for upstart team BRX ahead of the 2021 Dakar Rally. Learn how Paul and his team leaned on two METHOD X 3D printers - one in the shop and one in the desert for the creation of low volume, high-performance car parts.
Sprinkler system
Printer: METHOD X
Material: N12 Nylon Carbon Fiber
Print Time: 11h 19m
TailGate socket
Printer: METHOD X
Material: N12 Nylon Carbon Fiber
Print Time: 2h 27m
Reservoir Bracket
Printer: METHOD X
Material: N12 Nylon Carbon Fiber
Print Time: 8h 38m
Paul Doe is the Chief Engineer of Chassis at Prodrive. His job is to design and build the most advanced high performance race cars in the world. In 2020, his task was to build two rally cars from scratch for upstart team BRX ahead of the 2021 Dakar Rally. Learn how Paul and his team leaned on two METHOD X 3D printers - one in the shop and one in the desert for the creation of low volume, high-performance car parts.
Nascar
“METHOD is one of the most sophisticated units on the market, from the ease of connectivity––we can run all three of our printers from our laptop––to the advanced materials we were able to use––from ABS to nylon carbon fiber––to the heated build chamber that ensures print accuracy and repeatability every time."
Michael Leavine - Leavine Family Racing
Michael Leavine was the VP of Racing Operations at NASCAR Cup Series team Leavine Family Racing. In 2020, Michael and his team obtained three METHOD X 3D printers for their shop for the support and constant improvement of their 2020 car and the development of the 2021 car.
ECU Fan mount
Printer: METHOD X
Material: N12 Nylon Carbon Fiber
Print Time: 46m
Fender brace
Printer: METHOD X
Material: N12 Nylon Carbon Fiber
Print Time: 11h 27m
Nascar
“METHOD is one of the most sophisticated units on the market, from the ease of connectivity––we can run all three of our printers from our laptop––to the advanced materials we were able to use––from ABS to nylon carbon fiber––to the heated build chamber that ensures print accuracy and repeatability every time."
Michael Leavine - Leavine Family Racing
Arash Motor Company
"Our next car is an electric hypercar, the ultimate performance vehicle that has got a lot of complex bits and pieces in it. METHOD X has allowed us to make actual production parts in nylon carbon fiber filament."
Arash Farboud - Arash Motor Company
Arash Farboud is Founder and CEO of Arash Motor Company - a bespoke automotive company that focuses on design and manufacturing of ultra-premium hypercars. Arash and team adopted 3D printing into his workflow about 5 years ago and have used it to be nimble and bring low-volume, high price cars to market. With the addition of the new METHOD X Carbon Fiber Edition, Arash has implemented even more on-car parts.
Bracket
Printer: METHOD X
Material: N12 Nylon Carbon Fiber
Print Time: 9h 8m
Arash Motor Company
"Our next car is an electric hypercar, the ultimate performance vehicle that has got a lot of complex bits and pieces in it. METHOD X has allowed us to make actual production parts in nylon carbon fiber filament."
Arash Farboud - Arash Motor Company
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