Windows 10: Audi's 3D printer works in metal

labeeman · Nov 5, 2015

Audi’s favorite new toy isn’t the 1:2 scale model of their 1936 Auto Union Typ C grand prix car. It’s the printer that made it.

Like most car companies, Audi is constantly pushing the limits of toolmaking and other manufacturing processes. Their latest success is part of the 3D printing revolution, but the results are more robust than typical plastic prototypes because Audi is printing in metal.
The process is analogous the one used by tabletop 3D printers that melt plastic beads and extrude hot, sticky goo in layers, forming differently shaped plastic things. We’ve seen car bodies and even houses made this way.
Audi’s process uses metallic powder — either aluminum or steel — with grains less than half the size of a human hair. The powder is melted by lasers, and applied in layers that can produce parts as large as eight inches cubed. That’s not yet big enough to make even a TT (which accounts for the pint-sized grand prix car), but it can make complicated parts that would otherwise need to be machined or cast — and, in some cases, printing enables the production of parts that are otherwise impossible to make. Not only does printing allow more precision for involved geometries, the resulting parts are denser than ones formed by die casting or hot forming. Audi sees a future in which metal printers are a staple of series production.
Click to expand...

Source

:)

Phyllisabor · Nov 5, 2015

3D builder only showing print service and cannnot display options bar at bottom of screen.

Same was the problem I too was facing. My
3d printing metal device wasn't being able to configure with the computer device. Thanks for sharing the procedure so that I was able to fix the problem of linking up the interface and 3D printer.

Spannerdude · Nov 5, 2015

3D Builder and Printrbot Metal Simple X-Axis Upgrade

I've upgraded the bed on my Printrbot Simple Metal. I've stored the new dimension in the G-Code on the printer but 3D Builder only shows the original bed size.

How do I set the new bed size in 3D Builder?

[Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Devices & drivers / PC]

Windows 10: Audi's 3D printer works in metal

Audi's 3D printer works in metal

Audi's 3D printer works in metal

Audi's 3D printer works in metal - Similar Threads - Audi's printer works

connecting to 3d printer

3D printer install

3d printers

Retain metallic material from 3D Builder when inserting into PowerPoint

distorted metalic sound

3d builder 3d printing to my printer

Virtual 3D printer

3D Build and 3D print support for FlashForge Inventor Printer

New Metal Gear