Redesign Unsupported Automotive Clips
AM can be leveraged to fix old equipment quickly. In this case, the thin plastic ligaments were reinforced to both improve logevity and make the component more printable. For this 1985 toyota pickup, clips to hold on the grille do not physically exist. Luckily these parts could be made within a day to keep this old truck running and looking like new.
AM can be leveraged to fix old equipment quickly. In this case, the thin plastic ligaments were reinforced to both improve logevity and make the component more printable. For this 1985 toyota pickup, clips to hold on the grille do not physically exist. Luckily these parts could be made within a day to keep this old truck running and looking like new.
Copy Existing Printable Geometry
Depending on the geometry and use case, some components can be directly reverse engeineered and printed. These clips held internal upolstry to the body of an older BMW. As small fragile components age and old stocks are depleted, AM enables repair or replacement without breaking the bank:
Depending on the geometry and use case, some components can be directly reverse engeineered and printed. These clips held internal upolstry to the body of an older BMW. As small fragile components age and old stocks are depleted, AM enables repair or replacement without breaking the bank:
Updating Old Machinery
Old machinery was designed to work for the materials of the time. In this instance, an early 1940s corn planter was designed for seed corn of the time. Appearently, seed corn is around one half the size nowadays and caused the old timing disks seeding two corn crops per hole resulting in poor yeilds due to competition. Using AM, a new set of timing disks could be made to replace the outdated disks. For this application, PETG was used which is a wear resistant plastic. For this low speed low force use case the plastic has held up for multiple grow seasons and still going strong.
Old machinery was designed to work for the materials of the time. In this instance, an early 1940s corn planter was designed for seed corn of the time. Appearently, seed corn is around one half the size nowadays and caused the old timing disks seeding two corn crops per hole resulting in poor yeilds due to competition. Using AM, a new set of timing disks could be made to replace the outdated disks. For this application, PETG was used which is a wear resistant plastic. For this low speed low force use case the plastic has held up for multiple grow seasons and still going strong.
Custom Design Through Spacial Modeling
Leveraging modern techniques such as photogrametry enable us to recreate the enviornment you are looking to modify. This reduces prototyping cycles as we can visualize changes in software before any capital is sank into a physical prototype. This particular rendering is of a new Toyota Corolla center console. While it may seem silly to make a full rendering of what is essentially a cup holder just to add some quality of life improvements, we do what saves us and our clients the most effort in the long run.
Leveraging modern techniques such as photogrametry enable us to recreate the enviornment you are looking to modify. This reduces prototyping cycles as we can visualize changes in software before any capital is sank into a physical prototype. This particular rendering is of a new Toyota Corolla center console. While it may seem silly to make a full rendering of what is essentially a cup holder just to add some quality of life improvements, we do what saves us and our clients the most effort in the long run.
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