Ford Sheet Metal Rapid Prototyping

Rapid prototyping for sheet metal components.

Ford sheet metal rapid prototyping.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Posted on july 9 2013 by mcg. Can do sheet metal stampings in hours instead of weeks. Rapid prototyping for sheet metal parts posted in the technical forum.

See how ford does it with this short video video. Sadly stamping can take up to 6 8 weeks from the time the design leaves the cad station so it s not great for prototyping. Allowing them to fabricate a three dimensional part from a two dimensional sheet of metal in just hours. Here s some interesting new technology that has huge potential all across the automotive specialty industry.

Ford s f3t manufacturing tech makes prototyping more rapid. To speed up prototyping ford has created a rapid process they call the ford freeform fabrication technology f3t for short. Rapid prototyping is a decades long trend in manufacturing but it s gotten special attention. This article provides an overview of some of the technologies used for rp and low volume production of sheet metal.

We fabricate finish and deliver your parts from our facility in west bend wisconsin. Ford reveals new rapid prototyping and low volume production techniques w video. We do not crowd source your components. Boomerang provides quick turnarounds of rapid prototypes sheet metal fabrication as well as low volume production short run assemblies and custom one of a kind products for your next trade show event.

By john hewitt on july 4 2013 at 10 25 am. Over the last 100 years or so the ford motor company has gotten really good at stamping sheet metal parts. Ford unveils rapid prototyping for sheet metal parts. Ford calls this ford freeform fabrication technology f3t.

Ford has introduced a sheet metal process that eliminates the need for expensive dies. Ford engineers are developing a highly flexible first of its kind patented technology to rapidly form sheet metal parts for low volume production applicati.