Dr. Erhard Brandl, Head of the Audi Additive Manufacturing Center explains why the revolution of AM is already happening in the development stage.
The best part of speaking with real end-users of additive manufacturing is that it helps us understand exactly what the opportunities and possibilities are for this revolutionary technology. The downside of that is that we don’t always hear what we’d like. That’s often the case in the automotive industry, where the use of AM is not just consolidated, it’s booming in terms of prototyping, tooling, motorsports and one-offs but it also remains very limited (or, rather, non-existent) in terms of direct digital mass production. Read more >>