Ford engineers are developing a highly flexible, first-of-its-kind, patented technology to rapidly form sheet metal parts for low-volume production applications. Once fully developed, the technology (Ford Freeform Fabrication Technology, or F3T) will allow for lower costs and ultrafast delivery times for prototypes — within three business days versus conventional methods that take anywhere from two […]

Covered Points: – Process Importance. – Process Technologies. – How it works. – problems & smart solutions.

Norsk Titanium Components (NTiC) is a Titanium component producer based in Norway that uses its novel game changing Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) technology to produce high quality, complex Titanium components for industrial applications. Customer benefits include reduced price, shorter lead times, and increased design flexibility.

Press Hardening

The film shows rapid consolidation process that makes fully dense, near-net-shape components with no pores or weaknesses in the material, short production times and design freedom that allows complex geometries. A manufacturing process called hot isostatic pressing, or HIP, where Sandvik is a world-leading producer and supplier. Material design advantage in structures subjected to high […]