Using additive manufacturing not only can reduce lead times, it can provide significant cost savings through reduced material consumption and improved design.
Quality and production performance play a crucial role in automotive manufacturing today. With many automotive innovations on the horizon, such as autonomous vehicles and smart cars, OEMs and suppliers are under pressure to adopt new manufacturing techniques and expertise to ensure design, cost and labor efficiencies.
In recent years, developments in computed tomography have concentrated on the high-resolution meas-urement of large workpieces and materials that are difficult to penetrate.