Ford Sheet Metal Rapid Prototyping

Over the last 100 years or so the ford motor company has gotten really good at stamping sheet metal parts.

Ford sheet metal rapid prototyping.

Ford has introduced a sheet metal process that eliminates the need for expensive dies. To speed up prototyping ford has created a rapid process they call the ford freeform fabrication technology f3t for short. By john hewitt on july 4 2013 at 10 25 am. Ford unveils rapid prototyping for sheet metal parts.

We do not crowd source your components. Allowing them to fabricate a three dimensional part from a two dimensional sheet of metal in just hours. This article provides an overview of some of the technologies used for rp and low volume production of sheet metal. Ford calls this ford freeform fabrication technology f3t.

Rapid prototyping for sheet metal parts posted in the technical forum. Rapid prototyping for sheet metal components. 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.

Ford engineers are developing a highly flexible first of its kind patented technology to rapidly form sheet metal parts for low volume production applicati. See how ford does it with this short video video. Here s some interesting new technology that has huge potential all across the automotive specialty industry. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us.

Automotive applications include prototyping concept vehicles and vehicle personalization. Ford s f3t manufacturing tech makes prototyping more rapid. 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. Rapid prototyping is a decades long trend in manufacturing but it s gotten special attention.

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. Rapid prototyping rp techniques in the sheet metal forming industry is developed to quickly test the form and fit of new sheet metal products on a prototype basis as well as for production runs characterized by small lot sizes.