Friday, July 5, 2013

Ford's New Prototyping Machine Turns Sheet Metal Into Custom Parts

A modern assembly line can churn out a new vehicle every few minutes, but when carmakers want to build and test a prototype, it takes weeks to produce the dies and moulds needed to stamp out a custom one-off part. So Ford has developed a fantastic new prototyping machine that functions kind of like a 3D printer in that it can produce a custom part in mere hours. Except that instead of plastic, it works its magic on sheet metal.

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Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/GnBqyjAgcck/fords-new-prototyping-machine-turns-sheet-metal-into-c-659217381

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