3D Printing

Lightweighting robot grippers cuts CO2 for BMW

Posted by DEVELOP3D - May 24, 2024

3D printing is making it possible to use smaller and lighter lifting robots

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3D Printing

BMW adopts WAAM 3D Printing to optimise generative design

Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 11, 2024

Wire arc additive manufacturing to create lighter, stronger vehicle parts

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Profiles

BMW turns to 3D-printed sand casting for engine cores

Posted by DEVELOP3D - November 22, 2023

New automated factory line allows BMW to take full advantage of 3D-printed sand casting for cores

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Comment

Branding: What’s in a name anyway?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 28, 2023

What could it mean for the products that you and your team design?

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VR/MR

BMW puts true-to-scale augmented reality to the test

Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 28, 2021

The positive effect full scale AR is having on the automotive giant's development workflow

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Manufacturing

BMW recycling own milling bits for kinder Tungsten

Posted by DEVELOP3D - June 25, 2021

A saving of 7 tonnes each year of the 'conflict mineral'

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Simulation

How BMW uses Ansys LS-DYNA to predict vehicle behaviour in collisions

Posted by DEVELOP3D - July 24, 2020

Used to develop next gen passive safety systems for high-performance vehicles

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3D Printing

Germany’s €10.7M grant for auto spare parts made by AM

Posted by DEVELOP3D - May 12, 2020

Digital production line for the automotive industry, including BMW Group, EOS, and DyeMansion

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Simulation

Crank it out – Simulation at BMW Motorrad

Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 9, 2020

BMW Motorrad reduces model creation time by about 80% by using Altair SimLab

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Product Design

Catia + BMW = Greener Engines

Posted by Al Dean - March 12, 2009

IBM and Dassault, just sent out a press release that highlights BMW’s use of a “single digital software environment for…

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