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American Innovator Saleen Using Desktop 3D Printer for Automotive Design and Rapid Development Cycle

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Factory Five Roadster – Volume 5 3D Printing and Tooling Case Study: Steering Rack Stops

Posted on by Erick Wolf
04
Dec

 As we move along swiftly with project Project Factory Five Cobra, we’ve found another need for customization – steering rack stops for our manual steering rack.  In particular, the factory-supplied steering rack has too much travel. By that, we mean the wheels turn too much. While a tight turning radius is generally preferred, we […]

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3D Printing for Automotive Industry, Blog, Cobra Car Project

Factory Five Roadster – Volume 4 – 3D Printing and Tooling Case Study: Timing Seal Installer

Posted on by Erick Wolf
21
Nov

In this installment of Project Factory Five Cobra, we’ll be discussing replacing the timing cover seal on our Ford 302 small block engine. The timing cover seal is designed to seal the engine and keep oil from escaping. The seal has a metallic outer body and is pressed into the timing cover. As these seals […]

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Factory Five Roadster – Volume 3 – 3D Printing Tooling: Ford Mustang Rear Axle Seal Installer

Posted on by Erick Wolf
3d printing tooling Axle Seal Installer
27
Jul

Working on cars like Project Cobra can be very rewarding.  However, at times there will be a few hiccups along the way. Here we encountered such an issue replacing our rear axles.  As astute readers may know, in order to outfit project Cobra with vintage-style Halibrand wheels, we must convert the standard 4 lug mustang […]

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Performance-increasing Airbox Lid For Honda Trx 450er – A Case Study in Additive Manufacturing, Design, Construction, and Implementation

Posted on by Erick Wolf
3D Printed Airbox Lid For Honda Trx
09
Jul

A Case Study in Additive Manufacturing, Design, Construction, and Implementation The Honda TRX450ER is one of the most popular high-performance ATVs ever made. In stock form, it tends to be a reliable and tractable recreational vehicle, recommended for use by those 16 and over:   However, when it’s time to race, the 450 can be […]

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Factory Five Roadster – Volume 1 – 3D Printing A Muffler Mockup

Posted on by Erick Wolf
3D PRINTED MUFFLER PROTOTYPE COBRA
17
Jun

Airwolf was started for the purpose of making prototype parts for automobiles.  However, before we could start building car parts, we started building 3D printers.  Before we knew it, our days, nights, and weekends were entirely consumed with building, selling and servicing 3D printers.  Fast forward seven (7) years and many thousands of 3D printers […]

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3D Printing for Automotive Industry, Blog, Education

Tales From the Engineering Intern: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Design, Design Again

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
3D-Printed Center Console Dodge Hellcat
07
Mar

Airwolf 3D Design Intern Prescott Campbell shares his design process for his most difficult assignment yet: Redesign the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat’s Center Shift Console to provide extra storage space and custom vanity branding. Find out how Prescott overcame design challenges — and learned some lessons along the way — in order to create what […]

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3D Printing for Automotive Industry, Blog, Post-Processing Treatments

Project Hellcat: Custom 3D-Printed Speaker Covers

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
3D-Printed Speaker Covers
23
Oct

Airwolf 3D Intern Prescott Campbell has been busy helping the rest of the Wolfpack design and print custom parts for the company’s project car, the Dodge SRT Hellcat Challenger. Check out how he accomplished his latest project, re-designed speaker covers customized with the “AW3D” logo. The stock speaker cover in the SRT Hellcat Challenger works […]

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Custom 3D-Printed Cup Holder for the Dodge SRT Hellcat Challenger

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
3D-Printed Cup Holders for the Dodge SRT Hellcat Challenger
11
Aug

Airwolf 3D Summer Intern Prescott Campbell is a junior at Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach, CA. With his passion for cars and experience using Airwolf 3D printers on his school’s robotics team, Prescott joined the Wolfpack to help work on custom 3D-printed parts for the Dodge SRT Hellcat Challenger. His first project? […]

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3D Printing Automotive Parts on Demand

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
3D Printing Automotive Parts
21
Dec

A prospective customer recently approached Wolfpack Team Member and Airwolf 3D Sales Engineer Jack Licorish with an interesting problem and request. The customer ran an automotive shop and was curious about 3D printing automotive parts, hoping it would save his shop time and money. The problem? The customer was having trouble finding a 3D printer […]

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How Airwolf 3D Printers Make Saleen Muscle Cars Even Faster

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
31
Mar

High-performance muscle cars G-forces push you back in your seat. You shift effortlessly through the six-speed transmission, listening to the supercharged 351ci DOHC V8 engine as the view outside rushes by at over 200 mph. Is it a Ferrari Enzo ZXX Edo Competition ZR? Porsche 911 GTurbo 1200? Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport? Nope. It’s […]

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Coolest 3D Printed Thing of the Week is the Glow Rail

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
coolest 3d printed things
08
Mar

 Featured 3D Printed Part Glo Rails Light Up the Night How It Works Constructed of 1.9-inch polycarbonate tubing (cut to order), the Glo Rails are equipped with watertight 3watt LED modules in aluminum housings, along with custom 3D printed elbows and installation hardware. The People Behind This With the help of an Airwolf 3D printer, Bryan […]

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3D Printing for Automotive Industry, Gallery 3D Prints

Saleen’s Tree Ornament is Magic

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
saleen automotive 3d prints tree ornament
29
Dec

What happens when you give a desktop 3D printers to talented car designers at Christmas time?  MAGIC The elves at Saleen Automotive have been hard at work designing and prototyping amazing cars, but everyone needs an occasional little break.  This holiday season, the skillful minds at Saleen took some creative liberties and made this really […]

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Featured: 30″ Batmobile is Designed with 3DS Max and 3D Printed

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
30" 3d printed batmobile in 3DS max
28
Dec

December’s Featured Print is a 30” Batmobile Modeled with 3DS Max This month’s featured 3d printed model comes to us from the very talented Hector Gama. Using Autodesk 3DS Max modeling software and an Airwolf 3D desktop 3-D printer (built from a kit), Hector began the process of 3D printing out this 30” Batmobile.  Hector […]

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Saleen Accelerates the Product Design Cycle

Posted on by Airwolf 3D
Prototyping a Saleen shiftknob design on our in-office
28
Dec

Saleen Automotive Uses Desktop 3D  Printer to Make 3D Printed Car Part Shiftknob Design American Innovator Saleen Automotive Accelerates the Product Design Cycle with the use of Desktop 3D Printing.  Saleen Automotive has been using an Airwolf 3D printer since October of 2013 to prototype.  They have prototyped, among other things, a custom Saleen shiftknob […]

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