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Carbon and Ford to digitally manufacture new parts

The companies jointly presented the applications at the Additive Manufacturing for Automotive Workshop at the 2019 NAIAS this week.

18th January 2019

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Redwood City, CA

Transport/​Aerospace

Carbon 3D printers installed at Ford’s Advanced Manufacturing Center. © Ford Motor CompanyCarbon, a leading Silicon Valley-based digital manufacturing company, has showed the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for Ford Motor Company. The parts include Ford Focus HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Cooling) Lever Arm Service Parts, Ford F-150 Raptor Auxiliary Plugs for a niche market, and Ford Mustang GT500 Electric Parking Brake Brackets.

The companies jointly presented the applications at the Additive Manufacturing for Automotive Workshop at the 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this week.

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