Saturday, June 29, 2013

VW Phaeton Factory in Dresden

Anyone who has spent a career in manufacturing facilities has to LOVE this one:

http://www.flixxy.com/high-tech-car-factory.htm

The Phaeton was not well received in the U.S.A., but is coming back in 2015. Nevertheless, what a facility.



Friday, June 28, 2013

I've had several discussions with people regarding the 3D printed titanium fighter jet part in my last post. We all agree that there are tooling marks on the part and that this seems too good to be true. Anyway, I was looking around for other users of 3D printed titanium parts. Here's a bike company in England that makes frame parts:

http://www.webpronews.com/this-company-3d-prints-bicycles-in-titanium-2013-05

It's all about strength and size. What do you all think?