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Optimize Fluid Flow, Package Space, and Manufacturing

Systems that must be designed for optimized fluid flow in restricted package space often require a high degree of flexibility, complexity, and/or durability that traditional manufacturing methods can’t provide. 

Our additive manufacturing solution allows you to produce geometries that are neither possible nor economical with traditional methods. You can create and optimize the flow of air and other fluids that deliver the durability and performance needed to physically validate in alignment with your digital twin. In addition, innovative part consolidation capabilities reduce losses and improve the quality of these critical systems.

Solve Your Air and Fluid Handling Challenges

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  • Improve Part Durability Under Pressure

    Create physical representations of the automotive air and fluid handling components for functional evaluation and testing. These parts must not only meet the fit and form of the design intent but also functionally perform over time and test cycles to deliver value. Our 3D printing solution for air and fluid handling components provides parts that will represent design intent across the temperature, energy, and vibration of the specified environment. Duraform EX Elongation Chart
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  • Leverage Design Freedom

    Automotive fluid handling components often balance the optimization of fluid dynamics and the significant package restrictions of the vehicle. If you add further constraints based on traditional prototyping production methods, you’re left with a limited ability to maximize system performance. Parts must function at a high level within tight spaces; with our additive solution, you can deliver quality components with complex surfaces, all while packaging them into constrained spaces without worrying about how to build rapid prototypes. These can be produced in clear materials to better understand fluid performance relative to design expectations.
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  • Deliver Systems with Fewer or Simplified Parts

    Directing and managing fluids can involve complex routes and paths through space. With traditional manufacturing methods, you’re often forced to create many individual components and assemble them to produce the desired path and performance, introducing inefficiencies and potential failure points. With our 3D-printed air and fluid handling solution, you can consolidate parts, integrate other functions, and/or implement innovative connection systems to improve system quality and assembly efficiency.

  • Application Innovation Group

    Our team can help you solve your most difficult design and production challenges with additive manufacturing solutions. Together we’ll identify your needs, working with you to optimize your designs, prototype, validate and define a manufacturing flow.

More Automotive Applications

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Body Interior Trim/Panel

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Underhood and Powertrain
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Energy/Fluid Management (Metals)
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Manufacturing Aids

Learn More About Air and Fluid Handling 3D Printers and Materials

3D Systems Accura SL 5530

Accura SL 5530 (SLA)

Temperature and moisture resistant

3D Systems SLA Accura Clearview Headlamp

Accura ClearVue (SLA)

High clarity plastic, multitude of applications

ProX 500 SLS Duraform ProX Air Duct

DuraForm ProX PA (SLS)

Strong, tough polyamide (nylon) material for production parts

3D Systems DuraForm ProX HST

DuraForm ProX HST Composite (SLS)

A fiber-reinforced engineering plastic, high temperature resistance

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