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› ŠKODA #auto uses 3D printing to manufacture #components, spare parts and tools
› Additive process reduces the effort and increases flexibility in logistics and warehousing
› The ‘More flexible with 3D print farms’ project was recognised by the Czech Republic’s Confederation of Industry as one of the most innovative Industry 4.0 applications
› As part of the ‘FORCE – Future Factory’ initiative, ŠKODA #auto is fully focusing on digitalisation and technologies from the field of Industry 4.0
Mladá Boleslav, 13 December 2021 – ŠKODA #auto is employing 3D printing for the production of #components, spare parts and tools. The Czech car manufacturer is making its production and logistics more flexible and efficient by using what is known as 3D print
farms. The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic (Svaz průmyslu a dopravy České republiky) recognised the ‘More flexible with 3D print farms’ project, considering it one of the five most innovative Industry 4.0 applications from the past year in the country.
Michael Oeljeklaus, ŠKODA #auto Board Member for Production and Logistics, emphasises, “At ŠKODA #auto, we use 3D printing to manufacture #components and tools faster, more efficiently and more cost-effectively and make targeted use of technologies from Industry 4.0. This is how we are implementing our FORCE programme for the Future Factory and pushing ahead with digitalising our production sites. I am delighted that our project has been recognised as one of the five most innovative approaches in the area of Industry 4.0 in the Czech Republic.”
The benefits of 3D printing across the business
ŠKODA #auto uses 3D printing, for example, in prototype production in its Pilot Hall. Plastic 3D printing is used, in particular, in the maintenance departments in vehicle production. The carmaker also employs the technology in Central Technical Service, for the production of tools and spare parts and for the testing of new materials. Furthermore, the technology is used for the production of one-off items and small series.
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