Driving differentiated value with additive manufacturing
用添加剂制造驱动差异化价值
GM’s Kevin Quinn on AM’s potential in the automotive industry
通用汽车的凯文奎因谈AM在汽车行业的潜力
Additive manufacturing is an opportunity to differentiate via unique designs and economy of production.
添加剂制造是一个机会，通过独特的设计和经济的生产区分。
GENERAL Motors (GM) has used additive manufacturing (AM) technology, operationally known as 3D printing, to produce component prototypes for three decades. This unique manufacturing process afforded us the ability to rapidly produce prototype parts and iterate much quicker than would normally be possible through lengthy, traditional manufacturing processes. Until recently, the aim of the additive approach was simply to support the component development process by finding and addressing part design issues prior to the manufacturing of production tools.
通用汽车（GENERAL Motors，GM）已经使用了添加剂制造（AM）技术（操作上称为3D打印）来生产零部件原型30年了。这种独特的制造工艺使我们能够快速生产原型零件，并比通常通过漫长的传统制造工艺进行迭代的速度快得多。直到最近，加法方法的目的只是通过在生产工具制造之前发现并解决零件设计问题来支持组件开发过程。