Riassunto analitico
The present work thesis has the objective to investigate the potential of additive manufacturing technologies for industrial applications, especially for the automotive sector. The goal was to test the applicability of AM in a real business context to explore the production feasibility of an automotive company’s final components.
After taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages of this innovative production technology, a precise methodology was followed in order to assess the impact of the implementation of AM manufacturing techniques. Through the suppliers scouting, it was possible to identify the best providers at national level of AM services. The benchmarking analysis allowed to understand, based on the quotations of different components, the economic viability of their production through 3D printing techniques. Moreover, a cost breakdown analysis was performed to have evidence on the factors that mostly affect the cost of the final product.
Consequently to suppliers feedbacks, a geometric optimization was performed in order to try to increase the efficiency of an innovative electric vehicles sub-system.
In the end, thermal simulations provided results in line with project’s expectations. Through this technical and economic investigation it was possible to achieve positive results in terms of technical performance, however, it gave evidence of some attention points regarding economic outcomes that need to be taken into consideration when undertaking a layer-by-layers production method.
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