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Jul 17, 2016

MERCEDES' news * Germany - 3D PRINT PLASTIC TRUCKS PARTS available now worldwide

* Stuttgart - Daimler's 3D Print trucks parts


--- German truck manufacturer Daimler AG has announced it will utilise 3D printing to cost-effectively and efficiently produce plastic spare parts from September... Rather than warehousing and shipping parts from Germany to customers around the globe, the truck maker says it will be printing parts locally from a series of stored blueprints... Printed with "state-of-the-art 3D printers based on the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printing process," Daimler says a customer orders the specific part, a design is sourced from Daimler headquarters, and the part is then created... The parts include covers, spacers, spring caps, air and cable ducts, clamps, mountings, control elements, and more... 
 (Photo: Mercedes-Benz Trucks already produces 30 spare parts with the 3D SLS printing processes) -- Stuttart, Germany - Trade Trucks (Australia) - 14 July 2016

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Sep 18, 2015

MORE ALUMINIUM FOR CARS * USA: Ford and Alcoa expand deal to supply

* Michigan - Ford Motor Co. reached a new supply deal with Alcoa Inc.

-- That would expand its use of aluminum in the car maker's F-150 pickup truck and other vehicles, a leg up for the lightweight metal in an industry that has long favored steel... The agreement will allow Ford to use more sophisticated aluminum alloys that will debut this year on the company's top-selling truck and eventually find their way to other Ford models over time... The No. 2 U.S. auto maker already uses aluminum from a number of suppliers for the F-150's body. Alcoa's new aluminum-casting technology will allow the Dearborn, Mich., auto maker to make more parts--such as fenders--using the metal, company officials said on Monday... For Ford, the deal expands an already more aggressive embrace of aluminum than rivals. The F-150 truck, the company's best-selling and most profitable model, is the industry's first mass-market vehicle with an aluminum body. Using the metal, Ford cut the truck's weight by about 700 pounds compared with a prior model and boosted fuel efficiency by between 5% and 29%... The contract is crucial for Alcoa, the largest U.S. aluminum producer by volume, which aims to grow its automotive-aluminum sheet business to $1.3 billion in 2018, up from $229 million in 2013. Deals like the one struck with Ford would help it combat falling aluminum prices and a weaker economy in China, a big aluminum purchaser... Aluminum is mostly found in engine parts, hoods and truck lids...
(Photo: The new Ford Racing aluminum Boss 351 block serves as the basis for the new 427 crate engines)   --   Dearborn, MICH, USA - MarketWatch, by Christina Rogers - Sept 15, 2015

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Feb 25, 2015

WORK TRUCK SOLUTION * USA: Company reduces service truck engine idle time with

* North Dakota - Butler Machinery's EnPak® power systems, adding 17 machines so far

-- For nearly six decades, Butler Machinery Company has offered equipment sales, service and product support for customers in a variety of industries, including construction, agriculture, demolition and scrap handling, mining, landscaping, power generation and on-highway trucking... To meet the wide variety of its customer needs, while also lowering fuel and operation costs, the third-generation family-owned company decided to convert its truck fleet to EnPak® power systems, adding 17 of the machines so far. The fully integrated power system for the work truck provides Butler field service technicians with an air compressor, a hydraulic pump and a generator powered by a fuel-efficient diesel engine integrated with the truck’s fuel supply and battery — all in one convenient, efficient and dependable machine. This solution provides all these jobsite capabilities with the work truck’s engine turned off... Fargo,North Dakota,USA -Millerwelds --Jan 26, 2015

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