3D Printed Tool for Machining Electric Vehicle Motors | The Cool Parts Show #39

Cutting tool maker Kennametal used additive manufacturing to answer a machining challenge in electric vehicle (EV) production. The motor housing of an EV includes a large, precise bore for the motor’s stator. Machining this bore rapidly calls for a large-diameter tool — potentially too heavy for the machine tool intended to use it. Enter additive manufacturing! Kennametal engineers designed a large, lightweight boring tool made through laser powder bed fusion along with carbon fiber composite.

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Cutting tool maker Kennametal: https://www.mmsonline.com/suppliers/k...

End mill made through 3D printing: https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

Other AM successes for EVs, including housing: https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

… and batteries: https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...

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