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Record views for ORNL video on 3D-printed Shelby Cobra

Posted at 10:47 am January 20, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Shelby Cobra 3D Print at ORNL

This Shelby Cobra sports car, 3D-printed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was on display last week at the Detroit Auto Show Technology Showcase. (Photo courtesy ORNL)

 

The video by Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the Shelby Cobra that was 3D printed at the lab’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility in west Knox County has received more than 70,000 hits—an all-time record for ORNL videos.

The car and ORNL video were shown at last week’s Detroit Auto Show.

The Manufacturing Demonstration Facility is off Hardin Valley Road in west Knox County.

Here is the video:

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Filed Under: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: 3D car, 3D print, BAAM, Big Area Additive Manufacturing, Detroit Auto Show, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, NAIAS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Shelby Cobra

UT engineering students help ORNL, Local Motors print drivable 3D car

Posted at 12:22 am September 17, 2014
By University of Tennessee 3 Comments

3D Car

John Rogers, co-founder and CEO of Local Motors, left, and Douglas Woods, president of the Association for Manufacturing Technology, drive away from the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago over the weekend in a car printed with the help of UT students. (Photo courtesy UT)

 

KNOXVILLE—The only “car” that most people associate with printers is a “car-tridge” of ink, but that may soon change thanks in part to several students at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

UT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Local Motors, Cincinnati Incorporated, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities teamed up to print a working, drivable car over the weekend at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago.

The Strati 3D, officially produced by Local Motors, which has an office on Market Square in Knoxville, highlighted the show and placed what sounds like a product of science fiction firmly in the realm of reality.

“This brand-new process disrupts the manufacturing status quo,” said John B. Rogers Jr., chief executive officer of Local Motors. “It changes the consumer experience and proves that a car can be born in an entirely different way.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: 3D car, 3D printer, Aaron Young, additive manufacturing, Alex Roschli, Andrew Messing, Association for Manufacturing Technology, Cincinnati Incorporated, Craig Blue, Douglas Woods, International Manufacturing Technology Show, James Earle, John Rogers, Kyle Goodrick, Local Motors, Lonnie Love, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, MDF, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Strati 3D, Taylor Eighmy, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, UT, Volkswagen

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