3D printing in classic cars is still a dream of the future (Question of the week)
3D printing technology has great potential in the classic/young car sector in particular, for example to reproduce spare parts that are no longer available or at least to create molds for cast parts that are not available. Even entire plastic parts and the basis of body parts are said to be feasible. But is the euphoria justified? Is 3D technology already being used at all? We wanted to find out from Zwischengas readers and asked explicitly: " Are there already 3D-printed parts in your classic/young car? "
The answers from the 190 Question of the Week participants show that the application is clearly lagging behind the PR concert of the companies involved.
Just 4 percent stated that parts directly from the 3D printer had already been installed in their car.
A further 4 percent stated that the 3D printer had been used, but only as an aid in preparation, while the installed parts had then been produced conventionally.
However, 86 percent had never used a 3D printer for their classic/young car.
And a further 4 percent did not find their opinion reflected in any of the answers given.
So 3D printing technology is still a long way from becoming a standard tool in the classic/young car industry, but an earlier Question of the Week round already showed that it has the potential to do so .
Here are the results of the survey in graphic form:
We have already proposed a new question of the week . This time we want to know whether "screwdrivers" are really dying out.
And, of course, you can still look up the results of all previous questions of the week in the dedicated topic channel.
