Amaero with an automotive manufacturer to develop 3D printed tooling for aluminium die casting components

According to a recent report, the metal additive producing group Amaero International has inked an agreement with a major global automotive manufacturer to jointly develop 3D printed tooling.

According to the Australia-headquartered group, the inclusion of additive-manufactured inserts for tools could decrease the manufacturing defects risk by adding conformal cooling channels to the design. As a result, it would reduce rejection in casting, machining, and assembling, and therefore, would save costs.

These tooling inserts are common to die casting tools globally. Once this new process to be developed by Amaero and its new customer is proven, there would be some scope for significant global opportunities.

This collaboration between Amaero and an automotive manufacturer would apply to the steel inserts for two aluminium die casting components.

Amaero CEO Barrie Finnin said, “This agreement reinforces Amaero’s growth strategy in the most difficult of economic circumstances. We can print the tool steel inserts with complex internal cooling channels that presently cannot be undertaken using conventional techniques.”

Amaero manufacturers automotive components for several global companies in Melbourne and Adelaide, having partnerships with Monash and Adelaide Universities.