Source: John Deere UK IE/YouTube
Source: Forbes
Sometimes our editors find items that are not exactly "heat treat" but do deal with interesting developments in one of our key markets: aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, or general manufacturing. To celebrate getting to the “fringe” of the weekend, Heat Treat Today presents today’s Heat Treat Fringe Friday best of the web article that investigate the success of 3D printing an engine part for John Deere.
In collaboration with GKN Sinter Metals, the project team was able to develop, qualify and introduce the Thermal Diverting Valve 3.0. – a stainless steel component in the fuel system. This is the company’s first 3D printed metal part in production. Using this production method, results are showing significant cost savings and less materials usage. R&D phase worked to develop a part that would outperform, in cold weather, the current valve. Testing in the lab and in the field have gone well; other projects could benefit including printing of replacement parts.
Source: John Deere UK IE/YouTube
An excerpt: "The new thermal diverter valve on the latest versions of John Deere 6R and 6M tractors isn’t just an innovative application of increasingly accessible metal 3D printing technology, it’s the culmination of about two years of R&D."
Source: Forbes
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