Automotive
ASCO supports the use of sintered metal in the advanced automotive market. Our customers are leaders in the automotive, hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluid power vehicle manufacturing industry, and they are utilizing our services to support the need for 3D printing, from functional prototyping to creating manufacturing aids to produce limited runs of production parts.
We have supplied the automotive industry with over 10 million powder metallurgy sintered metal parts. We use Six Sigma and lean manufacturing methodologies to create high-performance, high strength engineered materials. Shift-by-Wire, shock absorbers, brake systems, seating, and other complex automotive parts are manufactured by ASCO.
- Over 10,000,000 PM Sintered Metal parts for the Automotive Industry every year
- Maximum Cost Savings versus MIM and CNC
- Tight tolerance capability required for automotive use.
- Six Sigma and lean manufacturing methodologies
- Collaborative creative tooling design
- High performance, high strength engineered materials
- Complex automotive components for Shift-by-Wire, airbag safety restraints, shock absorbers, brake systems, seating, exhaust systems, fuel monitoring and instrumentation systems
Case Studies
Shift By Wire – Sintered Components
Minivan Door Clutch Assembly
Four Wheel Driving Shifting
