Automotive manufacturer小型的has discontinued its MINI Yours Customised service which enabled customers to design and order personalized 3D printed parts for their cars.
Until now, MINI customers have been given the option to customize bespoke cosmetic parts for their vehicles, created through a combination of 3D printing and laser lettering. The company has given no explanation as to why the service, which involved the likes ofHP，，，，EOS，，，，and碳，，，，has been scrapped.
个性化零件
Launched at the end of 2017，，，，迷你定制was an app and supporting webshop that allowed MINI customers to modify cosmetic features of their car with personalized signatures or motifs. Through the online shop, customers could choose and customize the side scuttles, interior passenger side trims, dashboard trims, LED door sills, and LED door projectors of their vehicles, with a range of colors and font types.
然后，该设计按需打印3D，并将其交付给客户以适合自己。该定制服务可用于当前的迷你三门和五门车和可转换型号，但也可以改装为较旧的型号，只要它们具有合适的基础。
As part of the BMW Group, MINI embarked upon strategic partnerships with leading PBF 3D printer manufacturer EOS, multinational printing firm HP, and 3D printer manufacturer Carbon, to precisely configure the 3D printers used to make the inlays within the Yours Customised service.
小型的has previously deployed 3D printing for the creation ofmore efficient and aerodynamic wheels在其迷你电气概念模型中，虽然汽车品牌的头部概念都在谈论how 3D printing is changing the automotive design processin the past.
In 2018, the firm commemorated the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with a customized one-off car design that highlighted the depth of personalization the Yours Customised service offered.
3D打印汽车项目
小型的is part of the BMW Group, an early adopter of additive manufacturing having previously embarked upon multiple projects involving 3D printing for the未来汽车的概念设计，，，，蓝屋创新项目，以及引入serial additive manufacturing到汽车行业。过去，宝马因其奖项而获得了奖项3D printed roof bracketsand its redesign of theS1000RRmotorcycle frame，并建立了专家雷电竞充值增材制造业校园在2018年通过1000万欧元的投资。
Elsewhere, fellow automotive manufacturerVolkswagen宣布，一起GKNand HP, it hadprinted 10,000 metal parts在惠普的金属喷气系统上，大陆农业安装了一个Stratasys Fortus 450mcFDM 3D打印机在其亚当能力中心在德国卡尔本，用于manufacture of functional prototypes，，，，end-use parts, and jigs and fixtures for the firm’s own production line.
Shortly after,Porsche宣布成功打印proof of concept E-drive housing在3D打印机制造商上SLM解决方案’NXG X11 600 3D打印系统。汽车制造商以前曾与机床生产商合作特朗普and automotive parts firmMAHLE至3D print pistonsfor the engine of its flagship 911 supercar.
同时，新材料正在continually developed通过汽车部门通过collaborative projectsandresearch initiatives，包括已回收的那些从食物浪费中重新使用。
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Featured image shows您定制的Mini Printing实现了个人风格。通过迷你/宝马组图像。
