The future of Recreational Vehicles manufacturing for Apollo, with Markforged 3D printers.
Apollo Motorhome Holidays, a leading manufacturer of Recreational Vehicles (RV), is pleased to announce its partnership with Markforged, the industry leader in industrial 3D printing solutions. By integrating Markforged 3D printers into its manufacturing process, Apollo is taking a significant step towards revolutionising the caravan industry.
Apollo has been at the forefront of the RV industry, offering high-quality, luxury motorhomes, campervans, and caravans to customers around the world. Now, with the addition of Markforged 3D printers to its manufacturing process, Apollo is set to take its craftsmanship to the next level. Markforged 3D printers are designed to produce functional, high-strength parts using a range of materials, including carbon fiber, stainless steel, and Onyx. With the ability to create custom parts quickly and easily, Apollo can solve supply chain issues, and reduce lead times and costs while maintaining its high standards of quality.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Markforged,” said Edney Ferreira /Engineering Manager of Apollo. “Their 3D printing technology is cutting-edge and will allow us to create high-quality, custom parts that are essential to the motorhomes, campervans and Caravans we produce. The addition of Markforged 3D printers to our manufacturing process will streamline our production and provide us with the ability to create custom designs quickly and efficiently.”
To overcome material shortages that added delays to production, Apollo began printing small components and connectors. Over time, they found more uses for the printer, including new tools they could make and iterate to make the process of building RVs easier and faster.
A game-changing way to get industrial-grade parts in hours, not weeks — the X7 carbon fibre 3D printer enables engineers and designers to fundamentally improve manufacturing operations at light speed. Now, Apollo is also able to quickly print miniatures of caravan chassis and motorhome cabinetry to show the concepts before starting the final stages of design, and can also be used to test lean concepts in an assembly line. In the future, they plan to utilise the miniatures to simulate concepts for training new assembly workers as well as to print spare parts on demand for their rental business.
Markforged 3D printers have already been implemented in a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, and defence. By incorporating this technology into the caravan industry, Apollo is leading the way in innovation and efficiency. Markforged is the sponsor of the Additive Manufacturing Zone at the Australian Manufacturing Week 9-12 May. Together with partners, will be showcasing the industrial 3D printers including the biggest FX20 and a host of metal binder jetting parts. Partners include SFDesign (Stand: AM280), Emona Instruments (Stand: AM450), Konica Minolta (Stand: RA300), and Alfex (Stand: MT580).
At 1:00 pm on Tuesday, May 9th on the Future Solutions Speaker Session Stage of the AMW2023 show you will hear from Markforged Senior Director Asia Pacific, Richard Elving speak on the topic of ‘How Australian businesses use 3D Printing to reshore manufacturing.’
To make the best of the AMW2023 show, visitors are encouraged to book an exclusive meeting with the Markforged Expert using the link below. Markforged Expert will review your current traditional manufacturing process or presently used applications and advise you on how to improve these by leveraging additive manufacturing, including the possibility of replacing metal components with continuous-fibre reinforced printed parts. This means you’ll get a full picture of your manufacturing process and new insights into how you can optimise your manufacturing processes and reduce costs, printing parts at the point of need.
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