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Automotive industry

Looking for a reliable partner in the manufacturing of automotive components

Discover our best-in-class technologies, solutions and services to drive your success in automotive manufacturing with improved and reliable machine processes, ramped-up quality and reduced cost per part.

We help you solve your challenges

Whether your products are tire molds, lighting modules or car connectors, UNITED MACHINING is committed to offering you a differentiated solution, delivering long-term customer- added -value.

Create tire molds of unique value

UNITED MACHINING proposes optimized and complete solutions for each tire mold application. SYSTEM 3R tooling made to extend modularity and connection between processes and dedicated Customer services packages complete our offer.

Discover our expertise in automotive

New Electrical Vehicle (NEV)

Explore the rapid transition towards New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) driven by governmental carbon neutrality mandates. UNITED MACHINING provides reliable solutions and technologies, ensuring your competitive advantage in the ever-changing market of hybrid, battery, and fuel cell vehicles.

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Wheels and tires

Discover innovative tire mold manufacturing solutions with UNITED MACHINING. From sustainable sidewall branding to high-precision winter tire molds, our advanced Laser technology and 5-axis Milling ensure zero downtime and superior quality.

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    Interior and HMI

    In the dynamic automotive industry, interior trim and HMI (Human-Machine Interface) modules are rapidly evolving to meet the demands of smart mobility and hybrid powertrains.

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      Lighting

      Functional automotive lighting is crucial for vehicle safety. Our high-precision EDM and laser technologies enable the creation of finely finished molds for automotive lighting systems, ensuring reliability and performance in the final product.

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      Other key applications

      Powertrain

      Cutting-edge manufacturing solutions for smarter, more efficient powertrains, from impellers to injection nozzles, transmissions to exhaust housings. Advanced technologies such as metal additive manufacturing, combined with EDM and precision milling, enable faster cycles, unmatched accuracy, and cost-effective production.

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        Electrical and electronic system modules

        The connectors play a major role to connect car functions and controls with various sensors. Today, more and more connectors are sealed to for better protection and are becoming smaller in size. This means the seals require sharp corners and a perfect fit to ensure long lifecycles.

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          Our Automotive technologies

          Additive Manufacturing - From the research lab to the factory floor

          Together with 3D Systems, UNITED MACHINING helps bringing Additive Manufacturing technology from the research lab to the factory floor. Our two families of Laser-based Direct Metal Printing machines—the Factory line and the Flex line—offer clever engineering solutions and help the manufacturers of automotive components to build consistent and higher quality parts, even of large size.

          Milling - Optimal process stability

          Pioneering the world of five-axis Milling with Mikron Mill platforms, UNITED MACHINING is committed to increasing the productivity of automotive manufacturers, thanks to high-speed and high-performance solutions, our dynamic Step-Tec Spindles, our application-centric smart machine modules and the agility resulting from our SYSTEM 3R Tooling and Automation solutions.

          Laser Texturing - 3D Laser Texturing

          UNITED MACHINING's fully digitized Laser solutions accurately texture, engrave, microstructure, mark and label 2D and complex 3D geometries. They enable the creation of a variety of innovative textures on molded automotive interior components—with no limits.

          EDM - Pushing the boundaries

          UNITED MACHINING latest-generation EDM technologies and onboard machining strategies boost machining speed while maintaining surface integrity, leaving no visible recast layer.

          Check out our manufacturing process: Master mold of tire in example

          MILL P 800 U milling machine MILL P 800 U milling machine
          Unique dust handling solution Unique dust handling solution
          Direct engraving on MILL P 800 U with System 3R Clamping system Direct engraving on MILL P 800 U with System 3R Clamping system
          Laser texturing solution with LASER P 1000 U Laser texturing solution with LASER P 1000 U
          Perfect surface homogeneity with sand blasting on aluminium segment mold Perfect surface homogeneity with sand blasting on aluminium segment mold
          System 3R robot with pallet system for autonomous unattended production System 3R robot with pallet system for autonomous unattended production
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