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Union Pacific's 3-D Printing Revolutionizes Railroading

 

Omaha, Neb., June 7, 2017

 

 

While NASA is finding ways to use 3-D printing technology to provide necessities for colonizing Mars, Union Pacific is applying the same technology to make locomotive operations safer and more efficient. The railroad's efforts and early successes with 3-D printing are outlined in a new Inside Track story published today on the company's website.

 

The article includes perspectives from several employees intimately involved with 3-D printing, including System Engineer Royce Connerley, who explain how the technology enhances turnaround time for models and prototypes.

 

"Printing 3-D prototypes in-house accelerates our rate of change," Connerley said. "We can make modifications during multiple iterations without waiting for each version to be returned from an external vendor."

The feature-length article and photos of materials created with Union Pacific's in-house 3-D printer are available at https://www.up.com/a...ific-06-07-2017.

 

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Benzinga, 6/13/17:
 

Union Pacific Is Using 3D Printing To Make Railroad Parts

 

 

The advent of 3D printing is well on its path to disrupt manufacturing as we know it. Everything from shoes to car parts are being manufacturing through 3D printing, or additive manufacturing processes.

 

The railroad industry is jumping on board, after it was announced that Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), the premiere railroad company in the country, is utilizing 3D printing to produce railroad parts for advanced needs, including in-cab radio systems and to help with machine vision imaging system that helps inspect 22 components on passing trains, according to Inside3Dprinting.

 

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