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Collector's item 

Yoshiyuki Hayashi, a Japanese car collector, commissioned the design of a one-off sports car to Zagato's design team. Zagato has designed a completely new car of which every single component is custom-built.

For this specific sports car, Materialise assisted in building the headlights. Analysing the specific requirements of the customer, we decided to have the two headlights built with Fused Deposition Modeling . The FDM technology produces superior parts. The great advantage is the durability of the material used, the stability of the mechanical properties over time and the quality of the part.

The 2 headlights were "printed" on the FDM machines using ABS as material. Afterwards, they were finished with a primer, painted and metalised. All this within 5 days!

“Thanks to Materialise we discovered a new type of manufacturing end production components in a fast way: Fused Deposition Modelling. This opens a whole new world of possibilities for us. Using the FDM technology to produce parts, instead of injection moulding , allows to make design changes on the move, by simply updating the file, and this consequently gives more freedom in terms of design and shape. Immediately, parts are ready for production.” - Zagato.