Nissan Uses New Technologies To Expand NISMO Heritage Parts Range In Japan

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has announced that it will utilize its new technologies in its Yokohama plant to produce NISMO parts for some selected discontinued models.

The NISMO Heritage Parts programme, plans to produce a series of genuine repair and replacement parts for discontinued vehicles. The new technologies include dual-sided dieless forming for body panels and 3-D printing for resin parts.

Nissan has unveiled dual-sided dieless forming technology in October 2019 as a method to produce body panels in low volumes. The method enables the molding of complex shapes through the use of robots pressing rod-shaped molding tools onto opposite sides of a steel sheet to incrementally deform and mold a panel.

The company plans to produce rear panels for the R32 Skyline GT-R by  creating prototypes incorporating the sheet metal of skilled workers and using dual-sided dieless forming and non-lubricated processing with mirrored diamond-coated tools as a base. 

Nissan has achieved the high-quality required for automobile parts by working closely with its suppliers. The 3-D printing technology was jointly developed with Solize Corporation to produce a protector made of resin for the harness in the R32 Skyline GT-R. Nissan redesigned the parts and conducted performance tests that adapt to 3-D printers, enabling a shorter time to commercialize high-standard parts with harness body supplier’s cooperation. 

The NISMO Heritage Parts programme was launched in December 2017. It has expanded parts delivery from 80 to 300 parts. It is part of Nissan's efforts to enable customers to continue to drive their Nissan performance cars for a longer period of time. 

NISMO Heritage Parts are produced in collaboration with suppliers by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nissan MotorSports International Co., Ltd., and Autech Japan, Inc.

Nissan plans to continue to utilize technologies from the Nissan Research Center and its Production Engineering Research and Development Center to further expand the NISMO Heritage Parts programme.