TeslaAutomotivesince 2020
Tesla Giga-Press Mega Castings (AM Tooling Context)
Unibody rear and front castings — Model Y / Cybertruck
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Challenge
Building the Giga-press casting dies requires rapid tooling and conformal cooling channels to manage thermal stresses.
Solution
Tesla's Giga-press programme uses AM-produced tooling inserts with conformal cooling channels for die production. While not AM parts themselves, the dies enable Tesla's industry-disrupting single-piece unibody castings.
Outcomes
- 01AM tooling enables Giga-press conformal cooling; single-piece castings replace 70+ parts
Technologies
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Source
Deployed at Gigafactories globally; Model Y, CT, Model 3 Highland use gigacasting
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2020). Tesla Giga-Press Mega Castings (AM Tooling Context). AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/tesla-castings-gigapress-2020
BibTeX
@misc{amroadmap_tesla_giga_press_mega_castings_am_toolin_2020,
title = {Tesla Giga-Press Mega Castings (AM Tooling Context)},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2020},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/tesla-castings-gigapress-2020},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
}Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/tesla-castings-gigapress-2020