“We took the seat post bracket from 360 grams down to 200 grams, and weight savings does not require compensation in other areas. The new seat post is 45 percent lighter than the original. Lightweighting was the ultimate aim of the project, resulting in parts that are designed for maximum strength with minimum weight.
A tool such as Inspire goes hand in hand with additive manufacturing by generating component designs that maximize manufacturing freedom, leading to stronger and lighter components. This provided a concept that not only met performance targets, but also achieved minimum mass. Inspire generated a new material layout within the package space using the loads and supports as input. Renishaw used Inspire to perform the topological optimization and concept generation. Chris Williams of Empire Cycles, a leading British bicycle design and manufacturing company, designed the mountain bike to take advantage of Renishaw's additive manufacturing technology, allowing the creation of a titanium frame that would be both strong and light.
COST OF SOLIDTHINKING INSPIRE SOFTWARE
Renishaw, the UK’s only manufacturer of a metal-based additive manufacturing machine, used solidThinking Inspire ® 9.5 software to help create the world’s first 3D printed metal bike frame. – Ma– solidThinking today announced a major achievement in the additive manufacturing industry which may in future revolutionize the way components are designed and made.
0 kommentar(er)
