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Empire and Renishaw: Revolutionizing Bicycle Manufacturing with 3D Printing
技术
- 功能应用 - 制造执行系统 (MES)
适用行业
- 航天
- 电子产品
适用功能
- 产品研发
- 质量保证
用例
- 添加剂制造
- 快速原型制作
服务
- 测试与认证
挑战
Empire Cycles 与雷尼绍合作，旨在设计和制造世界上第一个金属 3D 打印自行车车架。我们面临的挑战是利用增材制造的自由度来制造不仅具有创新性，而且在重量和强度方面超越现有标准的自行车车架。 Empire Cycles 的 Chris Williams 多年来一直在生产中使用增材制造组件，但希望有机会在完整的自行车产品上进行测试。雷尼绍团队认为自行车的标准简单部件（如座杆）最适合增材制造和减轻重量，因为这是一个已知的实体，并且足够简单，可以进行验证和测试。
关于客户
雷尼绍是工程技术领域的世界领先者，在产品开发和制造方面拥有悠久的创新历史。自 1973 年成立以来，该公司提供了领先的产品，可提高流程生产率、提高产品质量并提供经济高效的自动化解决方案。雷尼绍的激光熔化工艺是一种新兴的制造技术，广泛应用于医疗行业、航空航天、高科技工程和电子领域。激光熔化是一种数字驱动的增材制造工艺，利用聚焦激光能量将金属粉末融合成 3D 物体。
解决方案
该解决方案涉及将solidThinking Inspire 的概念生成与雷尼绍增材制造技术相结合的流程。将原始 CAD 数据导入 Inspire，并对固定螺栓和座杆进行建模。这使得固定螺栓得以固定，并将作用力施加到座杆末端。该零件被去除以最大化设计空间，从而使 Inspire 具有最大的设计自由度。然后使用 Inspire 生成理想的零件形状。使用较小的设计空间进行了第二次迭代，以进一步细化形状。 Inspire 产生的新材料布局提供了一个不仅满足性能目标而且比原来更轻的概念。然后，克里斯采用该模型并利用自己的设计知识围绕增材制造的概念生成合适的几何形状。
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