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Such a great idea! That would be awesome. One can always dream.
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Good perspective from someone who has actually designed a 3dp bike: Katsanas interview on the topic of the 1 hour record bike (fully 3dp) under Ganna & Bigham
https://youtu.be/7lVyeDzSwEo?si=gKA-7YO9hDnOJ7mJ Last edited by Carbonita; 05-01-2024 at 09:41 PM. |
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I still don't understand why some think big China production will do full frames this way. It's too slow for big volumes. |
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Very cool looking smooth frame.
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Even when you have dozens of printers running 24/7?
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The practical use for mass 3d printing though would be mass customization. The printer doesn’t care what it’s printing so they really could develop some sort of simple formula/algorithm that takes fit data that can spit out a custom geometry just as easily as stock.
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Carbon Inc. resin printers currently mass produce saddle padding (e.g., spesh mirror) from a few globally distributed 3dp farms. Expensive ATM though.
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please don't take anything I say personally, I am an idiot. Last edited by bicycletricycle; 05-01-2024 at 03:34 PM. |
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Turbine discs were 3d printed? Seems like the last thing I would 3d print. Okay, 2nd to the last, the stuff in the compressor seems worse.
I'm not sure, seems like printer time is still pretty expensive. But it seems to me that Ti is the most compelling material for 3d printing a bike. I'll admit I'm not aware of everything available though. |
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On the material side, elastic moduli of drawn and printed titanium are about the same. On the shape side, a printed frame could be very similar in tube shape and size, or it could be radically different. So far printing has been mostly small tricky bits like brake mounts and tube junctions, which have little to do with overall frame stiffness. So if the frame shape remains about the same, printed vs tubular ti should have roughly equal stiffness. |
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They are using a really tall 3d printer. I'm not convinced of the utility of doing this, but I like the tech.
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3D Printing removes a bunch of employee time.. that might help with some of the cost issues. Remove the time the employees need to put the tubes in a jig, machine tubes, weld tubes, etc. Or remove the carbon layup time.
I barely have any insight into this either, but I do know what big conglomerates have access to with additive manufacturing is way way beyond what we see as consumers. |
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