Sauber Motorsport is increasing its additive manufacturing capability with an order of 10 3D printers from 3D Techniques.
The polymer programs, together with eight SLA 750 Duals and two PSLA 270s, are set broaden the Swiss motorsport engineering firm’s fast manufacturing capability for wind tunnel components made with 3D Techniques’ Accura Composite PIV, Accura Xtreme, and Determine 4 ceramic-filled supplies.
Marco Gehrig, head of mechanical & AM manufacturing, Sauber Group stated, “The benchmarks carried out on the SLA 750 yielded components with higher floor high quality and required much less post-processing than the present machines in use. Our staff is wanting ahead to utilizing the business’s most superior SLA know-how out there to extend our manufacturing velocity, high quality and adaptability for wind tunnel components, and accelerating our velocity to trace.”
The SLA 750 Twin two-laser system has been chosen for its print measurement, velocity, accuracy, and backbone for remaining components with excessive end and mechanical efficiency. The just lately launched PSLA 270, described in a latest challenge of TCT because the ‘better of each worlds’ due to a mix of the velocity and supplies flexibility of 3D Techniques Determine 4 know-how with the standard of SLA, is a excessive velocity, projector-based mid-sized SLA system. Sauber is the primary Components 1 staff to include the know-how.
Talking about 3D Techniques partnership with Sauber, Elvis Perez, SVP, international ISG gross sales, 3D Techniques stated, “3D Techniques has a long-standing partnership with Sauber spanning almost 20 years, and our relationship in addition to our know-how portfolio have advanced over this time. I’m wanting ahead to persevering with our journey with the Sauber staff to push the boundaries of what’s attainable in motorsports by means of the ability of additive manufacturing.”
Sauber is already an avid person of 3D printing, together with polymer and metallic programs from 3D Techniques, EOS and Additive Industries, and auxiliary programs from Rosler’s AM Options. 3D Techniques’ applied sciences are additionally getting used extensively within the motorsport and automotive sectors with groups like BWT Alpine F1 Group and Stewart Haas Racing utilizing it to construct elements for wind tunnel testing and end-use components.