Bicycle manufacturerCanyon已经亮相了一个概念3D印刷山地自行车原型，旨在展示一种更可持续的自行车生产方法。
Working with software and 3D printing service provider实现，Canyon 3D在德国自行车杂志的“ Ride Green”运动中打印了自行车的框架和叉子。完成的自行车在最近的周期展示在伦敦。
骑绿色自行车
Ride Green项目的目的是设计一辆尽可能可持续的自行车，其所有组件都可以完全回收。所使用的材料也需要重复使用，而不会损害生产的零件的质量，而减少废物是该项目的另一个关键目标。
Canyon was tasked with building the bike’s cradle-to-cradle frame and fork, and settled on 3D printing as the most suitable, and sustainable, method of production. The firm enlisted Materialise’s selective laser melting (SLM) 3D printing technology to fabricate the components in order to achieve the frame’s desired unique shape.
实现is no stranger to the bicycle sector, having deployed its technology toprint 2,000 parts对于自行车制造商Pinarello的Dogma F赛车去年。除了为自行车的关键座椅夹组件实现大幅减轻重量外，该公司还为该项目创建了全方位服务的定制生产工作流程。
为了满足项目的可持续性要求，框架和叉子是由回收铝粉打印的3D。峡谷还希望减少制造框架中使用的原材料的总量，不仅可以改善自行车的环境影响，还可以降低框架重量并提供性能优势。
The frame is comprised of a skeleton that forms its structure, which is enclosed within an outer shell to provide additional protection and more desirable surface properties.
框架分为3D，每件打印，每件花费大约六个小时才能生产。印刷后，框架和叉子仅重2公斤。尽管峡谷表示目前尚无自行车进入生产的计划，但该项目可能会影响公司未来模型的设计和制造方式。
通过AM提高骑自行车的性能
鉴于3D打印能够将多个零件合并为单一轻质组件并生产具有以前难以实现的几何形状的组件，因此近年来，自行车制造商越来越多地实现了该技术的好处。
For instance, custom bicycle producer坚固的周期has switched the production of its钛自行车零件to头饰材料’Cold Metal Fusion (CMF) technology, and has previously worked withRAM3Dtoprint parts for its road bikes.英国骑自行车甚至入伍雷尼肖的help to3D打印铝和钛零件for its new track bike on show at the Tokyo 2022 Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, some 3D printing firms have taken to kickstarter to launch their 3D printed bicycle components, such as Headmade Materials andElement22who launched their jointly-developed novelTitanum 3D printed bike pedal design去年在平台上。
Elsewhere, the likes ofFizikandSpecializedhave usedCarbon’sDLS 3D打印技术提高重量和安慰他们的马鞍, whileStratasys’H350机器已使用DQBDto producefully personalized 3D printed saddlesthat offer increased performance efficiency.
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Featured image shows峡谷的3D打印自行车框架。通过自行车杂志的照片。
