McLaren Racing has announced a new four-year partnership with 3D printing company Stratasys to provide additive manufacturing solutions. The British Formula One team will be installing the Stratasys machines at their McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, UK.
大多数制造技术也是如此，在流行的赛车运动中，使用添加剂制造是非常秘密的。在2016赛季的戏剧性结论之后回顾了这一点. Furthermore, we have also delved into the use ofadditive manufacturing in F1’s ‘younger brother’ Formula Student. Where we saw the technology being used more openly by the less secretive University teams. Nevertheless, it is known that the top Formula One teams use 3D printing for prototyping purposes as we found out当我们与强迫印度交谈时.
What will Stratasys bring to the table?
Stratasys将提供最新的FDM和PolyJet 3D打印机，除了将其高级材料提供给F1团队，这使该公司McLaren的3D打印解决方案的官方供应商。根据迈凯轮的说法，他们将使用Stratasys的技术进行“visual and functional prototyping, production tooling including composite tooling, and customised production parts – enabling”… “accelerated delivery while increasing performance and productivity in design and manufacturing operations.”AsForce India’s Robert Fernley explained before, speed of production is a major attraction for the use of 3D printing technology as McLaren similarly cite.
根据麦克拉伦（Eric Boullier）的赛车总监的说法，很明显，赛车运动对快速原型制造和添加剂制造以及从根本上削减市场的能力的依赖正在增加，我们期待与Stratasys的新联盟能够很好地服务.” With new car rules constantly being written in to F1, it is no surprise that the teams are opting for additive manufacturing in order to stay ahead.
Stratasys首席执行官Ilan Levin透露了他期望该公司也从合伙企业中获得的收益。正如他解释的那样
迈凯轮赛车将利用我们将近30年的3D印刷和添加剂制造经验来保持赛车技术发展的最前沿。Stratasys还将获得宝贵的反馈和与超高性能汽车应用程序合作的见解，然后我们可以将其应用于主流汽车和航空航天客户。
Stratasys公司期望获得显著的experience by optimizing their 3D printing offerings on the basis of the Motorsport team’s needs.
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Featured image shows the McLaren Formula 1 car during the 2016 season. Photo via SkySports.
