XponentialWorks、风险基金、咨询公司和product developer, has partnered withArcimoto, an Oregon-based transportation innovator, to produce 3D print lightweight suspension components for Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV).
后摆动装置，指关节，上控制臂和制动踏板，使用ParaMatters生成设计软件认知. These parts were fabricated with the Eosint M 280 industrial metal 3D printer.Avi Reichental, founder and chairman of XponentialWorks, said:
“The entire redesign, from concept to parts, took only four weeks, further demonstrating how 3D printing technology is completely changing how we design and manufacture products.”
A lightweight solution
The Arcimoto FUV is a tandem two-seat, three-wheeled vehicle with a maximum speed of 75 mph (121 km/h) and priced from $19,900. In the essence of being energy efficient, Arcimoto sought to optimize several of its parts using additive manufacturing. ParaMatters’s CogniCAD enabled the automatic combination of different parts into one homogeneous assembly – a previously time-consuming activity.
此外，由于生成设计，较重的组件被点燃。这些将被验证以可能更换原始零件。根据XponentialWorks的说法，后摆臂的重量减少了34％，指关节组件减少了36％，上控制臂减少了52％，制动踏板减少了49％。Arcimoto首席执行官Mark Frohnmayer解释说：
“我们权利日常出行的占地的使命意味着继续
commitment to optimizing not just the vehicle platform architecture, but all of its
组成部分。Xponentialworks团队提出的速度
meaningful weight improvements to core components of the FUV is truly
感人的。”
AI and additive manufacturing
基于云的Cogniticad生成了与机械性能，压力和变形有关的结构，从而为疲劳考虑提供了信息。它结合了一个广泛的优化特征集，涵盖了振动考虑因素，超材料和与人骨中相似的介质结构。
“With the powerful combination of AI-generated designs and ultra-fast 3D printing
过程，我们现在能够创建复杂的几何结构
轻型车辆，提高性能，降低生产成本并节省电池
power,” added Reichental.
“In this new age of industry 4.0 manufacturing, no one company can do it all alone. This project demonstrates the power of curating relationships and building joint innovation programs that pool together resources and expertise from complementary organizations to create practical tractable products in record time.”
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特色图片显示，Arcimoto的Fun Utility车辆与3D打印悬架零件集成在一起。通过Arcimoto的照片。
