They’re quite complicated piece of welding, and every branch has to be the same in its volume for engine tuning.
“There’s quite an array of jigs to make one exhaust system. “Each segment is bent, placed in a jig, welded and the next segment is added with another jig, another jig, another jig,” Warner explains. The jigs were printed in SLA – the metal ends of the exhaust printed using 3D Systems DMLS technology – and while typically not the simplest of parts to manufacture, harnessing 3D Systems’ technology has been a big help in the building of the jigs, and thus the making of the exhaust. We also have a large suite of SLS so we can mix and match where we need to and pick the right material for the right job, even use a ceramic-filled material for extra stability at temperature.”Įxhibiting at the 3D Systems booth at TCT Show this year, the partners showcased some saddle jigs propping up the race car’s exhaust system. Things are a lot more stable now, SLA has developed a lot.
#Quickcast printing cracked#
“It didn’t take much of a knock to send it flying off the bench, and they also cracked and moved with moisture and light. “ were one of our first applications, albeit then the materials didn’t last quite as well,” he tells TCT. For Warner and 3D Systems, it’s old news. As Tim Schniepp, Stratasys’ Senior Director of Composite Solutions, refers to in this issue’s cover story, there are many benefits to be taken advantage of for F1 teams, not least in the 3D printing of tooling applications. Rival-on-the-track, McLaren has allegiances with Stratasys. Fast forward 20 years and Warner’s team is applying AM in several areas in the manufacture of their race cars. When Renault first got hold of a 3D printing system, Warner says they didn’t know what to do with it, and when they did find an application, the materials would let it down: ‘Parts moved, were broken easily, and massively hygroscopic,’ he remembers. While he claims every day of his career has been different to the last, for two-thirds of it, AM technology has been a permanent fixture. Pat Warner, Renault Sport Formula 1’s Digital Manufacturing Manager, has been involved in F1 for 30 years, and AM nearly 20 thanks to a partnership with 3D Systems.
One helps the other to save time, money, and stress, the other helps to push boundaries and drive innovation in an emerging technology. SLA master patterns are ideal when you need: accurate, high yield, large size, complex, lightweight investment casting masters with high dimensional stability over years - and in transit.Additive manufacturing (AM) has long enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with motorsport, as demonstrated in the volume of use case studies that drop into the TCT Mag editorial team inbox. 3D Systems’ castable resins are also available in antimony-free varieties for aerospace castings. The speed advantages and the high accuracy and quality of 3D Systems’ SLA technology have made QuickCast one of the most popular and effective methods for 3D printed casting patterns. The QuickCast build style is an SLA print methodology developed by 3D Systems to answer a pressing need for the investment casting industry.
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