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Two Companies Team Up to Create First 3D-Printed Metal Bike

It began with collaborating to manufacture a bike seat post

Renishaw
Tue, 03/25/2014 - 16:21
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Bicycle design company Empire Cycles, and Renishaw, the United Kingdom’s only manufacturer of metal-based additive manufacturing machines, have collaborated to create a 3D-printed titanium bike frame. It’s based on the Empire MX-6 mountain bike design but is stronger and about 33-percent lighter. 

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A process called topological optimization determined the most efficient use of the titanium throughout the frame’s hollow structure. The most logical placement of material optimizes its design for being lightweight yet able to bear the load.

Employing Renishaw’s AM250 additive manufacturing system, the frame was manufactured in sections and bonded together. The additive manufacturing process, better known as 3D printing, allows for customized construction with the flexibility to make design improvements right up to the start of production.

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Submitted by Paul Naysmith on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 09:31

Walmart buy one of these now!

This would have saved me a whole bunch of heart ache recently. Well done to the brilliant engineers and scientists on creating a wonderful solution. http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/quality-insider-column/ghost-walmar…
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Submitted by HooperPC on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 10:12

In reply to Walmart buy one of these now! by Paul Naysmith

Walmart boutique

Put the bike next to the bike tool display ...

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Submitted by michaelcogburn.c on Sat, 12/12/2015 - 23:25

Fantastic job done.

I must say 3D printing technology have great potential to improve human life experience for sure. I've never expected a bicycle frame will be printed out finally through using this advance technology. It's a great job done.

I just wanna know how much time it actually takes to the printer to print out a titanium frame from beginning to till finish.

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