Gulu la BWT Alpine F1 lagwiritsa ntchito Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) kuti liwongolere magwiridwe antchito a magalimoto awo popanga ma titanium hydraulic accumulators ogwira ntchito mokwanira omwe ali ndi malo ochepa ogwirira ntchito.
Gulu la BWT Alpine F1 lakhala likugwira ntchito ndi 3D Systems kwa zaka zingapo kuti ligwirizane ndi kupereka ndi kupanga zinthu. Poyambira mu 2021, gululo, lomwe oyendetsa ake Fernando Alonso ndi Esteban Ocon adamaliza pa nambala 10 ndi 11 motsatana nyengo yatha, adasankha ukadaulo wa 3D Systems wosindikiza zitsulo mwachindunji (DMP) kuti apange zida zovuta.
Alpine ikupitiliza kukonza magalimoto ake, kukonza ndikuwongolera magwiridwe antchito ake nthawi yochepa kwambiri. Mavuto omwe akuchitika akuphatikizapo kugwira ntchito mkati mwa malo ochepa omwe alipo, kusunga kulemera kwa gawo lochepa momwe zingathere, komanso kutsatira malamulo osintha.
Akatswiri ochokera ku 3D Systems' Applied Innovation Group (AIG) adapatsa gulu la F1 ukatswiri wopanga zinthu zovuta zozungulira zokhala ndi mawonekedwe ovuta komanso ogwirira ntchito a titaniyamu.
Kupanga zinthu zowonjezera kumapereka mwayi wapadera wothana ndi mavuto a luso lamakono mwachangu popereka zinthu zovuta kwambiri komanso nthawi yochepa yotsogolera. Pazinthu monga ma hydraulic accumulators a Alpine, gawo lopambana limafuna ukatswiri wowonjezera wopanga zinthu zowonjezera chifukwa cha zovuta za kapangidwe kake komanso zofunikira kwambiri paukhondo.
Kwa ma accumulators, makamaka rear suspension fluid inertia coil, gulu lothamanga linapanga damper yolimba yomwe ndi gawo la rear suspension damper mu rear suspension system mu gearbox yaikulu.
Chokokera ndi chubu chachitali komanso cholimba chomwe chimasunga ndi kutulutsa mphamvu kusinthasintha kwapakati pa kuthamanga. AM imalola Alpine kukulitsa kutalika kwa coil yonyowa pamene ikunyamula ntchito yonse pamalo ochepa.
"Tinapanga gawoli kuti likhale logwira ntchito bwino momwe tingathere komanso kuti ligawane makulidwe a khoma pakati pa machubu oyandikana nawo," anafotokoza Pat Warner, mkulu wa opanga zida zamagetsi wa gulu la BWT Alpine F1. "AM yokha ndi yomwe ingakwaniritse izi."
Chophimba chomaliza cha titanium damping chinapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito 3D Systems' DMP Flex 350, makina a AM achitsulo ogwira ntchito bwino kwambiri okhala ndi mpweya wosindikizira wosagwira ntchito. Kapangidwe ka makina apadera a 3D Systems' DMP kamatsimikizira kuti zigawo zake ndi zolimba, zolondola, zopanda mankhwala, komanso zimakhala ndi kuthekera kobwerezabwereza kofunikira popanga zigawo.
Pa nthawi yogwira ntchito, chopondera madzi chimadzazidwa ndi madzi ndipo chimachepetsa kusinthasintha kwa mphamvu mkati mwa dongosolo mwa kuyamwa ndi kutulutsa mphamvu. Kuti zigwire ntchito bwino, madzi amakhala ndi zofunikira zaukhondo kuti apewe kuipitsidwa.
Kupanga ndi kupanga gawoli pogwiritsa ntchito metal AM kumapereka ubwino waukulu pankhani ya magwiridwe antchito, kuphatikiza mu machitidwe akuluakulu, komanso kuchepetsa kulemera. 3D Systems imapereka pulogalamu yotchedwa 3DXpert, pulogalamu yonse yokonzekera, kukonza ndi kuyang'anira ntchito zosindikizira zitsulo.
Gulu la BWT Alpine F1 linasankha chipangizo cha LaserForm Ti Gr23 (A) chifukwa cha mabatire ake, ponena kuti ndi champhamvu kwambiri komanso kuthekera kwake kopanga zigawo zopyapyala ngati zifukwa zomwe zinachisankhira.
Kampani ya 3D Systems ndi yothandizana ndi mazana ambiri a ntchito zofunika kwambiri m'mafakitale komwe khalidwe ndi magwiridwe antchito ndizofunikira kwambiri. Kampaniyo imaperekanso kusamutsa ukadaulo kuti ithandize makasitomala kugwiritsa ntchito bwino kupanga zowonjezera m'malo awoawo.
Pambuyo pa kupambana kwa ma accumulators osindikizidwa ndi titaniyamu a timu ya BWT Alpine F1, Warner adati timuyi ikulimbikitsidwa kutsatira zida zovuta kwambiri zoyimitsira magalimoto chaka chikubwerachi.