Itsinda rya BWT Alpine F1 ryiyambaje Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) kugira ngo ryongere imikorere y'imodoka zabo binyuze mu gukora imashini zikora titanium hydraulic accumulators zifite ubushobozi bwo gukora neza kandi zifite ubushobozi buke bwo gukora.
Itsinda rya BWT Alpine F1 rimaze imyaka myinshi rikorana na 3D Systems mu rwego rwo gutanga no guteza imbere imikoranire. Mu 2021, ikipe, abashoferi bayo Fernando Alonso na Esteban Ocon barangije ku mwanya wa 10 n'uwa 11 mu mwaka ushize w'imikino, bahisemo ikoranabuhanga rya 3D Systems ryo gucapa ibyuma (DMP) kugira ngo rikore ibice bigoye.
Alpine ihora ivugurura imodoka zayo, irushaho kunoza no kunoza imikorere mu gihe gito cyane cyo gukora. Imbogamizi zikomeje kubaho zirimo gukorera mu mwanya muto uhari, kugabanya uburemere bw'igice uko bishoboka kose, no kubahiriza amabwiriza ahindagurika.
Impuguke zo mu itsinda rya 3D Systems' Applied Innovation Group (AIG) zahaye itsinda rya F1 ubuhanga bwo gukora ibice bigoye bivanze bifite imiterere y’imbere igoye kandi ishingiye ku mikorere ya titanium.
Inganda zikora inyongeramusaruro zitanga amahirwe adasanzwe yo guhangana n’ibibazo byo guhanga udushya twihuta binyuze mu gutanga ibice bigoye cyane kandi bifite igihe gito cyo kubikoresha. Ku bice nka Alpine's hydraulic accumulators, igice cyiza gikenera ubumenyi bw’inyongeramusaruro bitewe n’imiterere y’inyongeramusaruro n’ibisabwa mu isuku ikomeye.
Ku byuma bitera imbaraga, cyane cyane icyuma gitera imbaraga zo gusiganwa, itsinda ry’abasiganwa ryakoze icyuma gitera imbaraga zo gusiganwa kiri mu gice cy’icyuma gitera imbaraga zo gusiganwa inyuma mu buryo bwo gusiganwa inyuma mu gasanduku k’ingenzi gatuma imodoka zigenda.
Accumulator ni umuyoboro muremure kandi ukomeye ubika kandi urekura ingufu ku gipimo cy’ihindagurika ry’umuvuduko. AM ifasha Alpine kongera uburebure bwa coil ifata amazi mu gihe ipakiye imikorere yuzuye mu mwanya muto.
“Twakoze igice kugira ngo gikore neza uko bishoboka kose kandi kigasangiza ubugari bw'inkuta hagati y'imiyoboro yegeranye,” ibi byasobanuwe na Pat Warner, umuyobozi mukuru ushinzwe inganda zikora ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga mu itsinda rya BWT Alpine F1. “AM yonyine ni yo ishobora kubigeraho.”
Igikoresho cya nyuma cyo gufunga titanium cyakozwe hakoreshejwe 3D Systems' DMP Flex 350, sisitemu ya AM y'icyuma ikora neza ifite ikirere cyo gucapa kidakora neza. Imiterere yihariye y'imashini za 3D Systems' DMP ituma ibice bikomera, bifite imiterere ihamye, bisukuye mu buryo bwa shimi, kandi bifite ubushobozi bwo gusubiramo ibice.
Mu gihe cyo gukora, icyuma gifunga amazi cyuzuyemo amazi kandi gipima ihindagurika ry’umuvuduko mu buryo bw’ikigereranyo binyuze mu kwinjiza no kurekura ingufu. Kugira ngo amazi akore neza, afite amabwiriza y’isuku kugira ngo yirinde kwanduzwa.
Gushushanya no gukora iki gice hakoreshejwe metal AM bitanga inyungu nyinshi mu bijyanye n'imikorere, kwinjizwa muri sisitemu nini, no kuzigama ibiro. 3D Systems itanga porogaramu yitwa 3DXpert, porogaramu ikora byose hamwe yo gutegura, kunoza no gucunga imikorere y'ibyuma.
Itsinda rya BWT Alpine F1 ryahisemo ibikoresho bya LaserForm Ti Gr23 (A) kubera bateri zaryo, rivuga ko rifite imbaraga nyinshi n'ubushobozi bwo gukora neza ibice bifite inkuta nto nk'impamvu yatumye rihitamo.
3D Systems ni umufatanyabikorwa mu bikorwa byinshi by'ingenzi mu nganda aho ireme n'imikorere ari byo by'ingenzi. Iyi sosiyete kandi itanga ikoranabuhanga kugira ngo ifashe abakiriya gukoresha neza ikorwa ry'inyongera mu nganda zabo.
Nyuma y’intsinzi y’imashini zikozwe mu icapiro rya titaniyumu z’ikipe ya BWT Alpine F1, Warner yavuze ko ikipe ishishikarijwe gukomeza gukoresha ibikoresho bito byo guhagarika mu mwaka utaha.