Iqela le-BWT Alpine F1 lisebenzise iMetal Additive Manufacturing (AM) ukuphucula ukusebenza kweemoto zabo ngokuvelisa ii-titanium hydraulic accumulators ezisebenza ngokupheleleyo ezine-footprint encinci.
Iqela le-BWT Alpine F1 belisebenza ne-3D Systems kangangeminyaka eliqela ukuze libonelele ngeenkonzo kunye nophuhliso oludibeneyo. Eli qela liqale ukusebenza ngo-2021, abaqhubi balo uFernando Alonso kunye no-Esteban Ocon bagqibe kwindawo ye-10 kunye neye-11 ngokulandelelanayo kwisizini ephelileyo, bakhethe itekhnoloji ye-3D Systems yokuprinta isinyithi ngqo (DMP) ukuvelisa iindawo ezintsonkothileyo.
I-Alpine iyaqhubeka nokuphucula iimoto zayo, iphucula kwaye iphucula ukusebenza kwimijikelo emifutshane kakhulu yokuphindaphinda. Imingeni eqhubekayo ibandakanya ukusebenza ngaphakathi kwendawo encinci ekhoyo, ukugcina ubunzima benxalenye buphantsi kangangoko kunokwenzeka, kunye nokuthobela imiqathango etshintshayo yemithetho.
Iingcali ezivela kwi-3D Systems' Applied Innovation Group (AIG) zinike iqela le-F1 ubuchule bokuvelisa izinto ezidityanisiweyo ezintsonkothileyo ezine-geometries zangaphakathi ezintsonkothileyo neziqhutywa ngumsebenzi kwi-titanium.
Ukwenziwa kwezinto ezongezelelekileyo kunika ithuba elikhethekileyo lokoyisa imingeni yokuvelisa izinto ezintsha ngokukhawuleza ngokuhambisa izinto ezintsonkothileyo kakhulu ngexesha elifutshane lokuqalisa. Kwizinto ezifana nee-hydraulic accumulators ze-Alpine, inxalenye ephumelelayo ifuna ulwazi olongezelelekileyo lokwenziwa kwezinto ezongezelelekileyo ngenxa yobunzima boyilo kunye neemfuno ezingqongqo zococeko.
Kwi-accumulators, ngakumbi i-rear suspension fluid inertia coil, iqela lomdyarho liyile i-hard-wired damper eyinxalenye ye-rear suspension damper kwinkqubo ye-rear suspension kwibhokisi ephambili ye-transmission.
I-accumulator yityhubhu ende, eqinileyo egcina kwaye ikhuphe amandla ukuya kutsho kutshintsho oluqhelekileyo loxinzelelo. I-AM ivumela i-Alpine ukuba ikwazi ukwandisa ubude bekhoyili yokudambisa ngelixa ipakisha umsebenzi opheleleyo kwindawo encinci.
“Siyile le ndawo ukuba isebenze kakuhle kangangoko kunokwenzeka ngokwevolumu kwaye yabelane ngobukhulu bodonga phakathi kweetyhubhu ezikufutshane,” ucacise watsho uPat Warner, umphathi omkhulu wokuvelisa idijithali kwiqela le-BWT Alpine F1. “Yi-AM kuphela enokufezekisa oku.”
Ikhoyili yokugqibela ye-titanium damping yenziwe kusetyenziswa i-3D Systems' DMP Flex 350, inkqubo ye-AM yesinyithi esebenza kakhulu enemozulu yokuprinta engangenisi mveliso. Uyilo lwenkqubo olulodwa loomatshini be-3D Systems' DMP luqinisekisa ukuba iindawo ziqinile, zichanekile, zicocekile ngokweekhemikhali, kwaye zinokuphindaphindwa okufunekayo ukuvelisa iindawo.
Ngexesha lokusebenza, i-damping coil izaliswe lulwelo kwaye ilinganisela ukuguquguquka koxinzelelo kwinkqubo ngokufunxa nokukhupha amandla. Ukuze isebenze kakuhle, ulwelo lunemigaqo yokucoceka yokuthintela ungcoliseko.
Ukuyila nokuvelisa le nxalenye usebenzisa i-metal AM kunika iingenelo ezinkulu ngokubhekiselele ekusebenzeni, ukuhlanganiswa kwiinkqubo ezinkulu, kunye nokonga ubunzima. I-3D Systems inikezela ngesoftware ebizwa ngokuba yi-3DXpert, isoftware elungiselelwe yonke into yokulungiselela, ukuphucula kunye nokulawula imisebenzi yokuprinta isinyithi.
Iqela le-BWT Alpine F1 likhethe izinto zeLaserForm Ti Gr23 (A) kwiibhetri zalo, likhankanya amandla alo aphezulu kunye nokukwazi kwalo ukuvelisa ngokuchanekileyo iindawo ezinodonga oluncinci njengezizathu zokukhetha kwalo.
I-3D Systems liqabane lamakhulu ezicelo ezibalulekileyo kumashishini apho umgangatho kunye nokusebenza kubaluleke kakhulu. Le nkampani ikwabonelela ngokudluliselwa kwetekhnoloji ukunceda abathengi bamkele ngempumelelo imveliso yokongeza kwizakhiwo zabo.
Emva kwempumelelo yee-accumulators zeqela le-BWT Alpine F1 eziprintwe nge-titanium, uWarner uthe iqela likhuthazwa ukuba lilandele izixhobo ezintsonkothileyo zokumiswa kunyaka ozayo.