Ithimba le-BWT Alpine F1 seliphendukele ku-Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) ukuze lithuthukise ukusebenza kwezimoto zalo ngokukhiqiza ama-titanium hydraulic accumulator asebenza ngokugcwele ane-footprint encane.
Ithimba le-BWT Alpine F1 selisebenze ne-3D Systems iminyaka eminingana ukuze lihlinzeke futhi lithuthukise ngokubambisana. Liqala ukusebenza ngo-2021, iqembu, abashayeli balo uFernando Alonso no-Esteban Ocon abaqede endaweni ye-10 neye-11 ngokulandelana ngesizini edlule, lakhetha ubuchwepheshe be-3D Systems bokunyathelisa insimbi ngqo (DMP) ukukhiqiza izingxenye eziyinkimbinkimbi.
I-Alpine ithuthukisa njalo izimoto zayo, ithuthukisa futhi ithuthukisa ukusebenza emijikelezweni emifushane kakhulu yokuphindaphinda. Izinselele eziqhubekayo zifaka phakathi ukusebenza ngaphakathi kwendawo elinganiselwe etholakalayo, ukugcina ingxenye yesisindo iphansi ngangokunokwenzeka, kanye nokuhambisana nemikhawulo yemithetho eshintshayo.
Ochwepheshe abavela kwi-3D Systems' Applied Innovation Group (AIG) banikeze ithimba le-F1 ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza izingxenye ezihlanganisiwe eziyinkimbinkimbi ezine-geometri yangaphakathi eyinselele, eqhutshwa umsebenzi nge-titanium.
Ukukhiqiza okungeziwe kunikeza ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokunqoba izinselele zokusungula izinto ezintsha okusheshayo ngokuletha izingxenye eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu ngezikhathi ezimfushane zokuhola. Ezingxenyeni ezifana nama-hydraulic accumulator e-Alpine, ingxenye ephumelelayo idinga ulwazi olwengeziwe lokukhiqiza okungeziwe ngenxa yobunzima bokuklama kanye nezidingo zokuhlanzeka eziqinile.
Kuma-accumulators, ikakhulukazi i-rear suspension fluid inertia coil, ithimba lomjaho laklama i-damper enezintambo eziqinile eyingxenye ye-suspension damper yangemuva ohlelweni lokumiswa kwangemuva ebhokisini eliyinhloko lokudlulisela.
I-accumulator iyishubhu elide, eliqinile eligcina futhi likhiphe amandla ngokwesilinganiso sokuguquguquka kwengcindezi. I-AM ivumela i-Alpine ukuthi ikhulise ubude bekhoyili yokudambisa ngenkathi ipakisha ukusebenza okuphelele endaweni elinganiselwe.
“Siklame le ngxenye ukuze isebenze kahle kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka ngomthamo futhi yabelane ngobukhulu bodonga phakathi kwamapayipi aseduze,” kuchaza uPat Warner, umphathi omkhulu wokukhiqiza wedijithali wethimba le-BWT Alpine F1. “I-AM kuphela engakufeza lokhu.”
Ikhoyili yokugcina ye-titanium damping yakhiqizwa kusetshenziswa i-3D Systems' DMP Flex 350, uhlelo lwe-AM lwensimbi olusebenza kahle olunesimo sokuphrinta esingasebenzi kahle. Ukwakheka kwesistimu okuyingqayizivele kwemishini ye-3D Systems' DMP kuqinisekisa ukuthi izingxenye ziqinile, zinembile, zimsulwa ngamakhemikhali, futhi zinokuphindaphindeka okudingekayo ukukhiqiza izingxenye.
Ngesikhathi sokusebenza, ikhoyili yokudambisa igcwele uketshezi futhi ilinganisela ukuguquguquka kwengcindezi ohlelweni ngokumunca nokukhulula amandla. Ukuze isebenze kahle, uketshezi lunezincazelo zokuhlanzeka ukuze kugwenywe ukungcola.
Ukuklama nokukhiqiza le ngxenye kusetshenziswa i-metal AM kunikeza izinzuzo ezinkulu maqondana nokusebenza, ukuhlanganiswa kwezinhlelo ezinkulu, kanye nokonga isisindo. I-3D Systems inikeza isofthiwe ebizwa ngokuthi i-3DXpert, isofthiwe ephelele yokulungiselela, ukuthuthukisa nokuphatha imisebenzi yokuphrinta kwensimbi.
Ithimba le-BWT Alpine F1 likhethe izinto ze-LaserForm Ti Gr23 (A) zamabhethri alo, licaphuna amandla alo aphezulu kanye nekhono lokukhiqiza ngokunembile izingxenye ezinezindonga ezincane njengezizathu zokukhetha kwalo.
I-3D Systems ingumlingani wamakhulu ezicelo ezibalulekile ezimbonini lapho ikhwalithi nokusebenza kubaluleke kakhulu. Le nkampani iphinde inikeze ukudluliselwa kobuchwepheshe ukusiza amakhasimende ukuthi asebenzise ngempumelelo ukukhiqiza okungeziwe ezindaweni zawo.
Ngemuva kwempumelelo yama-accumulators eqembu le-BWT Alpine F1 aprintiwe nge-titanium, uWarner uthe iqembu likhuthazwa ukuthi lilandele izingxenye eziyinkimbinkimbi zokumiswa ngonyaka ozayo.