UJesse Cross ukhuluma ngendlela ama-laser enza ngayo kube lula ukugoba insimbi ibe yizimo ze-3D.
Ibizwa ngokuthi “i-origami yezimboni”, lena yindlela entsha yokugoqa insimbi engagqwali ye-duplex enamandla amakhulu engaba nomthelela omkhulu ekukhiqizweni kwezimoto. Le nqubo, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Lightfold, iqanjwe ngokusebenzisa i-laser ukuze kushiswe ishidi lensimbi engagqwali endaweni ethile emgqeni ogoqwayo ofunwayo. Amashidi ensimbi engagqwali e-duplex agoqwayo ngokuvamile asebenzisa amathuluzi abizayo, kodwa inkampani entsha yaseSweden i-Stilride ithuthukise le nqubo entsha yokukhiqiza ama-scooter kagesi ashibhile.
Umklami wezimboni kanye nomsunguli we-Stilride, uTu Badger, ubelokhu ebheke umqondo wesikuta kagesi esingabizi kakhulu kusukela eneminyaka engu-19 ngo-1993. Kusukela lapho uBeyer usebesebenzele uGiotto Bizzarrini (ubaba wezinjini ze-Ferrari 250 GTO kanye ne-Lamborghini V12), i-BMW Motorrad kanye ne-Husqvarna. Uxhaso oluvela enkampanini yokusungula izinto ezintsha yaseSweden iVinnova lwenza uBeyer wakwazi ukusungula inkampani futhi asebenze nomsunguli kanye nomqondisi ophethe uJonas Nyvang. Umbono we-Lightfold waqala ukuqanjwa ngumkhiqizi wensimbi engagqwali waseFinland u-Outokumpu. UBadger wasungula umsebenzi wokuqala kwi-Lightfold, egoqa amashidi ayisicaba ensimbi engagqwali ngerobhothi ukuze yakhe uhlaka oluyinhloko lwesikuta.
Amashidi ensimbi engagqwali enziwa ngokugoqa okubandayo, inqubo efana nokugoqa inhlama encane kodwa ngezinga lezimboni. Ukugoqa okubandayo kuqinisa impahla, okwenza kube nzima ukugoba. Ukusebenzisa i-laser ukushisa insimbi emugqeni ogoqekile ohlosiwe, ngokunemba okukhulu okunganikezwa yi-laser, kwenza kube lula ukugoqa insimbi ibe yisimo esinezinhlangothi ezintathu.
Enye inzuzo enkulu yokwenza isakhiwo sensimbi engagqwali ukuthi asigqwali, ngakho akudingeki sipendwe kodwa sisabukeka kahle. Ukungapendi (njengoba kwenza i-Steelride) kunciphisa izindleko zezinto zokwakha, ukukhiqiza, futhi mhlawumbe isisindo (kuye ngokuthi usayizi wemoto ungakanani). Kukhona nezinzuzo zokuklama. Inqubo yokugoqa "idala i-DNA yokuklama echazayo ngempela," kusho uBadger, "ngokushayisana okuhle kobuso phakathi kwe-concave ne-convex." Insimbi engagqwali iyasimeme, ingaphinde isetshenziswe ngokuphelele futhi inesakhiwo esilula. Ububi bezikuta zanamuhla, abaklami baphawula, ukuthi zinohlaka lwensimbi oluyishubhu olumbozwe ngomzimba wepulasitiki, olunezingxenye eziningi futhi kunzima ukulwenza.
I-prototype yokuqala yesikuta, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Stilride SUS1 (Sports Utility Scooter One), isilungile futhi inkampani ithi "izophonsela inselelo ukucabanga okuvamile kokukhiqiza ngokusebenzisa i-origami yezimboni ezingamarobhothi ukugoqa izakhiwo zensimbi eziyisicaba ukuze zihambisane nezinto ezibonakalayo." "Izakhiwo Nezakhiwo Zejiyometri". Uhlangothi lokukhiqiza lusenqubweni yokulingisa inkampani ye-R&D iRobotdalen futhi, uma inqubo isisunguliwe njengesebenzayo kwezentengiselwano, kulindeleke ukuthi ifanele hhayi kuphela isikuta sikagesi kodwa futhi nemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene. Uhlangothi lokukhiqiza lusenqubweni yokulingisa inkampani ye-R&D iRobotdalen futhi, uma inqubo isisunguliwe njengesebenzayo kwezentengiselwano, kulindeleke ukuthi ifanele hhayi kuphela isikuta sikagesi kodwa futhi nemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene. Uhlangothi lokukhiqiza lusenqubweni yokwenziwa imodeli yinkampani ye-R&D iRobotdalen futhi uma inqubo isiyasebenza kwezentengiselwano, kulindeleke ukuthi ifanele hhayi kuphela isikuta sikagesi kodwa nemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene. Isici sokukhiqiza siklanywa yinkampani ye-R&D iRobotdalen futhi uma inqubo isinqunyiwe ukuthi iyasebenza kwezentengiselwano, kulindeleke ukuthi ingasebenzi kuma-e-scooter kuphela kodwa nasemikhiqizoni ehlukahlukene.
Le phrojekthi ihilele abasebenzi abaningi abanobuchwepheshe obuningi, okuhlanganisa ukuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo, ukuklama nokukhiqiza insimbi, kanti i-Outokumpu ingumdlali obalulekile.
Insimbi engagqwali ephindwe kabili ibizwa kanjalo ngoba izakhiwo zayo ziyinhlanganisela yezinye izinhlobo ezimbili, i-“austenitic” kanye ne-“ferritic”, ezinikeza amandla aphezulu okudonseka (amandla okudonseka) kanye nokulula kokushisela. I-DMC DeLorean yango-1980 yenziwe ngensimbi engagqwali esetshenziswa kabanzi i-304 austenitic, eyinhlanganisela yensimbi, i-nickel kanye ne-chromium futhi imelana nokugqwala kakhulu kuzo zonke izinsimbi ezingagqwali.