Thursday - November 04, 2010
I wonder how much the toner costs?
It didn’t jam the printer but there’s no guarantee it won’t get stuck in traffic.
Two companies in the US have partnered to design and create Urbee - the car built entirely by a 3D printer.
Urbee was made using additive manufacturing processes, which prints layer upon layer of material to create a product.
Many manufacturers, including aeroplane giant Boeing, print their parts, but this is the first time an entire machine prototype has been created using the 3D printing process.
Every exterior component of Urbee, including the windscreen, was made using Dimension 3D printers and Fortus 3D Production Systems by Stratasys, who teamed up with Kor Ecologic to create the energy efficient car.
Jim Kor, president and chief technology officer for Kor Ecologic, said the process eliminated tooling, machining and handwork.
The electric/petrol hybrid car is extremely fuel efficient, getting approximately 85km/L (200mpg) on the highway (100mpg city).
A standard 4WD uses about 10 times the amount of petrol to go the same distance.
The futuristic looking vehicle can be charged from a regular household power outlet - just plug it in overnight - or can draw power from renewable sources such as sunlight or wind.
This combined with the environmentally friendly production process is part of the manufacturers’ goal of Urbee being “as green as possible”.
3-D printing has been used for manufacturing before. Boeing, for example, prints some airplane parts using the process. And a company called Bespoke Innovations is using 3-D printing to manufacture prosthetic limb casings. But Urbee is entirely 3-D printed--all exterior components were produced with Dimension 3D Printers and Fortus 3D Production Systems by Stratsys.
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“FDM lets us eliminate tooling, machining, and handwork, and it brings incredible efficiency when a design change is needed,” Jim Kor, president and chief technology officer at Kor Ecologic explained in a press release. “If you can get to a pilot run without any tooling, you have advantages.”
Posted by Drew458
on 11/04/2010 at 08:46 AM
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