Ithimba le-BWT Alpine F1 seliphendukele ku-Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) ukuze lithuthukise ukusebenza kwezimoto zalo ngokukhiqiza ama-accumulators e-titanium hydraulic asebenza ngokugcwele anonyawo oluncane.
Ithimba le-BWT Alpine F1 lisebenze ne-3D Systems iminyaka eminingana ukuze lihlinzekwe futhi lithuthukiswe. Lenza okokuqala ngo-2021, iqembu, abashayeli balo uFernando Alonso no-Esteban Ocon abaqede i-10 ne-11 ngokulandelana ngesizini edlule, bakhethe ubuchwepheshe be-3D Systems 'Direct metal printing (DMP) ukukhiqiza izingxenye eziyinkimbinkimbi.
I-Alpine ithuthukisa ngokuqhubekayo izimoto zayo, ithuthukisa futhi ithuthukise ukusebenza emijikelezweni emifushane kakhulu yokuphindaphinda.Izinselele eziqhubekayo zihlanganisa ukusebenza ngaphakathi kwendawo elinganiselwe etholakalayo, ukugcina ingxenye yesisindo siphansi ngangokunokwenzeka, nokuhambisana nokushintsha kwezithiyo zokulawula.
Ochwepheshe abavela ku-3D Systems' Applied Innovation Group (AIG) banikeze ithimba le-F1 ubungcweti bokwenza izingxenye ezihlanganisiwe eziyinkimbinkimbi ezinamajiyometri angaphakathi ayinselele, aqhutshwa umsebenzi ku-titanium.
Ukukhiqiza okungeziwe kunikeza ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokunqoba izinselele zokusungula izinto ezisheshayo ngokuletha izingxenye eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu ezinezikhathi zokuhola ezimfushane.Ezingxenyeni ezifana nama-accumulators we-hydraulic we-Alpine, ingxenye ephumelelayo idinga ubuchwepheshe obengeziwe bokukhiqiza okungeziwe ngenxa yobunkimbinkimbi bomklamo kanye nezidingo eziqinile zokuhlanzeka.
Kuma-accumulator, ikakhulukazi i-rear suspension fluid inertia coil, ithimba lomjaho liklame i-damper enezintambo eziqinile eyingxenye ye-suspension damper yangemuva ku-suspension system yangemuva ebhokisini elikhulu lokudlulisela.
I-accumulator iyishubhu elide, eliqinile eligcina futhi likhiphe amandla ekuguquguqukeni kwesilinganiso sokucindezela.AM inika amandla i-Alpine ukuthi ikhulise ubude bekhoyili emanzi ngenkathi ipakisha ukusebenza okuphelele endaweni elinganiselwe.
"Siklame ingxenye ukuthi isebenze kahle kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka futhi yabelane ukushuba kodonga phakathi kwamashubhu aseduze," kuchaza uPat Warner, umphathi omkhulu wokukhiqiza idijithali weqembu le-BWT Alpine F1."I-AM kuphela engafinyelela lokhu."
Ikhoyili yokugcina ye-titanium damping yakhiqizwa kusetshenziswa i-3D Systems' DMP Flex 350, isistimu ye-AM yensimbi esebenza kahle enomoya wokuphrinta ongasebenzi.Isakhiwo esiyingqayizivele semishini ye-3D Systems' DMP siqinisekisa ukuthi izingxenye ziqinile, zinembile, zihlanzekile ngamakhemikhali, futhi zinokuphindaphinda okudingekayo ukuze kukhiqizwe izingxenye.
Ngesikhathi sokusebenza, ikhoyili edambisayo igcwala uketshezi futhi ilinganisele ukushintshashintsha kwengcindezi ngaphakathi kwesistimu ngokumunca nokukhulula amandla.
Ukuklama nokukhiqiza le ngxenye kusetshenziswa i-metal AM kunikeza izinzuzo ezinkulu mayelana nokusebenza, ukuhlanganiswa ezinhlelweni ezinkulu, nokonga isisindo.I-3D Systems inikeza isofthiwe ebizwa ngokuthi i-3DXpert, isofthiwe ehlangene-konke yokulungiselela, yokuthuthukisa kanye nokuphatha ukuhamba komsebenzi wokuphrinta kwensimbi.
Ithimba le-BWT Alpine F1 likhethe okokusebenza kwe-LaserForm Ti Gr23 (A) kumabhethri ayo, licaphuna amandla ayo aphezulu nekhono lokukhiqiza ngokunembile izigaba ezinezindonga ezincane njengezizathu zokukhetha kwayo.
I-3D Systems inguzakwethu wamakhulu ezicelo ezibalulekile ezimbonini lapho ikhwalithi nokusebenza kubaluleke kakhulu.Inkampani iphinde ihlinzeke ngokudluliswa kobuchwepheshe ukusiza amakhasimende asebenzise ngempumelelo ukukhiqiza okungeziwe ezindaweni zawo.
Ngemva kwempumelelo yeqembu le-BWT Alpine F1 lokuqongelela i-titanium-printed accumulators, u-Warner uthe ithimba liyakhuthazwa ukuthi lilandele izingxenye zokumiswa eziyinkimbinkimbi ngonyaka ozayo.