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Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Signs Three-Year 3D Printing Deal with Roboze
Roboze, an additive manufacturing (AM) leader in super polymers and composite materials, has entered a three-year technical collaboration with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team, beginning in 2023 and running…
3DPOD Episode 131: 3D Printing Auto Parts with GM’s Andrew Cunningham
Andrew Cunningham is an additive manufacturing (AM) process engineer at General Motors (GM). He candidly tells us about how GM is using 3D printing across the organization. We get some…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: October 10, 2021
We’ve got another crazy busy week of 3D printing webinars and events coming up, so let’s just dive right in to all of the details! European Military AM Symposium First…
Solar Race Car Gets Aluminum 3D Printed Roll Cage
3D printing has proven time and again to be a powerful enabling technology for specialty sectors like motor sports. There, it can be leveraged for experimental applications that demonstrate the…
Why Giving Students Access to Advanced SLS 3D Printing Is the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Exceeding traditional engineering limitations is a bread and butter of additive manufacturing. But why is giving students access to the most advanced SLS technology is the best thing since sliced…
Alpine F1 Hits the Track with 3D Systems’ Wind Tunnel Testing Material
This week, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced the latest member of its Accura material family: Accura Composite PIV. The polymer is meant for Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) testing applications in wind…
3D Printed Racing Parts Help Win Indy 500
Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) driver Takuma Sato is the 2020 Indianapolis 500 Champion. To compete for wins in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES requires constant performance and safety based modifications to…
HP’s Multi Jet Fusion Shaves Seconds off CUPRA’s Leon Competición Racer
Given its unique ability to produce small numbers of specialty components quickly and cost-effectively, it’s no surprise that 3D printing is being increasingly applied to the world of motorsports. The…
3D Printing News Briefs: September 21, 2019
We’re talking about an event, some 3D printing education news, and racing applications in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Russia’s top 3D printing festival is returning for a second year,…
Team TUfast Uses Metal 3D Printing to Improve Cooling Geometry of Its Unique Race Car Housing By 20%
3D printing is often called to the track these days to help student formula teams in augmenting their race cars. This season, the Formula Student racing team from TU Munich (TUM)…
3D Printing Helps Formula SAE Car Stay on Track
From steering wheels and dashboards to air intakes, 3D printing technology has come into play for many Formula SAE teams looking to improve their race cars. In a new case…
ZJUT Racing Team Uses 3D Printing to Customize Car
As the first generation of 3D print pioneers establishes themselves, a younger upcoming generation looks to them for support and guidance. To help support this process, the faculty at the…
University Team Races to the Finish Line with 3D Printed Automotive Components
3D printing is seeing increasing applications in the racing world, and whether racing cars, superbikes, or even concrete canoes, using the technology to design and build components for racing vehicles…
Innofil3D Partners with Ten Kate Racing and Polyscope to Release New ABS Material for 3D Printed Superbike Racing Components
From cars, yachts, and drones to wheelchairs, bikes, and even small, lifelike heads, 3D printing has been taking the world of competitive racing by storm over the last few years. Ten Kate Racing,…
Stratasys at the Grand Prix: McLaren Formula 1 Races Ahead with 3D Printed Parts and Trackside 3D Printing
Now that March Madness is over, we can all turn our eyes from the court to the track, as the Grand Prix kicks off later this month. In the fast-paced, high…
3D Scanning and 3D Printing Get Century-Old Delage Type-S Grand Prix Car Back on the Road
It might seem that if you’ve already managed to get over a century out of your car, that you should just be grateful and willing to move along when it…
Stratasys Signs Four-Year Partnership with McLaren Racing as Official Supplier of 3D Printing Solutions
One of the oldest and biggest 3D printer manufacturers in the world is Stratasys, and you don’t get to be one of the best without constantly working on innovative projects…
University of Connecticut Students Design Racecar with Help from 3D Systems Geomagic Software
Racing, in its various forms, is a great way to get students, from elementary school to college level, thinking creatively and implementing skills in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and…
IndyCar Driver Charlie Kimball’s Career is Saved by His Father, 3D Printing, Stratasys & Novo Nordisk
It’s spring and that means one thing if you are a racing fan–the IndyCar Series kicks off. Last year Will Power won the series, but 2015 is a whole new…
New 3D Printed Shifters for SIM Racing Looking Good Right Out of the Starting Gate
For SIM racing, the shifter is your central focus in many ways, and it’s important due to the repetition involved to have one that is extremely durable and reliable. It’s…
Stratasys and 3D Printing Take the Trophy in Cologne for Motorsport Technology of the Year
Thanks to Stratasys, 3D printing is on the winning side in the motorsports industry this week — and here to stay, making quite the impression among racing enthusiasts along the way….
Kickstarter Campaign for 3D Printed Quadcopter Launches
If Leonardo da Vinci had been able to 3D print, his helicopter would no doubt have made it off of the pages of his sketchbook and into the history books….
3D Printing to Play a Major Role In The Future of F1 Racing
How can’t you love Formula One Racing? Even if you aren’t a racing fan, to watch these single seated cars speed around a track together at speeds in excess of…
