Additive Manufacturing for Motor Sports
Realize Potential With EOS 3D Printing Systems
- Simplified implementation of lightweight structures
- Simplified implementation of integrated functionality
- Drastically reduced lead time, faster iterations
Faster, lighter – and always safe: these are the requirements of motor sports development. For decades, EOS has been working with customers to exploit new potential using industrial 3D printing.
The innovation cycles are extremely short, and the competitive pressure is high, just like the stresses on the parts themselves.
Besides precisely defined functional properties, low weight and high strength count the most. There are similar requirements on the choice of manufacturing technology: it needs to allow innovative and often unusual designs. It must allow parts and their variants to be manufactured quickly, with minimal effort and cost.
3D Printing Application Examples From Motor Sports
Williams Martini Racing Frontwing in carbon fiber filled HP 11-30
EOS Solutions for the Formula 1 Team
Front Wing Design at
Williams Martini Racing
Williams Martini Racing was looking for a simple, fast and cost-efficient solution to build design prototypes for the front wing of their Formula 1 race car. Additive manufacturing by EOS offered the perfect complement to their development and manufacturing processes. With the EOSINT P 760, the team succeeded in building various iterations, as well as lower costs thanks to reduced production times.
All Advantages at a Glance
- Greatly reduced overall product development cycles
- Expensive mold-making is only required for the final work piece
- Overall manufacturing process becomes much simpler and more efficient
- Functional: exact reproduction of the original part properties
EOS Solution for Motorcycle Racing
Additive Manufacturing of a Footrest
Pankl Racing Systems is a systems supplier for motor sports, high-performance vehicles, and the aviation industry. Making complex lightweight components quickly without compromising on safety is one of the challenges faced by the company. With additive manufacturing solutions by EOS, the Austrian company has successfully realized various iterations of topology-optimized motor sports parts.
The path to a customized mass product
Aetrex uses customer data collected using the Albert program, an innovative foot scanning system. The captured data is then sent to the EOS 3D printer. Based on the measurements of the individual pressure point distribution, the 3D printer then creates a 3D printed insole. The result is a product that is precisely tailored to the customer’s foot.
- Accelerated product development, quick iterations
- High quality, density of 99.9 %
- Lightweight parts with bionic structures and topology optimization
EOS has the experience and professionalism that our employees display everyday at work. We’re not just a racing team, we’re also an engineering company. All of our products and race cars are based on technically advanced decisions. The same is true at EOS.
Richard Brady | Head of Advanced Digital Manufacturing | Williams Martini Racing