McLaren Racing signs new four-year partnership with Stratasys to bring additive manufacturing to Formula 1
27 January 2017
McLaren Racing and Stratasys entered a new four-year partnership under which Stratasys will supply McLaren Racing with a suite of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, as the Official Supplier of 3D Printing Solutions to the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team. Stratasys will work closely with the grand prix outfit as it ramps up its rapid manufacturing capacity at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, UK.
Under the agreement, Stratasys will supply McLaren Racing with its latest Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and PolyJet-based 3D printing solutions and materials for visual and functional prototyping, production tooling including composite tooling, and customized production parts—enabling their accelerated delivery while increasing performance and productivity in design and manufacturing operations.
The ability to rapidly model, build and evaluate new components is an invaluable asset for any fast-moving and dynamic racing organization. But our new partnership with Stratasys will not only increase our output in that area, but also allow us to dynamically explore and utilize the cutting-edge of Stratasys' new 3D printing innovations and solutions. It has become clear that motorsport's reliance on rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing, and the ability to radically cut time to market, is increasing, and we look to being well served by our new alliance with Stratasys.
—Eric Boullier, racing director of McLaren Racing
This may be an ideal solution/application for low volume additive 3D printed units.
Posted by: HarveyD | 27 January 2017 at 08:52 AM