FOCUS ON ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Opposite top : TRUMPF application developers Chris Lengwenat ( left ) and Nicolas Haydt , with the Dangerholm handlebars hot off the printer . ( Image : TRUMPF ).
Opposite bottom : Syncros , Scott ’ s component manufacturer , extreme bike tuner Dangerholm and TRUMPF are building a handlebar for the bike of the future . ( Image : TRUMPF ).
Left : The handlebar is essentially based on a unit with semi-internal ducts for the brake cables . ( Image : TRUMPF ).
Below : For the same bike , Dangerholm and the TRUMPF specialists printed exposed and errorprone rear derailleur components on a TruPrint 1000 with titanium for Faction Bike Studio . ( Image : TRUMPF ).
“ Unlike conventional methods , such as milling , metal 3D printing wins points for its freedom of form . Tools reach their physical limits , whereas powder can be built up in any shape .”
“ The internal cable channels of the Dangerholm handlebars can only be achieved with 3D printing — high stability with low weight . This is what makes aluminium printing so interesting , especially for the bike industry ,” added Haydt .
Dangerholm , Scott and TRUMPF completed the sophisticated handlebar design just in time for Eurobike 24 .
Back in Sweden , Dangerholm was delighted : “ 3D printing is like science fiction . You are literally holding a little piece of the future in your hands ,” he exclaimed .
Additive manufacturing with titanium
Same bike , different supplier ….
Dangerholm works with Faction Bike Studio from Canada for the derailleur components . TRUMPF specialists , Lengwenat and Haydt , therefore fitted the bike with titanium components on behalf of Faction Bike Studio . These are exposed and error-prone rear derailleur components , such as the parallelogram and the cage .
The components were printed on a TruPrint 1000 using Ti64 Gd . 23 , a special titanium alloy with a particularly low oxygen content . This , said TRUMPF , has now taken stability and design to a new level . n
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