技术
- 网络与连接 - 以太网
适用行业
- 航天
- 生命科学
适用功能
- 产品研发
用例
- 添加剂制造
- 快速原型制作
关于客户
客户 Robot Bike Company (RBC) 是一家总部位于英国的初创公司。该公司由一群航空航天工程师和山地自行车爱好者创立,他们看到了将增材制造技术与碳纤维相结合来制造卓越自行车车架的潜力。 RBC 的愿景是打造一款可定制、轻质、高强度的自行车车架,能够承受下坡山地自行车的严酷考验。该公司的目标是通过使用碳纤维管和其他由增材制造的钛“节点”连接的部件来实现这一目标,这些部件将根据个人骑手的规格进行定制。
挑战
Robot Bike Company (RBC) 是一家英国初创公司,由航空航天工程师和山地自行车爱好者创立。他们的目标是将增材制造技术与碳纤维相结合,创造出最好的自行车车架。我们面临的挑战是提供一种可定制、轻质、高强度的自行车车架,该车架由业内常见的碳纤维材料制成。碳纤维管和其他部件将通过增材制造的钛“节点”连接起来,并根据各个骑手的规格进行定制。 Altair ProductDesign 的工程团队的任务是优化这些接头,包括头管、座杆和后下叉凸耳,以确保它们轻质、耐用且适合增材制造工艺。
解决方案
为了满足项目紧迫的时间要求,Altair ProductDesign 采用了 SolidThinking Inspire。这项技术使团队能够快速将现有设计融入环境中,并应用自行车车架在使用过程中需要承受的各种负载数据。还考虑了节点允许的尺寸和固定点位置等约束。 SolidThinking Inspire 使用此数据输出新的几何布局,该布局删除了不需要满足性能目标的材料。 Altair ProductDesign 还寻求机会简化框架设计以降低生产成本。例如,后下叉凸耳原本是一个三件式组件,后来被重新设计为一个针对质量、性能和制造成本进行优化的单个组件。
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