Uni work - Brake assembly done

[adamskiTNR]

3D prototype is complete!
Pretty cool to have it in my hands. Smaller than i imagined it lol, despite the numerous scale drawings i have.

[adamskiTNR]

Also, something that is apparently often forgotten about in design offices, tools. Your design may be perfect, but if you cant get the tools to the fixings then what's the point.

"like a glove"

[Tom5190]

Looks good matey, i had the rod and piston made up from my diss it makes it much more worthwhile actually having it in your hand dosent it!

[adamskiTNR]

Yeah it is quite odd after so long being in front of you in the computer. I kept trying to click the section view button, but i don't have one on my desk lol

[Tom5190]

Hahaha!

[unreal106]

we do this line of work at my company, just bought an object 3d printer!

[adamskiTNR]

The process i am keeping my eye on is laser set metal alm. So the same thing as this but with laser melted metal powder. A few German companies are starting it up, super expensive mind you. All the current metal alm is glue together and then covered in sand, then melted. Like a strange pre casting technique.

[Bedford126]

Might be a stupid question. But is the the stuff that gets printed into a resin? then sets to build up layer by layer?

I only ask because Honda Moto GP are running actual race parts made from the stuff at the mo such as cam covers and aux covers. Not sure if its the actual stuff you use or a variant but it makes sense to use this rather than carry all the separate parts when you can just "print them".

Also i bet it feels amazing to see something in real life touchable form that you have been working for so long on.

[adamskiTNR]

This is a sort of polymer plaster that is lightly sprayed with a binding agent layer by layer. Once removed from the printer it is still fragile and then infiltrated with glue. The type this is made of i don't think is all that strong, so to actually make functional parts you would probably just change the glue used.

[Tom5190]

Yea that stuff is fragile, I had a little hub cap made at 3mm WT and I snapped it by pressing abit to hard when putting it in an alloy wheel.

I was suprised how heavy it is too, my piston weighs more than double what the real one would.

[adamskiTNR]

expensive mistake lol.
Mine aren't too heavy. lighter than aluminium

[Tom5190]

Really? Mines stupidly heavy for what it is like.

Lol I know I was gutted, good job I didnt have to pay for it!

[adamskiTNR]

That was with cheap kitchen scales, so results may vary haha

[adamskiTNR]

Bored over the summer, So finished the brake bell and disc assembly

[adamskiTNR]

Brake caliper done. Ap Racing CP4227-2S0
Just got to do all the hardware and the bracket.

[adamskiTNR]