Stratasys Ltd. announced that it has been named an official partner of Toyota Racing Development (TRD). The partnership will make its debut with 3D printed production parts on the forthcoming Toyota GR86 for the GR Cup, a new single-make racing series sanctioned by SRO America.
“Additive manufacturing has allowed us to quickly iterate, design, and create parts for our race vehicles in a way that would have been far more expensive or labor intensive through traditional manufacturing methods,” said David Wilson, President of TRD. “By partnering with Stratasys we are able to advance our manufacturing practices beyond what is currently possible and really harness the possibilities of additive manufacturing for production parts.”
TRD通过整合Stratasysfortus®450MC，F370和新的复合ReadyF370®CR3D打印机，将其对添加剂制造的使用从原型化扩展到最终用途零件- 级3D打印机将用于创建最终用途零件，包括用于新生产的Toyota GR86的FDM®Nylon12CF引擎盖通风孔，并在TRD产品组合中创建了广泛的最终用途零件。此外，TRD一直是Stratasys Direct Manufacturing的长期客户，利用各种添加剂制造技术进行原型制造。TRD将进一步利用Stratasys Direct Services来打印夹具，用于使用SAF™技术供电的Stratasys H350™3D打印机，并使用可持续性Stratasys高收益PA11材料。
“This new partnership represents a significant moment in the evolution of additive manufacturing for high performance automotive racing applications,” said Pat Carey, Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth for Stratasys. “We will partner with TRD to support their efforts as they further adopt, prove out and integrate additive manufacturing into their production as a prototyping, tooling and end-use parts solution across the GR86 and TRD custom parts as well.”
TRD plans to continue to integrate additive manufacturing into their manufacturing processes for TRD-branded vehicles and racing cars. The GR Cup, featuring the GR86, is set to begin in 2023.
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