Euro-uRapid 2007, International User’s Conference & Exhibition on Rapid Prototyping & Rapid Tooling & Rapid Manufacturing  

 Frankfurt - December 3rd–4th

Rapid manufacturing application:
Motorbike dashboard and support

Giampiero Testoni
Managing Director
CRP Racing srl (Italy)


ABSTRACT

CRP Technology’s RP Department developed the project of a Windform XT motorbike dashboard and its support made with selective laser sintering technology in collaboration with CRP Racing.
It was necessary to produce a special dashboard to host the motorbike’s electronic system developed internally by CRP Racing, which had to be light and tough at the same time. Definitely different from the original one, a new support was needed and the positioning of the exhaust servo motor had to be changed as well.
The new Windform XT dashboard made by SLS has a big news indeed: it is an all-in-one CDI, DATALOGGER and DASHBOARD box!

The particular must be ready to face water infiltrations, vibrations, crashes, high or low temperatures and so on. The component has to be also waterproof and stiff enough to protect the internal fragile components. Moreover, the shape of the component is optimized to fit the small space inside the upper fairing and the rider view needs.
All these characteristics are important for the final performance: if the electronic components of the motorbike don’t work neither the bike can work!

The most important thing in Motorsport races is the final performance and the possibility to produce a high quality new component in a very short time. When modifications are needed, Rapid Manufacturing allows them, saving time, weight and cost even when only few parts are produced and allowing the shape to be more complex: a big step ahead compared to the aluminium and magnesium parts used in the past which needed to be machined.

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