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1. VRZ 1. a tack bike frame with 3d printed lugs
1 month ago
VRZ 1. is a track bike frame with 3d printed stainless steel lugs glued together with carbon fiber tubes.

this method allows to build custom frames in a short period of time.
you could change the geometry to what ever you like, then the lugs gets generated by a software.
now we just need to print the parts finish them and glue the frame together.

The fork is 480 g and the frame weight is 1100 g (for stainless-Carbon Frame)! if we print the lugs in titanium, it will get even lighter.
The printed lugs could also be used with steel or titan tubes!

pics on vorwaertz.com

musik by robot koch soundcloud.com/robot-koch

carbon fiber tubes from carbon-werke.de

and the 3d printed parts are lasercused on a concept laser machine concept-laser.com

I made this diploma thesis under the guidance of Prof. Raab. coburg-designlab.de

Cam: CANON 500D
  • FIXEDGEAR.TV 1 month ago
    Awesome design!
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  • Ralf Holleis 1 month ago
    thanks man!
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  • Michiel Cornelissen 1 month ago
    Lovely work, great video. Congrats!
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  • Aaron Cantrell 1 month ago
    Nifty and visually appealing, but I must ask was any sort of structural analysis or testing done? I'd love to see more technical details. Is the final bike ridable by a person?
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  • Ralf Holleis 1 month ago
    I did a FEM analysis and from that point i started modelling.
    The parts are printed in stainless steel.
    The melted powder in the end is 99.5 % - 100 % solid.
    That means the material density is better than it is for castings.
    Because of that i am able to remove material on some points.
    Yes it is ridable:)
  • Aaron Cantrell 1 month ago
    Interesting, I would have thought the printed pieces to have a fairly high porosity. Are there established stress/strain and fatigue data for a given process of printing a specific material? Would love to see some of that data. Forgive me for beging so skeptical, the wireframe nature of the lugs just seems like it would have many places where stress concentration would exist.

    What type of glue was used to bond the CF to the lugs? Any plans on releasing a technical presentation of the project, would love to see it.

    Very cool project and application of rapid prototyping tech.
  • Ralf Holleis 1 month ago
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  • Monoix 1 month ago
    So cool... Beautiful lugs. Would it be somewhere near possible/affordable to produce small quantities of lugs for sale? But I'm curious if the glued area really is large enough to cope with the torsional forces in the joints? Time will tell I guess... Very inspiring project!
  • Ralf Holleis 1 month ago
    thank you very much! i trie my very best to bring the concept to an affordable custom bike price. the fork is going to be tested (with certification) next week. and so on.
    i don't have worrys about the glue we did some tests for torsional forces! glue nowadays are impressively strong.
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  • blackben 1 month ago
    cool~~!
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  • Kaspars Garda plus 1 month ago
    you are maniac :) !
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  • Low_Kick 1 month ago
    You are INSANE ! AWESOME piece of work !

    Have you done a FEM analysis before the new design in order to create the design ? Or just once designed, to verify the solidity ?
  • Ralf Holleis 1 month ago
    Thank you! I did FEA analysis before i started modeling, to notice where i do need more,and where i do need less material!
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  • Julien Denoyer 1 month ago
    So very cool! Just added to my tumblr!!!
    juliendenoyerphotography.tumblr.com/
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  • Tijuana Fixed Gear 1 month ago
    hands down!
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  • ONE ARMED BANDIT 1 month ago
    Just did trhe same as Julien Denoyer before read hiqs comment...

    o-a-b.tumblr.com/

    awesome job by the way, crazy!
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  • Hinnerk Sch. 1 month ago
    Unglaublich gut!
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  • Vitya Samokhvalov 1 month ago
    sick!
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  • Lance Mercado 1 month ago
    Very Nice
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  • Jules Ex 1 month ago
    Awesome application of this technology. :)

    If anyone else is interested (took me a while to track it down) which Robot Koch track it is Midnight on the Moon from The Other Side album.
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  • Facit Homes plus 1 month ago
    We like this a lot!
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  • Michael Turri plus 1 month ago
    Spectacularly cool. Video is as great as the lugs! What software did you use for your video?
  • Ralf Holleis 1 month ago
    Thanks!
    After Effects , Premiere pro and cinema 4D
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