If you're also a go-kart enthusiast, have you ever wanted to build your own car? Let's take a look at how the design team of Yimai Intelligent Technology used high-precision 3D scanning technology and 3D printing technology to transform an ordinary kart into a personalized racing car.
High-precision 3D digital solutions
Four steps to help you realize your personalized racing dreams
Part.1 Dismantling the original kart spare parts
In order to modify the custom racing car, the Yimai intelligent team disassembled all the parts of the kart except for the frame. In the process of disassembly, we will understand the assembly position and load-bearing characteristics of the original kart, and provide guidance for the design of secondary modification.
Part.2 Get frame 3D data
Three-dimensional scanning is an important part of obtaining the original vehicle data, which will provide an important data basis for subsequent racing car modification design and iterative optimization.
Before starting the scan, the frame needs to be pre-treated. Because the FreeScan UE11 Blue Laser Handheld 3D Scanner has a wide range of material adaptability and is not afraid of black, reflective surface materials, there is no need to spray powder, only the frame needs to be pasted.
In the frame scanning, FreeScan UE11 has the characteristics of flexibility, efficiency and smoothness, the scanning speed can reach 1,350,000 points / second, the scanning format can reach 510 * 520mm, in 10 minutes to easily obtain the complete three-dimensional data of the frame, and the accuracy is as high as 0.02mm, the repeat accuracy is stable, and the three-dimensional digital mode of the frame is accurately restored.
-Full frame scan data display-
Part.3 Secondary modification design
The complete, high-precision frame 3D data obtained by the scan can be used for subsequent design steps such as reverse engineering, virtual assembly, data archiving, component inspection and repair.
Yimai Intelligent team confirmed the modification design plan based on the three-dimensional data of the frame, and designed the racing parts for the second time.
-Racing car modification design renderings-
Part.4 Print production parts
3D printing technology has obvious advantages in terms of personalized customization, shape design, material selection and weight control.
After the design model was completed, the Yimai intelligent team used FDM's large-scale 3D printer to make it, in which the parts were printed with different materials to ensure the performance of the car.
Finished product showcase: Racing version of the kart
After the modification is completed, the racing version of the kart can be directly on the road, and can also make extreme operations such as drifting, and the function is no different from the original car.
The application advantages of high-precision 3D digital technology
Compared with traditional methods, high-precision 3D digital technology has promoted the development of digital modification manufacturing processes for the rapid acquisition of 3D data of racing prototypes - intelligent design - manufacturing - quality inspection.
Greatly saves assembly costs, labor costs, time costs and material costs,
Subsequent iterations and optimizations can also be quickly iterated and optimized for racing parts.
The realization of this case is also an example of the popularization of the first three-dimensional high-precision 3D digital technology in the field of racing car modification. In the future, Xianlin 3D will continue to do specialized technology, fine products, good services, and provide efficient and convenient solutions for more application areas, so that high-precision 3D digital technology can exert its innovative value!
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Thank you Dongguan Yimai Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. for providing material for this article.
About Yimai Intelligent Technology
Dongguan Yimai Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise focusing on 3D printing R&D and production in China, and its brand Yimai IEMAI 3D is a global industrial-grade 3D printer brand, which is committed to providing users with multi-material compatible "All in one" 3D printing solutions, supporting the vast majority of thermoplastic materials in the printing market, and helping users solve problems encountered in manufacturing and production.