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The challenge
Inability to construct carbon fibre ducts and tubing through conventional methods and equipments complying with the established quality and performance requirements
Problem solving
The FDM soluble mandrels allow to produce the components with the desired internal and external surface finish, removing the need of a mould in several parts or of a spindle in sand
The benefits
Possibility of creating high-performance parts for motor vehicles, with excellent surface finish and mechanical properties, which was impossible or unfeasible previously through a simple and repeatable manufacturing process
previous one, so it is easy to maintain the ducts' inner surface finish. The FDM soluble mandrels have also offered a lot of possibilities to create new parts going over the traditional barriers which hampered the improvement of the design and the production phases. As from Chris Lyew’s words, "The soluble mandrels have allowed me to design and construct components that before I would not have even considered, because of the difficulties inherent to their production." F o r L o u i s M i l o n e , Te c h n i c a l D i r e c t o r o f C h a m p i o n M o t o r s p o r t , t h e b e n e f i t s are obvious: "There are no side effects at all for us in this technology." Stratasys currently offers two of the most reliable, safe, fast and clean 3D printing technologies: FDM (fused deposition modeling) and Polyjet. The FDM technology (fused deposition modeling) is clean, easy to use and ideal for offices. FDM supports the same thermoplastic used for traditional production processes, with high stability characteristics from the mechanical and environmental point of view. For any application requiring tight tolerances, high strength and environmental stability, as well as special properties such as electrostatic dissipation, translucency, biocompatibility, VO flammability and FST compliance, there is a FDM thermoplastic.
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Later he joined the Stratasys team as Application Engineer for Italy and EMEA with a great experience which has acquired previously in the area of composites and aerospace.
NICCOLÒ GIANNELLI, nato a Milano, consegue la laurea specialistica in ingegneria aerospaziale al Politecnico di Milano
e inizia subito la sua poliennale esperienza come progettista strutturale presso i maggiori costruttori nel campo aeronautico internazionale (AIRBUS, Agusta Westland). In seguito entra
a far parte della squadra Stratasys, in cui ricopre il ruolo di Application Engineer per l’Italia ed EMEA con punti di forza, anche a luce dell’esperienza maturata in precedenza, nei compositi e nell’aerospaziale.
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