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Written by Vijay Pattni
This is a wheel. It is used on motor vehicles to allow forward motion. Functional, then. Often, humans like to fit unnecessarily big wheels onto their motor vehicles because, well, humans. And if they want really complicated design patterns on their really big wheels? Step forward, HRE Wheels and GE Additive, who have unveiled a new titanium wheel using a form of 3D printing that, apparently, allows for more "complex designs". Here"s the first one, resplendent on a McLaren P1. The companies state the inefficiencies of current aluminium wheel manufacture where 80 per cent of the material from, say, a 100lb block of aluminium is discarded. This new method only removes 5 per cent of the block.
Date written: 14 Nov 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14037
This is a wheel. It is used on motor vehicles to allow forward motion. Functional, then. Often, humans like to fit unnecessarily big wheels onto their motor vehicles because, well, humans. And if they want really complicated design patterns on their really big wheels? Step forward, HRE Wheels and GE Additive, who have unveiled a new titanium wheel using a form of 3D printing that, apparently, allows for more "complex designs". Here"s the first one, resplendent on a McLaren P1. The companies state the inefficiencies of current aluminium wheel manufacture where 80 per cent of the material from, say, a 100lb block of aluminium is discarded. This new method only removes 5 per cent of the block.
Date written: 14 Nov 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14037
