Scotch egg

苏格兰鸡蛋

• 批准号: 522182-2017
• 负责人: Fernlund, Goran
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=640386
• 关键词: Scotch; egg

Carbon fiber bicycles are becoming increasingly more popular due to their high strength/stiffness and lightweight properties. The majority of these bikes are produced on expensive steel tooling (moulds) that require ahigh capital investment and commitment to a design before prototypes have been built and tested. RockyMountain Bicycles is interested in developing a technique for rapid prototyping carbon fiber bicycles forevaluation before production tooling investments are made.The focus of this research project is to investigate the potential use of 3D printed tooling for rapid prototypingcarbon fiber composite bicycle frames. Rocky Mountain Bicycles Ltd. is a world leader in designing andmanufacturing high end, full suspension, carbon fiber and metallic bicycle frames. To bring a new metallicframe design to market, a number of handmade prototypes are built (welded and machined) and tested beforethe design goes into production. This is not the case for carbon fiber bicycle frames. Due to the high cost oftooling, prototypes are typically not made from carbon fiber. The same geometry (ie, location of pivot points,seat post, crank, etc.) is created with metal, and once the geometry is determined the company must commit toexpensive tooling for a production run before anyone has even ridden a carbon fiber version. New technologieslike 3D printing can be used to develop a method of prototyping carbon fiber frames. This would help RockyMountain Bicycles Ltd. reduce time to market, increase the speed of innovation and provide a competitiveadvantage.This project will support Rocky Mountain Bicycles Ltd. by bring products to the market quickly, therebyincreasing innovation, while at the same time reducing financial risk by increasing certainty in a design beforeinvestments are made in tooling. The design of these highly technical products will require continuouslong-term investment in research and development and the establishment of long-term relationships withresearch groups in the field of materials science.

碳纤维自行车由于其高强度/刚度和轻质特性而变得越来越受欢迎。这些自行车的大部分是在昂贵的钢模具（模具）上生产的，这需要高资本投资和在原型建造和测试之前对设计的承诺。RockyMountain Bicycles有兴趣开发一种在生产工具投资之前对碳纤维自行车进行快速原型制作的技术。该研究项目的重点是调查3D打印工具在快速原型制作碳纤维复合材料自行车车架中的潜在用途。落基山自行车有限公司是世界领先的设计和制造高端，全悬挂，碳纤维和金属自行车框架。为了将一种新的金属框架设计推向市场，在设计投入生产之前，要建造（焊接和机加工）许多手工原型并进行测试。这不是碳纤维自行车车架的情况。由于工具成本高，原型通常不是由碳纤维制成的。相同的几何形状（即枢轴点、座柱、曲柄等的位置）是用金属制成的，一旦几何形状确定，公司就必须在任何人骑过碳纤维版本之前投入昂贵的工具进行生产。3D打印等新技术可用于开发碳纤维框架的原型制作方法。这将帮助RockyMountain Bicycles Ltd.缩短产品上市时间，提高创新速度，并提供竞争优势。该项目将支持RockyMountain Bicycles Ltd.快速将产品推向市场，从而增加创新，同时通过在模具投资之前增加设计的确定性来降低财务风险。这些高技术产品的设计需要在研究和开发方面进行持续的长期投资，并与材料科学领域的研究小组建立长期关系。