Ford Performance， 这高性能划分福特汽车公司，，，，加上它的主张“ t他最大的3D金属印花部分是汽车历史上的工具。”The aluminium manifold inlet, 3D printed on a Concept Laser X LINE 2000R fromGE添加剂，花了五天的时间完成。
Neither Ford nor Hoonigan have revealed the actual dimensions of the manifold, except to say that it is 6 kg in weight. This makes more than twice as heavy asBugatti’s 3D printed制动钳，，，，itself at the time claimed to be “the largest functional component” 3D printed out of titanium. The Bugatti brake caliper measured at 41 x 21 x 13.6 cm (L x W x H).
Ford’s inlet manifold was created at Ford’s German 3D printing lab, with the help of亚太地区的数字添加剂生产学院，来自德国亚兴大学。
Manifolds are the part of an engine that supplies the fuel/air mixture to the cylinders. In order to supply sufficient air from the truck’s turbochargers to its cylinders, the manifold was 3D printed into a webbed structure, using aluminium alloy powder.
“该歧管具有复杂的网络型结构，无法使用传统的制造方法制成。我们最终将支持系统溶解在酸中。”福特欧洲材料和过程工程师拉斐尔·科赫（Raphael Koch）说。
“我们很幸运能够获得令人难以置信的技术，但这是一个将我们和计算能力推向绝对极限的项目。”
1977年YouTube演出的卡车定制卡车
该车辆是1977年的福特F-150，转换为一个名为Hoonitruck的自定义900马力（HP）漂移卡车。经过两年的发展，它是由肯·布洛克（Ken Block）于2014年建造的。块是专业的拉力赛车司机Hoonigan Racing Division，一支参加世界锦标赛的赛车队。他还是DC鞋。
Blockbuilt the Hoonitruckas a tribute to his late father, and for nostalgic reasons – the F-150 was the pickup he learned to drive in. He was looking to feature the truck in his next Gymkhana video, a popular racingYouTube视频系列。The most recent episode has 13 million views to date.
However, to prepare the 1977 truck for the challenge, it needed to be fitted with a bespoke intake manifold. Block said,
“I think Ford did an exceptional job. This is my favourite part of the Hoonitruck. You could not have made it any other way.”
3D printed manifolds and spare parts
The intake manifold is an important and complicated part of a car, particularly a racing vehicle. Conventional manufacturing has design limitations, such as uneven air distribution and other发动机性能问题。此外，将进气歧管组合在一起时，还有许多小组件。
去年，大黄蜂赛车，，，，a racing team from California, decided to大修设计对于他们的2017年赛车，使用加上制造的歧管。团队使用了数字光合成(DLS) technique fromCarbon 3D，加利福尼亚人3D printermanufacturer.
以前，歧管和类似零件已被打印为塑料原型，以测试成品对车辆的适合程度。然后可以使用这些型号铸造金属零件。在一个这样一个项目中，Bocar，，，，a Polish fire engine manufacturer, 3D printeda vacuum manifoldprototype for a fire truck engine, using ABS.
Truck spare parts in 3D printing
这是福特最近有关卡车主题的最新消息。去年3月，该公司宣布将投资2500万美元into its Ford Trucks plant in Kentucky, with plans to purchase a second 3D printer.
同时，Daimler Trucks North America俄勒冈州重型车辆制造商正在考虑增加3D印刷备件的制造。该公司于2017年开始按需创建稀有和备件，在3D印刷服务局的帮助下，Technology House。
对于原始或已修复的车辆（例如1977年的霍尼特拉克）的所有者来说，车辆的金属备件是必需的。这些需要更换零件以保持它们的运行，并且增材制造业使制造商可以同时升级这些零件。雷电竞充值
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Featured image shows the 1977 Ford F-150 Hoonigan. Photo via Hoonigan.
