Porsche以其高性能跑车而闻名，已宣布开发其新的3D印刷个性化桶形座椅。最初，“ Body Form Full Bucket座椅”将于2020年5月在欧洲赛道上使用40个原型，并将使用客户反馈来开发2021年中期的最终街头法律型号。
Drawing inspiration from motorsport
一个新的座位将看到他们的中央座椅和靠背垫部分部分印刷了3D。这将使潜在客户可以选择在三个坚硬的水平之间进行选择：硬，中和软。除了符合人体工程学的拟合度外，座椅还将配备轻巧的材料，改善个人舒适度和被动气候控制。这家德国制造商凭借其个性化的座位，旨在与赛车领域建立联系，习惯是定制的驾驶员特定座椅配件。
“The seat is the interface between the human and the vehicle, and is thus important for precise, sporty handling. That’s why personalised seat shells customised for the driver have been standard in race cars for a long time now,” says Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board for Research and Development at Porsche.
He adds, “With the ‘3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat’, we’re once again giving series-production customers the opportunity to experience technology carried over from motor sports.”
三明治结构
新的水桶座椅基于保时捷现有的驾驶员座椅，该驾驶员座椅包括三明治结构。基本支持由扩展的聚丙烯（EPP）组成。该底座与透气舒适层融合在一起 - 通过3D打印制造的聚氨酯基材料的混合物。座椅的外部皮肤是由Racetex制成的，Racetex是一种防水但透气的材料，具有用于被动气候控制的特定穿孔图案。该座椅还将配备一套窗户面板，以提供3D打印的晶格结构的视图，从而使桶形座椅具有明显的高性能外观。
Porsche will initially be mounting the bucket seat prototypes into its 911 and 718 ranges, along with a six-point seat belt typically found in race cars. The company intends to offer a range of colours in the future, along with body contours specific to individual customers given there is enough demand for it.
Although 3D printing is yet to be widely adopted in the automotive sector, manufacturers have already begun to utilize additive manufacturing to produce non-critical components.三八赛车工程, an Australian motor racing team, has previously used生命值’s MJF technology to producecustomized grips for its race cars’ steering wheels. The steering wheel grips were designed according to the driver’s anatomy, facilitating precise steering inputs as well as enhanced comfort. Elsewhere, in Germany,大众has3D printed at least 10,000 metal parts用于使用HP的添加剂制造技术，以便在其车辆中使用。雷电竞充值
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Featured image shows an exploded view of the 3D printed personalized bucket seat. Image via Porsche.
