Materialise Works with Student Racing Team

One area that we've witnessed really speeding up its use of 3D printing technology is on the racetrack, with big names like Nissan Motorsports, BMW, and McLaren Racing all racing to find customized, 3D printed solutions. Last summer, Materialise helped a student team from Hochscule Emden/Leer design and print the frame for its screwdriver-powered car, and now the Belgium-based company is working on a race car with another student team. InMotion is made up of engineering students from the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), and the team has set some pretty major goals for its electric race car - compete in the legendary, difficult 24 Hours of Le Mans race by 2019, after first breaking the electric-track record (set by Stefan Bellof in 1983) at the Nürburgring in Germany next year. InMotion is currently working with Materialise to design and 3D print titanium parts for its IM/e race car, which just completed a record-breaking circuit run earlier this month at Zandvoort, the largest and most prestigious racetrack in the Netherlands. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/179346/electric-r...print-y-joint/

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