Carbon fiber reinforced, 3D printed tube bending die ✅
Rebula MTB builds custom, high-performance mountain bikes. They constantly need new tools and equipment to manufacture these bikes.
The team is currently using this 3D printed tube bender made of Onyx and continuous carbon fiber to shape the curves of the aluminum chainstays for a new bicycle model.
A standard die with a matching profile of the aluminum tube stock was not available for their bender and manufacturing it from steel was expensive as the design constantly changes during the development phase.
Manufacturing the high-strength fixture on a Markforged X7 3D printer enabled rapid and cost-effective production of each iteration.
The best part? The bending tool works so well that it now serves as the final production tool.
This is manufacturing redefined!
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