Design & Manufacture of a High-Performance Bicycle Crank by Additive Manufacturing

A new practical workflow for the laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) process, incorporating topological design, mechanical simulation, manufacture, and validation by computed tomography is presented, uniquely applied to a consumer product (crank for a high-performance racing bicycle), an approach that is...

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Main Authors: Iain McEwen, David E. Cooper, Jay Warnett, Nadia Kourra, Mark A. Williams, Gregory J. Gibbons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/8/1360