TIL: It's Possible To 3D Print A 'Functioning' Serpentine Belt
The world of 3D printing is fascinating, and it’ll be interesting to see exactly what it might mean cars in the future. There are companies out there offering cars that can be 3D printed and put together by the end user, and Koengisegg’s amazingly clever turbochargers were in the news a few years ago for using 3D printed components.
But what happens if you decided to start printing off your own car parts? Say, a serpentine belt? This guy modelled a replacement serpentine belt himself on a programme called Fusion 360, and after a few failed printing attempts, he had himself a ‘working’ part. Why the inverted commas? Well, watch the video and you’ll see it doesn’t work particularly well, and doesn’t last that long.
You definitely wouldn’t want to try the same for a timing belt, in other words. But regardless, it’s a cool experiment.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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fusion360 brethren unite!
Nows our chance guys
Bit of a tricky component to try and ‘print’ as the proper belt has nylon/Kevlar reinforcings within the rubber, it might look like it is ‘just’ a rubber belt but cut one apart and you will see that he was on to a loser!
You can actually print kevlar and carbon reinforcement at the same time now with some of the better printers.
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This belt would work alot better if it wasn’t just rubber, but of it had reinforcement, you can 3d print plastic with nylon and carbon fiber strings in it.
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