To get around this, and also allow the team to have a faster and cheaper way of testing out car parts, they use a wind tunnel model. At the moment, the majority of the 3D printed polymers are used in the test models for the racing cars. Currently, the team carries out only four or five real-life tests a year. At the Williams F1 base, there are on-site 3D printing machines that can create polymers, however metal parts are still created off-site. How Williams F1 uses 3D printing technology The requirement of Formula One cars to be lightweight (but not too lightweight) means they are currently formed from metals such as aluminium alongside parts made from carbon fibre.
(Note: throughout this article, the terms '3D printing' and 'additive manufacturing' are used interchangeably). Computerworld UK visited the Williams Formula One headquarters to find out how the team is using 3D printing technology to test and manufacture their race cars, and how you might encounter Formula One technology in places you wouldn't expect - walking down the aisle of a supermarket for instance. With margins of mere seconds separating each ranking, slimming down the slivers of time between a win and a loss is imperative for each team. President tell me what's the word? Selling ammunition to the mentally ill, just to make a penny while innocent get killed Turn on the news and I heard the sounds, from the thirty-second floor gun shots raining down All those lives lost, what a pity Just tryna have a good time down in Sin City This ain't the first occasion, but I hope it's the last Kindergarteners can't feel so good in the class Wanna walk down the street, not look behind my back, as a MAC rip through a venue fully packed and blast.įormula One racing breeds a pace of innovation as speedy as the compact race cars which zoom around the track.