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Indastria, a 3D-printing company in Monza, Italy has utilized the most innovative additive manufacturing technologies to collaborate in thousands of projects in a variety of industries. As the technical sponsor for SpeedUp-Boscoscuro’s racing team for the 2022 Moto2 World Championship, Indastria used Formlabs’ Fuse 1 3D-printers to make motorcycle parts to be used directly on the motorcycle during races.
Also referred to as additive manufacturing (AM), 3D-printing is a manufacturing process where engineers may add only what is needed for production, in a layer-by-layer process. This method provides another level of intricate detail capability in the design, while also allowing reinforcements to be built in to support the overall outcome. Although 3D-printing has been around for multiple decades, the 3D-printing process has accelerated and become widely accepted in multiple industries.
Alonso López, one of SpeedUp-Boscoscoscuro riders, took 3rd place in Japan, 2nd place in Malaysia and 1st place in Australia, riding motorcycles with 3D-printed parts.
In past years, the motorcycle industry, has increasingly adopted additive manufacturing. The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team has recently partnered with Roboze, an Italian-American company, which specializes in high-performance 3D-printing. The partnership is expected to continue throughout the 2023 – 2025 racing seasons. With the application of 3D-printing technology, a range of improvements and innovation progress is now recognized on a global scale. MotoGP’s development and engineering teams are now relying on 3D-printing as a strategic manufacturing process. The new partnership between the Monster Energy, Yamaha MotoGP team and Roboze, is also a testament to the increasing trend in 3D-printing and motorcycle applications, which is predicted to continue well into the next decade.
In the USA, Italian 3D-printing manufacturer, WASP, has partnered with Honda’s R&D arm. Honda and WASP have developed WASP’s Liquid Deposition Modeling (LDM) 3D-printing technology to advance clay motorcycle modeling, which offers greater freedom in design. The LDM 3D-printing process leveraged by WASP’s DELTA WASP 40100 Clay 3D printer, is capable of extruding clay in a continuous cycle.
According to Nicola Schiavarelli, Product Manager and Co-founder of WASP, “The technological innovation consists in keeping at a constant temperature the whole system made by tank, connection pipe and extruder.” He also said, “WASP research has led to the creation of a revolutionary machine for printing industrial clay, the DELTA WASP 40100 clay, which can able to extrude and make the material both reusable and never-ending. Therefore, we consider WASP’s collaborative 3D printing a new concept in the additive industry.”
Honda has integrated WASP’s 3D printing technology into its motorcycle design process with the goal of shortening time to market. Additive technology provided by 3D-printing provides Honda a hybrid approach to industrial clay modeling to modernize and improve its workflow, also creating the design flexibility associated with hand-crafted motorcycles.
In the past, industrial clay has often been used to prototype motorcycle parts, offering greater design capability, however, according to WASP, the manual modeling process can be slow. To address the issue of slower design speeds, WASP and Honda joined forces to combine clay modeling within the arena of mass manufacturing. Together, Honda and WASP have developed WASP’s LDM clay 3D-printing technology to optimize the speed of creating the models. WASP’s LDM technology works by extruding ceramic materials and other reusable natural materials extracted from ground soil to form a clay-based 3D-printed model. According to WASP, a few of the benefits include zero-emission, and adaptability to any climate, while also enhancing the process of depositing heated, dense fluid materials in the production process.
In addition to Honda, Yamaha Motor Racing has opted for 3D-printing application.
The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team has partnered with Roboze, an Italian-American company, which specializes in high-performance 3D-printing. The partnership will continue throughout the 2023 – 2025 racing seasons. In past years, the motorcycle industry, has increasingly adopted additive manufacturing. 3D-printing technology has resulted in a range of improvements and innovation progress on a global scale. MotoGP development and engineering teams are now relying on 3D-printing as a strategic manufacturing process. The new partnership between the Monster Energy, Yamaha MotoGP team and Roboze, is a testament to the increasing trend in 3D-printing and motorcycle applications, which is predicted to continue over the next decade.
In a meticulous research and analysis process, by Absolute Reports, significant research was applied to the 3D-printed motorcycle market between the years 2018 and 2022. In the report, multiple applications of 3D-printing were identified. The study meticulously reviewed primary and secondary sources, which resulted in outcomes of the study confirming the 3D-printed motorcycle industry is expected to reach a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the years 2022-2028.
In 2022, the 3D-printed motorcycle market experienced steady growth with industry top players, including BMW, Ford, Toyota, Honda (among many global leaders) to adopt the strategic manufacturing approaches.
A few of the companies considered as global players in the 3D-printed motorcycle arena include:
Significant contributors to the continued market growth include:
Leading market regions in 3D-printed motorcycles identified in the research include:
With the significant technology and consumer behavior trends expected to continue over the next decades, in all leading market regions throughout the world, the applications of 3D-printing in the motorcycle industry is expected to grow as well. From component parts to full-scale production methods, large and small companies are expected to continue experimenting with 3D-printing technology due to the cost savings and reduction of resources, and shortened production times, which is great news for the motorcycle industry, along with consumers that will benefit from the passed on savings.
Since 2022, 3D Concepts Moto has been printing motorcycle parts. The father and son team, including Stuart, Paul, and Andrew Connell, got their start in the 3D printing industry when Stuart bought his first printer. Because of his “do-it-myself” personality, he naturally started printing anything he could think of, including parts for their own motorcycles. After showing the cool stuff made for their own dirt bikes and getting a lot of interest from friends, family, and the local Treasure Valley community, 3D Concepts Moto began.
The father and son team is comprised of a retired construction and mining equipment engineer who used to race motocross, a car, truck, and motorcycle enthusiast, and a certified aircraft mechanic who loves to ride in the mountains. Together, we’ve been printing motorcycle parts for the past four years before starting 3D Concepts as a company.
Our motorcycle addiction goes back to the 1970s and 80s when father, Stuart, raced motocross in the Southwest part of the United States. Andrew and Paul’s first bikes were a Yamaha YZ-80 and a KTM 125SX. Andrew took to the dirt like a fish to water, while Paul’s interest peaked when he moved to Idaho in 2012, because of the amazing mountain single track.’’
The core values guiding 3D Concepts Moto’s vision stems from the application of custom parts on their own motorcycles. “We started making motorcycle parts for ourselves, because we wanted something better. Now we want to provide something better for our customers as well.”
The motivation behind 3D Concepts Moto’s vision is simple. We love to ride, and we love to build things! It’s our goal is to offer cost-effective, protection for critical off-road motorcycle parts for our customers. It’s these primary values that kick-started our business and is the fuel that motivates our success.
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