How motorsport innovation is driving clean energy
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Graphite Additive Manufacturing explains how advanced materials and manufacturing techniques, originally honed in motorsport, are now driving clean energy solutions
Motorsport is known for its relentless pursuit of innovation, where performance, weight, and efficiency are pushed to the absolute limits. While these developments are often born out of the need to gain fractions of a second on the track, the technology that powers racing cars frequently finds new applications in other industries. One such example is how advanced materials and manufacturing techniques, originally honed in motorsport, are now driving clean energy solutions. Graphite Additive Manufacturing has seen this crossover first-hand through their work with Intelligent Energy, where motorsport expertise has contributed to the development of lightweight and highly efficient enclosures and casing components for their hydrogen fuel cells, which power drones. At the heart of this collaboration is Sinterworx G4, a material originally developed for high-performance motorsport applications. Racing teams demand materials that are not only lightweight but also incredibly tough, capable of withstanding extreme forces and conditions without failure. G4 was born from these requirements and has proven to be an ideal solution for Intelligent Energy?s hydrogen fuel cell enclosures.
Design freedom and complexity are key aspects of why G4 was selected for this application. In motorspor...
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