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3D Printed Mountain Bike Frame

Submitted by Leonard Daly on Sun, 03/26/2017 - 21:05
3D Printed Mountain Bike Wins Eurobike Gold Award
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Eurocompositi
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
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3D Printed Mountain Bike Wins Eurobike Gold Award

Italian design studio wins a Eurobike Gold Award for their 3D printed mountain bike frame, made with biopolymer PLA from sustainable sources.

Explaining their decision, the jury said:

"The Aenimal Bhulk could start a new trend. It’s the first mountain bike where a 3D printer is used to make the frame from biodegradable, recyclable and recycled materials. We’re presenting this innovation with an award because its technology is so visionary that it could revolutionise the way bikes are customised and manufactured.”

The proud winners of the award are Eurocomposti, a design studio based in Padua, Italy. Their stated goal with the Aenimal project was to make an ecological and environmentally sustainable bike. The 3D printing process involved fused filament deposition by a special CNC machine, able to make very complex objects without shape limits that are typical of the standard moulding process. The raw material was biodegradable, recycled PLA filament (which is also recyclable).