We are steering in the right direction! This small prototype steering wheel, printed on our small scale printers, was designed to demonstrate and give us insight into a few different things. First off, it is almost identical to the finished product, and weighs only 122 grams! Something we are very proud of using to achieve this weight, while retaining structural … Read More
The robots are finally taking over… From our small scale printers. We have moved on from the digital and small scale prototyping phase of our development and our moving to first article, full scale prototyping. Our large scale, robotic arm 3d printer is being put to full use, printing out structural sections for the fitment testing of our assembly. The … Read More
We made a mistake! We are in progress with fitment testing for Project Chameleon, putting together a rolling prototype, and we needed inboard mounts for the wishbone. A slight versioning error meant that the incorrect version of the mount had been imported into our master assembly. This was then printed. The results of which you can see below. 2mm out. … Read More
We have power! We have just taken delivery of the LEM200 D95B electric motor from our friends at Lynch Motor Company, soon to be installed into the Chameleon vehicle. One of the key areas we want to push forward in automotive design and manufacture with this project is a focus on sustainability from cradle to grave. This has resulted in … Read More
Our first Student Showcase is here! What an awesome job Nicole has done. She had this to say on the work she has carried out so far: “Over the last few weeks I have been examining in detail parts from a donor vehicle and reverse engineering, using CAD software, to reproduce digital parts to aid in the design of other areas of … Read More
You wouldn’t 3d print a car, would you? Well, at least not the whole thing. Project Chameleon will consist of some exciting 3d printed chassis structures, but we are sourcing many off the shelf items. This hybrid design ethos is what drives Scaled. We understand better than most how powerful 3d printing is. We also understand better than most its … Read More
What does sustainability mean to you? For us it means ground-up consideration; from design through to production. This is why we have been working hard to replace virgin plastic in our processes, with plastic derived from recycled sources. It is also why we embarked on Project Chameleon. To not only demonstrate a low-to-no emissions vehicle platform, but also aim for … Read More
What does sustainability mean to you? For us it means ground-up consideration; from design through to production. This is why we have been working hard to replace virgin plastic in our processes, with plastic derived from recycled sources. It is also why we embarked on Project Chameleon. To not only demonstrate a low-to-no emissions vehicle platform, but also aim for … Read More
School’s out!? Not for some of the incredibly talented students from the University of Birmingham who are part of the UBRacing team. As sponsors of the team, and having seen first-hand the excellent work they’ve been doing on Formula Student, we knew the guys and girls would be able to help us out on Project Chameleon. We had a remote … Read More
Here it is at last! Is what we would say if we’d been waiting a long time for the CAD version of our first chassis design, but thanks to the awesome work that Rafinex have done with us on the Stochastic Topology Optimisation of the Chameleon Chassis, we got it finished in a week. The speed at which the Chameleon … Read More