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
What does this look like? It may look like something out of Star Wars, but it’s really a teaser for the final output of our stochastic topological optimisation work with the geniuses that make up @Rafinex. We will be using this output to inform our design of the Chameleon chassis, ensuring that we have the greatest structural integrity, for the … Read More
What would a car look like if it was designed by a robot? Project Chameleon is showing us, and it’s pretty exciting. The photos below show the design space that we started with (top left), where we fed in different load case data for cornering, pot-hole impacts, braking etc., and the incredible (definitely not black magic) software from stochastic topology … Read More
It’s time to say goodbye to an old friend… VC-1, or Vehicle Concept One, is being replaced! Scaled are embarking on Project Chameleon, a joint endeavour together with a consortium of UK #engineering and #manufacturing firms. We are aiming to demonstrate the possibilities for a unique vehicle platform. By making use of hybrid manufacturing techniques, including #additive manufacturing, advanced #composite technologies and bleeding edge topology optimisation, … Read More
Are you breaking boundaries with your designs? We are. For Project Chameleon, we’re breaking out of plane and creating some fantastical, futuristic geometries. When making use of bleeding edge generative design solutions, which provide you with organic, optimised structures based on your specific load conditions, it is necessary to forego the usual constraints of FDM printing and think outside the … Read More