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John S:
Oil burning out, new 3D print tech and reworking of piston liners in at Ferrari.

https://thejudge13.com/2019/02/13/ferrari-manufacturing-break-though-could-give-an-edge-over-mercedes/

Jericoke:

--- Quote from: John S on February 14, 2019, 09:19:37 PM ---Oil burning out, new 3D print tech and reworking of piston liners in at Ferrari.

https://thejudge13.com/2019/02/13/ferrari-manufacturing-break-though-could-give-an-edge-over-mercedes/

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Gives me a bit of a weird idea... I suppose that quite a lot of an F1 car can be 3d printed.  Given how much of the car is brand new from weekend to weekend, it might reach a point where the FIA just packs up a half dozen printers, and teams 'print' their cars fresh for each race weekend rather than shipping complete cars and parts stores around the world.

Scott:
A 3D printer of that scope is probably as big as a car to begin with, but the after print refining shop you’d have to send along, it would be less transport to do it the way they are now.

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