Team Penske, a motor racing legend, hopes to keep winning with its newest addition, the Stratasys Neo800 3D printer.
Stratasys announced the purchase recently, and it will join Team Penske’s growing collection of 3D printers.
This will be the team’s first stereolithography-based 3D printer, and it will be used to create scale model aerodynamic components.
Tenths of seconds often determine who starts on pole and who starts at the back of the grid in racing.
As a result, whoever develops, tests,
and implements a design change the quickest often has an advantage over the other racers.
This is where Penske was five years ago, before partnering with Stratasys.
The team recognized that traditional manufacturing would no longer suffice to significantly reduce production lead time.
The group chose to incorporate 3D printing into its workflow,
and the technology is now an essential part of the team’s development process.
Team Penske purchased a Stratasys Neo800 3D printer to add to its collection of FDM and PolyJet technology-based 3D printers to keep up with the times.
Penske hopes that this printer will continue to assist it in developing faster cars and adding to its already impressive 500 wins across all motorsport divisions.
Stratasys Neo800 3D printer
The printer itself has a large build volume (800 mm x 800 mm x 600 mm), a high-quality surface finish, and support for open materials. This should reduce development time while also allowing the team to experiment with different printing materials. The group is eager to receive the printer and will begin prototyping it right away.
The team has every right to be excited. If the past is any indication of the future, the Neo printer will only add to the team’s three IndyCar Championships, 42 IndyCar race wins, two Indy500 victories, two NASCAR Cup Series championships, a NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship, a Daytona 500 victory, and three Supercars Championships since the initial Penske-Stratasys partnership.
