AREVO to manufacture world's first 3D-Printed carbon fibre unibody - EPPM

AREVO has announced a partnership with boutique bike manufacturer Franco Bicycles to deliver the world’s first 3D printed, continuous carbon fibre single-piece unibody frame for a new line of eBike.

The AREVO frame is made as a single part, in contrast to current composite frames, which are made of several parts glued together.

With AREVO’s intelligent continuous carbon fibre placement, the company believes unprecedented structural integrity and stability are achieved.

The AREVO DNA AM process takes the design and final manufacture of a bike frame from 18 months to just a few days at a significant reduction in product development costs.

AREVO DNA technology features patented software algorithms enabling generative design techniques, free-motion robotics for “True 3D” construction, and direct energy deposition for virtually void free construction all optimised for anisotropic composite materials.

The frames are in production now at AREVO’s new multi-purpose facility

in Milpitas and this achievement with the Emery One represents several breakthroughs for bicycle manufacturers, with implications for other industries as well.

The company says these breakthroughs include, true serial, volume production of AM-made composite parts that are made with thermoplastic materials, which are durable and recyclable, as compared to brittle and non-recyclable thermoset materials

AREVO has also delivered on the promise of localised manufacturing or “on-shoring,” which creates greater independence for bike brands.

“This is the first Composite Additive-Manufactured bike frame and it represents an important milestone for the AM industry as AREVO is delivering on the promise of on-demand manufacturing of composite parts in volume now,” said Hemant Bheda, AREVO Co-Founder and Chairman.

“With the introduction of the Emery One, the transformation of the global composite bike industry has begun.”

The companies will showcase the new “Emery One” eBike in booth S9 at the Sea Otter Classic bicycling event in Monterey, California, April 11-14.

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