A good idea! We specifically have a good idea here on our TV studio
  Good morning Clément Moreau!
  Good Morning!
  You are CEO and founder of Sculpteo,
  expert in 3D printing
  We could say you're an old start-up
  Sculpteo wad founded in 2009
  You are an old hand now!
  Exactly, we're an old start-up which means we're still alive!
  haha, that's rather a good thing!
  So, if you're here today
  It's because among all usual objects
  that we see coming out of 3D printing
  we can clearly see that things are moving!
  Particularly, you came here with the first 3D printed bicycle
  In reality, when we say "3Dprinted bicycle",  it's a little bit of an exaggeration
  Here, not everything is 3D printed
  But we're here in a 100% digital manufacturing process, right?
  Indeed, not all parts are 3D printed
  in fact, 3D printing tires wouldn't be really relevant
  But on this bike, approximately 70% of the parts were 3D printed
  or manufactured with another digital manufacturing process.
  In fact, we work on all digital manufacturing techniques:
  3D printing, laser cutting and digital machining
  This means that for this bike
  well you said you didn't do the tires here, because no one did better than Michelin (French tire company)
  or any other company
  but I mean, the tire producing process won't be changed today
  what's the interest of such a project?
  What's really interesting is that we could 3D print a frame,
  we could 3D print gallows
  we could make handlebars with 3D printed parts
  we could make brakes, brake handles, that I have in hand here, 3D printed in titanium
  so we're showing with this bicycle and the designers that made the bike are showing
  that 3D printing can make serious mechanical parts
  we're beyond widgets, beyond phone cases...
  Yes, clearly!
  ...we're beyond cufflinks
  It is possible to make with 3D printing really serious objects
  And there is a reason why GE 3D prints airplane parts
  and we do really serious mechanical parts
  What does it lead to? High personalization?
  Could I order a bicycle that suits me exactly?
  Yes! The frame was designed with modular components
  which enables to produce an entirely personalized frame
  for less than 300€
  and the structure works
  in fact, this specific bike, it's the first one we produced,
  but it's also a bike that went through a whole part of the US
  As we went from Las Vegas to California
  So we went from a trade show were we were presenting the bike to our Californian factory
  So it's around 800 km (1000 miles)
  That's it, I was gonna say, I took it to CES
  but then you tried it for real!
  We have wonderful images, it's a road trip that's usually made by car
  You go through Death Valley, desert, all of this
  I calculated, it's almost 900 km by bike. What was it for?
  To test it in real use conditions?
  In fact, it was to test it, and to show it was possible
  Of course, there are some parts of the road we couldn't do by bike
  because sometimes in the US, the only road available is highway
  so we didn't do the entire 800 km by bike
  but most part was made by bike!
  It's really a road trip on the bike
  to show these digital manufacturing techniques are serious
  We really aim to do mechanics and make useful objects
  It's really interesting to see that the two guys doing the road trip are the designers of the bike
  So if there's a problem, it's there's!
  It was absolutely the idea! "you wanted to make a bike, so let's ride it now!...
  and we see how it goes!" And in the Death  Valley, it's gotta work!
  In the car, did they have a 3D printer to print spare parts if necessary?
  No, not in the car!
  It's the idea, isn't it?
  For Sculpteo, the idea is to have the most efficient 3D printers possible in a factory.
  Those machines cannot be in a truck, they have to be in factories
  But we sent them spare parts halfway, approximately
  We sent them those parts for them to change the shape of the bike
  to be able to fix all-land-tires
  and this was made in a garage, right in the middle of the US, which is quite funny!
  Well it's very nice trip anyway!!
  If i want to pay such a bike for myself, how much would it be?
  As we said, the made-to-measure frame is about 300€
  the whole bike, with some parts in refined materials, like those brake handles in titanium
  we're around 3000€, including everything
  So this bike is of premium quality
  The idea is not to compete Decathlon (famous French bike/sport brand), it's really not the idea
  The idea is to have the opportunity to do serious things, taking advantage of 3Dprinting
  And to show these a real manufacturing technologies
  What complexity can today's 3D printing manufacturing achieve?
  We can see that today, it is possible to print metal
  Here, I have a component of a keyboard keypad
  So it is possible to produce soft materials
  There's kind of a promise that says: tomorrow we'll be able to 3D print a smartphone
  It's not possible right now, because we'ld have to produce very complex componenents
  What is the complexity that you can achieve today, in your case?
  In fact, we never believed in the idea that a 3D printer is the last machine you'll ever buy
  and all the others ones, you would produce them by yourself
  for the simple reason that inside a machine, there is electronics,
  electronics, it's complicated!
  some electronic components are manufactured in a single company in the whole world
  it won't switch from a single factory in the whole world to a machine in your leaving room. Surely not!
  But, what can 3D printing can be useful for today?
  It can be useful for all mechanical parts
  it can be useful for all starts of production
  all the objects we have around us were made in small series; we're not talking about millions of objects
  for all these objects, it made sense to manufacture them with 3Dprinting
  rather than with standard production modes, molding or machining
  Last question, 3D printers price dropped enormously
  but you don't believe on 3D printers becoming a domestic tool
  we all have a 2D printer but here, we're rather comparing the situation with a copy machine
  we don't have a copy machine at home!
  3D printers we can have at home are amazing tools
  but they only remain tools. It' not possible to produce real objects with which we are actually gonna live!
  now it's time for video games
     
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