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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