With the 2024 British Touring Car Championship season just weeks away, Midlands 3D is extremely pleased to announce the extension of our partnership with British Touring Car front runners West Surrey Racing.
The WSR-run Team BMW race cars of Colin Turkington and Adam Morgan plus the Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport 3 Series of Jake Hill will use components created by Midlands 3D throughout the 2024 BTCC season.
A wide range of HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printed parts from ducting to bracketry as well as workshop tooling and set-up equipment will aid the BMW 330e M Sport race cars that will compete in the BTCC in search of a 17th overall title this year.
In total more than 100 3D-printed components have been used; an increase on previous seasons, following an intensive winter programme of performance-related upgrades that Midlands 3D has been a key part of.
Paul Moloney, Managing Director, Midlands 3D, said: “Our partnership over the past two seasons with WSR has seen a significant increase in the use of our capabilities and we’re proud to support such a prestigious and successful team. We’re really demonstrating the versatility of the technology, the materials, and our ability to produce race-ready parts with super quick lead times”.
With reduced lead times, volume manufacturing capability and increased design flexibility, 3D printed end-use parts have become increasingly popular not only in motorsport applications and the wider automotive industry, but for manufacturing in general. Midlands 3D is proud to boast over 75% of their production now being attributed to batch manufacturing applications where on-demand parts are delivered in line with their customer’s production schedules.
In line with the BTCC’s adoption of electric-hybrid powertrain technology in 2022 plus a switch to 20 per cent sustainable at the same time, Midlands 3D’s use of sustainable materials – such as recycled filaments and HP’s High Reusability PA12 nylon – in their production processes helps WSR to move towards a less environmentally-impactful way of working.
Carl Mitchell, Sporting & Operations Manager, WSR, said: “We’re thrilled to continue this technical partnership with Midlands 3D after two successful years. Using parts produced by Multi-Jet Fusion technology has reduced the lead time on the relevant components, increased car performance and - through the use of HP’s High Reusability PA12 - improved the sustainability of what we use to build and prepare our championship-winning BMWs. Midlands 3D’s ingenuity and fast production turnaround times have made them a key part of our programme of winter upgrades that are now being track-tested on our BMW race cars.”
The BTCC kicks off at Donington Park on April 27-28 and features a 10-round season at the UK’s best racetracks. Every race is shown live and uninterrupted on ITV channels in high definition.
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