Massondev Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Hello Hybridz, First, a little about myself and our little startup company. I’m a mechanical engineer with a heavy background in manufacturing and technology. My first car was a ’77 280z. It was a great little project car and a lot of fun to tinker with. I ended up doing a turbo/holset/megasquirt/edis conversion and driving the rings off of it—what a blast. I ended up selling that car and buying a ’74 260z SCCA race: Holley 4 barrel, big cam, headers, light flywheel, straight pipes. It generally terrified passengers and sounded like Barry White gargling wasps. Those two cars gave me a love for Z and an appreciation for the fantastic and knowledgeable community of HybridZ. Our company is a little one at the moment, with three engineers and assorted consultants. We started just last year and have been slowly piecing together the machinery to offer a wide range of rapid prototype services. Our primary objective is to help migrate high technology from the aerospace/medical industries to oil/gas and automotive. Our core technology is Electron Beam 3D melting of exotic materials. We are the only small private company in the world to own an Arcam EBM printer. With over $2mil invested in the machine, training, and R&D, this represents our commitment to staying on the bleeding edge of additive manufacturing. This machine uses a 60,000v electron beam to fuse powder, slice by slice, inside a vacuum chamber. The result is a 99.9% dense, tempered, high tolerance, ASTM-rated material straight out of the machine. The unique geometries that can be produced with this process allow incredible design freedom. The primary material we use is Titanium Ti6Al4v, with Inconel 718 also being possible. Other services include high temperature Ultem 3D plastic printing, precision miniature Stainless/Inconel investment casting, tensile testing, coating, finishing, CNC, and more. Thus far we've worked in conjunction with academia and various O&G/Aero companies to development solutions for their unique needs. Since we’re small and will have to work hard to achieve name recognition for the processes and our company in particular, we’ve agreed to hold various promotions through the different hobbies that our engineers have had. Cars, guns, rocketry, sports, and more. We are really trying to reach out to all those engineers out there that wrench at night and drive a desk designing for industry by day. My car buddies have been tossing around the idea of custom Inconel turbo manifolds. We’re up for trying anything that is a good demonstration of the technology. CAD-to-Metal Contest details: · The most innovative and well-engineered design will be awarded with our rapid prototype services 100% free. Services include Ti6Al4v 3D fusing or Rapid-vest Stainless/Inconel Casting. · Members have until July 1, 2014, to submit designs. Only 3D CAD formats are accepted but a short PowerPoint design presentation is suggested. · Winner will be announced July 4, 2014. · Submissions may be posted here or emailed directly for privacy. · Design components must be sub-system such as intake, exhaust, induction, fuel delivery, power transmission, etc. No complete 7-liter titanium engine blocks, guys! · Geometrical and tolerance limitations do apply. 210mm/210mm/170mm for Ti6Al4v and 1000mm/1000mm/500mm for Stainless/Inconel. Typical tolerances plus minus .007” prior to finish machining. We’ll be running a much larger and more public promotion through GrabCad next month, but this project is just for HybridZ. I’ve seen really fantastic work in the areas of custom intake and exhaust manifolds made on this forum. I encourage all those individuals to participate in the contest, and let us help you realize those ideas. This is truly a no-strings-attached contest. I simply thought it was important to give back to the community with our capabilities. I look forward to seeing your ideas and giving feedback during the design process. Good luck! Sincerely, Andrew McCalip Masson Development amccalip@massondev.com @Massondev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Welcome to HybridZ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaZ Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Wow, this is an awesome opportunity for someone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I love this, I'll have to see if I have time to draw something up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ghtymaxXx Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Welcome and great idea! Any more info on judging criteria? Based on effectiveness of the prototype? Most original, out of the box idea? What exact CAD formats do you accept? I do 3D modeling for the architectural and offshore oil industries, slightly different scale though. Hopefully I'll have time to put something together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massondev Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Admittedly we might need to refine the requirements a little more. It should be something that hasn't been done before, something that would land on the front pages of magazines. Whether that is through uniqueness or just good execution of a concept. I do hope that it is something for the L6 engine. Anyone ever sequential twin turbo Inconel manifold with cast wastegate flange and downtube? Our native CAD platform is Solidworks. Any IGES, STEP, PRT, SLDPRT will work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ghtymaxXx Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Admittedly we might need to refine the requirements a little more. It should be something that hasn't been done before, something that would land on the front pages of magazines. Whether that is through uniqueness or just good execution of a concept. I do hope that it is something for the L6 engine. Anyone ever sequential twin turbo Inconel manifold with cast wastegate flange and downtube? Our native CAD platform is Solidworks. Any IGES, STEP, PRT, SLDPRT will work fine. I've been racking my brain for ideas all morning, got a few, but nothing really unique ot that takes advantage of the materials you offer. I pretty much work exclusively within the autodesk suite, I don't think I even have the ability to export to any of the formats listed. I can export to DWG, DWF, DXF, SAT/ACIS, FBX, NWD and a few other native Autodesk formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who owns the design and the related electronic drawing and specs after the contest is over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ghtymaxXx Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who owns the design and the related electronic drawing and specs after the contest is over? Valid point. If the part goes into production, I think a percentage of royalties would make for a reasonable prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massondev Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 SAT files should work. That's a good point. We are not requiring ownership of the file. You are free to keep the rights to the design. Now if you would like to work with us to mass produce the item, royalty terms would definitely be established. Our technology could just as easily be used for small batch production runs, so keep the sales market in mind. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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