Richard Bartrop Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) For a mere $2000 , HRE will sell you one of these wheels made of 3D printed titanium. Apparently it weighs a little under 20 pounds. It looks almost too delicate to do the job, but I guess they know what they're doing. Edited May 23, 2019 by Richard Bartrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safire6 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Yeah I wouldn't want to hit a pothole with one of those. Or try to wash them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapSat 6 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 There should be no problems with these - titanium is very strong and light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Wow that is cool looking. HRE are a premier builder. If they are selling it, the engineering has been done. THey are not one of those wheels companies that are all look, no substance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Safire6 said: Yeah I wouldn't want to hit a pothole with one of those. Or try to wash them! DITTO! How do you "print" titanium? I can see machining it, but not squirting it out like with plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) 26 minutes ago, 89AKurt said: DITTO! How do you "print" titanium? I can see machining it, but not squirting it out like with plastic. Apparently they were working with GE's Additive division and their 3D printers. https://www.hrewheels.com/wheels/concepts/hre3d-2 Edited May 24, 2019 by Joe Handley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 14 hours ago, Joe Handley said: Apparently they were working with GE's Additive division and their 3D printers. https://www.hrewheels.com/wheels/concepts/hre3d-2 Wow, that's really high tech! Basically laser welding a pile of titanium dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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