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Written by Vijay Pattni
Fear the lasers. True, we haven"t quite got to the stage of sharks with frickin" laser beams attached to their heads, but we have got to the stage of Porsche using laser melting to rejuvenate your very old, and likely very lovely, um, Porsche. (As well as Bugatti 3D-printing a brake caliper.) Yep, the Stuttgart carmaker has revealed that for rare, low volume spare parts for its older inventory, it is deploying 3D printing. Let"s use the example of a release lever for a clutch on a Porsche 959. Naturally, it"s not readily available anymore. And only 292 Porsche 959s were ever built, so building a new one is a bit of a pain.
Date written: 12 Feb 2018
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ID: 10845
Fear the lasers. True, we haven"t quite got to the stage of sharks with frickin" laser beams attached to their heads, but we have got to the stage of Porsche using laser melting to rejuvenate your very old, and likely very lovely, um, Porsche. (As well as Bugatti 3D-printing a brake caliper.) Yep, the Stuttgart carmaker has revealed that for rare, low volume spare parts for its older inventory, it is deploying 3D printing. Let"s use the example of a release lever for a clutch on a Porsche 959. Naturally, it"s not readily available anymore. And only 292 Porsche 959s were ever built, so building a new one is a bit of a pain.
Date written: 12 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10845
