Additively Manufactured Steering Wheel

October 2018

Two versions of the wheel designed and fabricated by me were gauged by prospective clients and users at Formnext'18 and CES'19. The designed products leveraged the generatively designed structures, conformal internal routing channels, and embedded electronics and components. The envisioned designs and my engineering considerations focussed on the unique geometric, functional, and hierarchical complexity afforded by additive manufacturing processes that are often challenging for traditional manufacturing processes to provide.

The wheel chassis were fabricated using in-house material extrusion and powder bed fusion systems and key electrical components including circuited boards and lighting system parts were 3D printed with NanoDimension's material jetting systems.

With thanks to Janne Kyttanen for the design consultation, the delivered designs served to:

• Spotlight Techniplas as a leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in disruptive additive manufacturing and lighting capabilities
• Lead by example in the application of additive technologies in the automotive industry to drive down the cost and time taken to create new products
• Broaden the industrial knowledge and awareness in additive manufacturing and design for additive manufacturing of the audiences at high-profile showcase events