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So, the question is, to what extent could cars be made by
continuous extrustion?
I'm thinking of an extruder, similar in width and height to
the length and height (respectively) of a car, that can
extrude metal, glass, rubber and various thermoplastics in
parallel from multiple ports. The
extrusion would be
sliced into lengths which are the width of a car (i.e., the
machine extrudes the cars sideways), requiring only the
addition of side-panels to each vehicle.
I'm reasonably sure that a workable car body with bench
seats could be produced in this way. Engines would be
trickier, as would cup holders.
Heavy Press Program
http://en.wikipedia...Heavy_Press_Program
Not really relevant, but reminded me of this. [xaviergisz, Jul 30 2014]
Car_20Toothpaste
another type of extruded car.... one of my better ideas I believe but not popular in the colonies [xenzag, Jul 30 2014]
Richard Prince Untitled 2008
https://farm4.stati...94_c2020392b1_c.jpg
[xenzag, Jul 31 2014]
[link]
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You could call it an Extrudabaker. |
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Perhaps you should be thinking in terms of 3D printing, instead of extrusion. Same effect with possibilities for much greater attention to detail, if the the printer delivers its output sideways, and the car comes out front-end-first. |
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Doing some train passenger cars first, would help develop the technology. |
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// large injection moulded parts// |
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Nah. Those are already baked. Extrusion or
nothing. |
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It would require some rethinking of the design -
for instance, the transmission tunnel would have
to go. |
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But I reckon you could produce a workable body
(requiring only the sides to be bolted on)
extrusionally. The trick would be to use the
design to exploit the extrusion process. |
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Oh, and yes, nice one [xen]. |
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To almost not extent. Extrusion produces the wrong sort of grain structure that you would need for many of the working bits of the car. It certainly wouldn't pass crash safety, the engine would leak at every seal, and destroy itself in a hot hurry. |
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In the US, everyone will be specifying a doublewide. |
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Bake this up in miniature with a folded knife and a chunk of FIMO clay. Cut yourself a length, slice it into cars and microwave it up. |
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Max - you might like some of the work of Richard Prince -
see link I just added. |
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