EADS PRODUCES BIKE USING REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY

摘要

EADS has unveiled the Airbike, a bicycle that uses a new process known as Additive Layer Manufacturing (or ALM). Made of nylon strong enough to replace steel or aluminium, it requires no conventional maintenance or assembly, it is "grown" from powder, allowing complete sections to be built as one piece, the wheels, bearings and axle being incorporated within the growing process. The Airbike can be built to rider specification so it requires no adjustment.