The Silicon Valley start-up company Arevo, supported by the CIA Venture Capital Division, has created the world's first 3D printed carbon fiber bicycle rack.
Traditional carbon fiber bicycle racks require artificial watering of carbon fiber and resin onto the mold, and then baking in the oven melts the resin and bonds the carbon fiber material, which is expensive.
Arevo combines 3D printing with web software and raw material customization to print out the three-dimensional shape of the bicycle frame by using a deposition head mounted on the robot arm. This part can place carbon fiber bundles and melt the thermoplastic material to form the parts once. Simplified carbon fiber bicycle frame production costs only 300 US dollars (about 1913 yuan).
Last week, Arevo received a $12.5 million (approximately RMB 79.7 million) B round from Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Sumitomo USA, Leslie Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Financing. Previously, the company had already invested 7 million U.S. dollars worth of Kesra Ventures (about 44.63 million yuan). The amount of investment in the venture capital fund In-Q-Tel supported by the CIA has not yet been specifically disclosed. The new financing will have Help the company to fully commercialize technology.