ASCAMM participates in the construction of the vehicle of Formula Student competition
July 31, 2009
From the technological centre of the Ascamm Foundation has been the air for the engine intake manifold. It has been developed with a thermoplastic composite material of high mechanical resistance and easy recyclability. For its manufacture, a mold of thermoforming with two plates has been used base and two hairpieces machined in the laboratory of manufacturing of the technology centre.
Formula Student is a University competition to promote innovation and the University-industry collaboration through the project of a single-seat racing and is carried out in parallel in Europe, USA, Japan and Australia.
The Catalan team, consisting of 17 students in their final two years of l'Escola Tècnica Superior D'enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona UPC (Etseib), will compete from day 6 of August in the tests to be conducted in the circuit in Hockenheim (Germany), with the presence of more than 80 student teams. The competition will follow in September with some similar tests in Italy.