Weerg and Ursus Worked Together to Make a Custom Handlebar With Additive Manufacturing

3D printing is becoming increasingly popular in all industries where customization, design and performance meet. The ability to create complex structures as well as to use 3D printing for rapid prototyping and thus to test materials and properties quickly and inexpensively, makes it suitable for sectors such as automotive, aerospace or sports. The cycling industry, for example, benefits from additive manufacturing for the creation of components, prototypes, but also end-use parts that fit customers’ needs or are even custom-made for athletes’ bodies. The case of the company Ursus, which turned to online 3D printing service Weerg to make a custom handlebar, is a good example.

In fact, companies that need to produce small and medium-sized, custom-designed parts in short runs encounter quite a few difficulties when they turn to traditional production methods. Injection molding does not meet such demands because of the long lead times and the large cost of molds. Additive manufacturing, on the other hand, is the ideal solution in such cases. Many companies are therefore turning to 3D printing service providers to optimize time and resources, achieving better results in terms of both performance and optimization of production processes.

An operator at the headquarters of additive manufacturing service Weerg (photo credits: Weerg)

The Combination of Weerg’s Online Services and HP Multi Jet Fusion

Within this context is an all-Italian success story, born out of the collaboration between the company Ursus, which has been active for more than 50 years in the field of engineering and bicycle components, and the online manufacturing service Weerg. The two companies collaborated in the creation of the Magnus H.02 handlebar with HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology, provided by Weerg. Based in Scorzè (Venice), Weerg is an online manufacturing service offering both CNC and 3D printing solutions, with 100 percent in-house production. In terms of additive manufacturing, the company offers FDM, SLA and HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technologies, owning the world’s largest fleet of MJF 3D printers. Ursus therefore turned to Weerg in order to first test and then produce the new Magnus H.02 handlebar.