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Porsche Presents Innovative 3D-Printed Bucket Seats To lineup
Porsche is revolutionising sporty seating. The company presents an alternative to bucket seat upholstery with the concept study “3D-printed body form full-bucket seat”. Customers will be able to choose between three firmness levels (hard, medium, soft) for the comfort layer in the future. With this new technology, the sports car manufacturer is once again underlining its close ties to motorsports. The personalised sports seat follows the principles of driver-specific seat fitting customary in professional motorsports.
“The seat is the interface between the human and the vehicle and is thus important for precise, sporty handling. In addition to an ergonomic fit similar to that found in motorsports. This seat also delivers a unique design, lower weight, improved comfort and passive climate control.
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The “3D-printed body form full-bucket seat” is based on the lightweight full-bucket seat from Porsche. It features a sandwich construction: base support made from expanded polypropylene (EPP) is bonded to a breathable comfort layer. This consists of a mixture of polyurethane-based materials made using additive manufacturing – in other words in a 3D-printer. The outer skin of the concept seat is made from “Racetex” and features a specific perforation pattern for climate control. Window panels provide a view of exposed coloured components in the 3D-printed lattice structure. This gives the full-bucket seat an unmistakable design.
The “3D-printed body form full-bucket seat” will be available from Porsche Tequipment as a driver’s seat for the 911 and 718 ranges from as early as May 2020. The range will initially be limited to 40 seat prototypes for use on race tracks in Europe in combination with a six-point seat belt. Feedback from customers will be incorporated into the development process. As a next step, street-legal “3D-printed body form full-bucket seats” in three different firmness levels and colours will be available ex-works from the Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur from mid-2021. In the long term, the technology will also enable fully personalised solutions if sufficient customers express an interest in this. In addition to an extended range of colours, seats adapted to the individual customer’s specific body contour will then also be developed and offered.
