{"id":26282,"date":"2021-11-22T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=26282"},"modified":"2024-01-15T00:30:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T08:30:19","slug":"sram-bicycle-crankarm-generative-design-fusion-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/sram-bicycle-crankarm-generative-design-fusion-360\/","title":{"rendered":"SRAM Rethinks the Bicycle Crankarm with Generative Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bicycle component manufacturer, SRAM, used additive manufacturing and generative design in Autodesk Fusion 360 to create a new type of bicycle crankarm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you seen this story<\/a> on SRAM yet? It\u2019s even been featured in Forbes<\/a>!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SRAM<\/a> is a worldwide bicycle component manufacturer for both road and mountain bikes. But, in this industry, you have to pedal hard to stay ahead. Innovation is crucial for performance, cost, weight, and speed to market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SRAM partnered with Autodesk<\/a> to try generative design in Fusion 360<\/a> and additive manufacturing<\/a> for a new mountain bike crankarm. And what’s the bike crankarm, you may ask? It’s the bar that the pedal goes into, which rotates to turn the crank and chainring. Getting the crankarm lighter means less energy the cyclist spends to pedal. <\/p>\n\n\n

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