Van Amersfoort Racing: Printing carbon fiber tools in professional motorsport

Van Amersfoort Racing is a Dutch racing team, competing in Formula 3 and Formula 4. They produce custom tools in order to optimize processes. Some tools need extreme stiffness or heat resistance, so their engineers decided to use carbon fiber materials.

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