Dr. E Airless TPU Wheels are 3D Printable Electric Skateboard Tires!
Incheon, South Korea (PRWEB) April 26, 2023 -- Dr. E Airless TPU Wheels are stable at high speeds without wobble, thanks to precise prints and spring-like superior shock adsorption using gyroid pattern and re-inforced tire sidewalls using very dense honeycomb pattern.
Dr. E Airless TPU Wheels can go offroad with great traction/braking. After testing hundreds of designs and prototypes and also riding them for hundreds of miles, Dr. E TPU Wheels are finally ready for the world.
Best of all, they are airless and puncture proof. These wheels can go over 1-inch metal spikes or nails without puncture and no damage. With urethane wheels rider will probably fall off the board and with air tires, the tires probably get a flat.
These wheels are for those looking for comfort of air tires but size of urethane wheels. At 127mm, it is slightly larger than most urethane wheels, Dr. E TPU Wheels will give you superior comfort over existing urethane wheels on the market while allowing the rider to enjoy their electric skateboard longer by eliminating much of the vibrations and impact from the road.
How is this possible?
Pneumatic air tires work by having air pressure inside the wheel, let’s say around 35 PSI(pounds per inch). But how could that kind of pressure in a 3D printed TPU wheel?
"Artificial pressure” is created on the wheel by adding a good amount of curve. By doing this, the center of the curve would be pushed down by the rider’s weight and create “artificial pressure” just like air tires A perfect amount of infill percentage would have to be used so the gravity would push the curve down to near flat structure and with Dr. E Airless TPU Wheels come with exact guidelines on how to do this.
To make this work, gyroid pattern is used, which worked perfectly as it absorbs and releases energy in all directions unlike other infill patterns. And this could ONLY be 3D printed due to the complexity of the pattern. By utilizing different levels or densities of 3D infill and patterns, Dr. E TPU Wheels have achieved traction and comfort of air tires while lasting longer than both urethane and rubber due to its harder 95A shore hardiness, nevermind being 100% puncture-proof and thus safer ride.
Each TPU wheel contains 230 individual zigzag treads to give the rider more traction than a typical urethane wheel and give you claw-like traction on the road. These also work well to tread water in rain, snow in snowy conditions.
When the rider gets on the board, the gyroid infill pattern inside the wheel acts as springs and absorb the rider’s weight and energizes the wheel. As the rider rides his electric skateboard, the gyroid pattern constantly releases and absorbs energy just as air pressure or shocks do on air tires and cars.
The sidewalls are reinforced with high percentage infill of honeycomb pattern which is the strongest pattern for 3D prints. These wheels are highly-customizable simply by changing the infill numbers. If a user weighs 250 pounds or more, he/she may want to increase infill numbers to match their weight. If the user lives in freezing temperatures, user can also lower the infill percentage to get more traction and comfort. By customizing the infill numbers, the user will ultimately be able to 3D print their own wheels that match their weight and conditions where they ride.
Users can now buy Dr. E Airless TPU Wheels 3D print kit personal license, which includes STL files for the wheel hubs that they can print in PETG or ABS. STL files for left and right wheels can be printed using 95A TPU, TPU filaments can be purchased on Amazon.com for around $20-30 per 1 kg. Users will also need to get some M5 nylon nuts and also M5x45mm screws to fully assemble the wheels. There is a full step-by-step video tutorial on how to assemble the TPU Wheels on YouTube which users can follow to assemble their TPU wheels and install them on their electric skateboard.
Each wheel takes around 18 hours to print on a stock Prusa MK3S+ 3D printer, and also is also the recommended printer to print on as the results are more consistent over other printers on the market.
DrESkateboard.com will have limited sets of the for sale soon for those who don’t have access to 3D printers and eventually they will increase their 3D printer farm to offer more wheels. Reselling licenses are also be available for those who want to print and re-sell on sites like eBay, Amazon, and retail at Shop.DrESkateboard.com
Jungil Lee aka Max Lee, DrESkateboard.com, http://DrESkateboard.com, 82 01040768295, [email protected]
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