RU Racing and Trefjar start a collaboration
Students in RU Racing-Formula Student Iceland are currently hard at work building a new formula-style race car. The team recently received significant support from the company Trefjar, which manufactured a mold that will help the students produce a carbon-fibre shell for the vehicle.
The contribution marks a major step forward for the team as it moves toward greater use of carbon-fibre components in the car. According to the students, the mold represents one of the largest contributions the team has received to date.
The front section of the car was produced using a powerful five-axis CNC milling machine recently installed at Trefjar. The technology enables taking a three-dimensional design and milling a full-scale prototype directly from it. With this advanced equipment, complex shapes can be produced with high precision for small and medium-sized projects.
Members of RU Racing contacted us because of our expertise in fibreglass and mold production. We took the students’ design, milled it at full scale and then created a mold ready for production. Once the mold is made, it becomes easy to produce additional parts as needed. We are excited to see the final result and wish the HR students the best of luck with the car.
Said Freyja Auðunsdóttir, who oversees marketing and communications at Trefjar. The company has nearly 50 years of experience designing and manufacturing fibreglass components, ranging from smaller products such as fish containers to large fishing vessels.
RU Racing is a student club at Reykjavík University composed of students from various departments. The project combines innovation, engineering and teamwork as students work on the car’s technical design, manufacturing, cost analysis and business planning.
Team members say the collaboration has been extremely valuable and will significantly improve the car.
It is incredibly valuable to be able to turn to a company like Trefjar for assistance or advice, especially when we receive support like this. Through this collaboration, we estimate that we have saved about four months of work, and the final result will be much better than if we had tried to do everything ourselves.
Said Ragnar Yngvi Marinósson, a mechanical engineering student and member of the RU Racing board.
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