Case Study: Pinarello achieves 42.5% lighter seat clamps and 2,000‑part, three‑week production with Materialise metal 3D printing

3D Printing Lightweight Metal Parts at Scale for Pinarello: 2,000 Parts from Order to Delivery Every Three Weeks

Pinarello partnered with Materialise to shave weight from its Dogma F racing bike by redesigning a critical seat clamp. The challenge was to cut mass while meeting strict strength, cost, quality and high-volume production targets — delivering roughly 2,000 parts every three weeks — so Pinarello turned to Materialise’s complete metal 3D printing services and tailored workflows.

Materialise’s Metal Competence Center used selective laser melting, iterative virtual simulations, and the Materialise Process Tuner to industrialize a support-free, fast-printing workflow with custom parameters, labeling and quality inspection. The result: a titanium seat clamp 42.5% lighter than the original aluminum part (saving 35 g), 2,000 parts produced in three weeks (scalable to 20,000), faster lead times and reduced post-processing and cost — all delivered by Materialise.

Pinarello

Maurizio Bellin

Chief of Operations