Having won world, Olympic and European champion titles, Katie Archibald is a track cyclist with an impressive number of achievements behind her.
Competing worldwide for Team GB, she rides on the roads and in the velodromes where she is a force to be reckoned with for anyone racing against her. Proudly sponsored by Ceratizit, Ms Archibald rides a top of the range Hope Technology bike, which was manufactured in the Hope Technology factory using Ceratizit cutting tools.
She is now pedalling toward Paris 2024 where she is set to compete in three separate events. In what she explained will be her biggest challenge to date, Ms Archibald hopes to add more Olympic gold medals to her collection at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.
In celebration of her recently accomplishing a 20th European champion title, she was invited to Ceratizit’s Technical Centre where she was presented with a trophy to mark this incredible milestone.
Ms Archibald was awarded the trophy by Stephen Pennington, projects application engineer for Ceratizit UK and Ireland and Shaun Thornton, technical manager for Ceratizit UK and Ireland. Mr Pennington, having worked on this project from the start, used Open Mind Hypermill CAD/CAM to design the trophy, which he then manufactured out of aluminium on XYZ UMC-5x machine using Ceratizit tooling.
Primarily using the Zero-Point and MNG workholding, the trophy was designed and manufactured as two separate components, which were then assembled. A custom riser plate extension was designed and manufactured in Sheffield as the fixture height needed to be increased by 50mm to prevent a machine collision. Once this was completed, a ZSG-4 centric clamping vice with 3mm grip jaws was used to clamp the rough material stock securely during OP1.
During this operation, toleranced pockets and holes were machined to fit clamping plugs and dowels on the underside of the trophy, allowing for both components to be fastened directly to the MNG riser plate for OP2. The trophy was then polished up ready to present to the cycling champion.
Shaun Thornton said: “It was wonderful welcoming Katie to the Tech Centre to celebrate her amazing achievements to date. Everything she has accomplished so far is unbelievable, and it’s great knowing that Ceratizit has played a part in manufacturing her bike and supporting her professional career.”
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