BLM GROUP Sponsors Penn State Formula One Team

BLM GROUP USA Corporation (Novi, MI) is a Diamond Level sponsor of the 2019 Penn State Racing Formula SAE® team. This is the second year they have sponsored Penn State as part of the SAE International Collegiate Design Series competitions. The vehicle features a combination chassis featuring a composite monocoque and half-steel sub-frame. BLM provided 37 profile tubing components for welding and fabrication of the steel sub-frame assembly, as well as the roll hoops. They cut and bent the pieces from four 4130 series steel tubes to team specifications, with parts varying in size from 2 in motor mounts to 7 ft long pieces with bends up to 75 deg. The cutting operation was performed using an LC5 Lasertube at their Tech Center in Novi, MI.

“Sponsors such as BLM are critical to helping out our team, as we don’t have access to the machines and equipment required to fabricate all of these vehicle components,” said Brock Hinton, the manufacturing lead for the Penn State team. “We really value the money and time they invest in us, as well as the quality of the product they provide.” The Penn State SAE Formula One car ranked in the top 30 out of over 120 vehicles last year in this competition, where teams from all over the world are judged in both static and dynamic events, including cost, design, business, acceleration, autocross, and a grueling endurance race.

“We’re pleased to be able to support hands-on projects such as these,” stated Mauro Corno, the president and chief operating officer of BLM. “Giving these students the chance to take a vehicle from design to manufacture, build and test gives them some invaluable real-world experience as well as the excitement of competition.”

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