CI Sponsors Flying Pig Marathon

Cincinnati Incorporated (CI; Harrison, OH) will sponsor the 2019 Flying Pig Marathon, also known as the Pig Party, on May 3-5 in Cincinnati at the Duke Energy Convention Center. In 2018, CI donated a 3D-printed 26.2 that was displayed at both the expo and the finish line. This year, they will be donating a custom 3D-printed 13.1 to complete the set. The 13.1 was painted by one of their planar operators, John Monroe, who works in their die department. It will be unveiled at the event and displayed at the finish line. This new addition offers runners the same great selfie opportunities that the 26.2 offered last year.

The Flying Pig Marathon is run by Cincinnati Marathon, Inc. – a non-profit organization formed specifically to host the event and raise money for charities. In the last 20 years that the Flying Pig Marathon has been running, the Flying “Piganthropy” program has helped raise over $16 million for the charities involved. The mission is to provide an event that is open to athletes of all abilities, to inspire community celebration and to be a rewarding experience for everyone involved. The race sees over 40,000 participants a year, as well as over 8,000 volunteers. Over 100,000 spectators line the streets to the see the variety of events offered.

This is the fourth year CI has sponsored the event. As part of their wellness program, which encourages workers and their families to be active and life a healthy lifestyle, the company covers the registration fees for all employees and their families who wish to participate. The 3D-printed 13.1 that will be donated was printed on a Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) machine, an industrial-sized additive machine featuring a steel plated frame, an 80 lb/hr feed rate, linear motor drives and a touchscreen control. It uses the chassis and drives of a Cincinnati gantry-style laser system as the base and builds parts layer-by-layer by extruding hot thermoplastics. The extruder can use a range of thermoplastics to print parts for a variety of industries.

For this event, a BAAM custom-printed the 13.1 that will be unveiled at the Flying Pig Marathon. The 13.1 is made out of ABS plastic with carbon fiber and took ten hours to print on the machine.

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