Find out more about the project to rebuild the legendary Delage V12 Labourdette car, one of the nine major projects undertaken by Evolutive Learning Factory
DEVELOPING A HIGH-PROFILE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT
Rebuild a legendary race car using modern eco-design and eco-manufacturing tools
The inter-campus project "Scarabée d'Or, a challenge for young people" showed that by working together, more than fifty students from the Cluny, Angers, and Metz campuses and the Arts et Métiers institute Arts et Métiers Chalon-sur-Saône were able to rebuild an identical replica of the Citroën Scarabée d'Or half-track vehicle.
Placing students in real-world situations through multidisciplinary and integrated projects is an important component of the CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) standard. It serves to evaluate skills in addition to knowledge. These skills are scientific and technical, but also collaborative (soft skills).
The novelty of this project consists of:
- to repeat the experience of an inter-campus project by involving all campuses and institutes as well as industrial partners (Les amis de Delage, Bertrandt, Renault, Stellantis, Arcelor, etc.)
- to use modern eco-design and eco-manufacturing tools to faithfully recreate the legendary 1937 Delage V12 Labourdette racing car.
This multidisciplinary, inter-campus project will provide an opportunity to develop remote collaborative engineering, new design and redesign tools, machining methodologies, and more.
This project is also a way for Arts et Métiers its identity and its position as a leader in training eco-responsible engineers in mechanical engineering, energy engineering, and industrial engineering.
Finally, this project touches on the highly visible world of classic cars, driven by enthusiasts.
How?
After a reverse engineering and design phase that began in 2019, the project has been in the implementation phase for several months now.
Groups of engineering students from campuses in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, Cluny, Châlons-en-Champagne, Angers, and Metz have been involved in various aspects of the vehicle.
To date, this represents around 90 students involved, 25,000 hours (students and supervisors) and 5,000 hours for partners.
The year 2024 will be devoted to finalizing the design of the engine block and wooden structure.
The year 2025 will be dedicated to the construction of the engine and the wooden structure.
In 2026, the plan is to assemble the engine, test it on a test bench, and finalize the manufacture of all the peripherals (running gear, transmission, vehicle interior).
In 2027, the bodywork will be finalized and all the vehicle components will be assembled.
The year 2028 will be devoted to ensuring the reliability of the vehicle, with vehicle bench and track testing. Educational materials (calculation instructions, digital models, manufacturing ranges, etc.) will also be created to disseminate and exploit as many elements of the project as possible.
Ultimately, the project will contribute to training approximately 200 additional students by 2028, for a total of around 30,000 hours.
FINANCING NEEDS
- Total project cost €1,000,000, including €400,000 in sponsorship requirements
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DETAILS
This project involves rebuilding a legendary race car (the Delage V12 Labourdette) using modern eco-design and eco-manufacturing tools. The project is being carried out in partnership with various stakeholders (Les amis de Delage, Bertrandt, Renault, Stellantis, Arcelor, etc.). It will involve students from different campuses over a period of four years. It will enable
- provide campuses with a complete digital model that can be used to extract media (design-dimensioning-manufacturing) for all types of parts,
- Generate educational pathways for all campuses (reverse engineering, collaborative industrial digital chain; design/build a complex mechanical system with a collaborative industrial digital chain; (eco)design and decarbonize industrial applications).
Redesigning and rebuilding the Delage V12 Labourdette*
- Campus: All campuses
- Project cost €600k, including €350k in sponsorship requirements
Specialized machining equipment*
- Campus: Metz
- Project cost €400k, including €50k in sponsorship requirements
* Priority for 2024
