by Simon Spode | Aug 4, 2020 | 3D Scanning, Aerodynamics, Aerospace, Classic Aircraft, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Design, Development, Engineering, Innovation, News, Performance
After four years on an incredibly challenging project we get to see the Sea Dart aircraft for real. The original brief from client The Little Jet Company was to take the original 1950s US Navy Sea Dart seaborne prototype jet fighter and produce a reduced size flying...
by Simon Spode | Jul 17, 2020 | Aerospace, Automotive, Innovation, Manufacturing, Performance
Sports car manufacturer Porsche working jointly with mechanical engineering companies MAHLE and Trumpf, has produced high-performance aluminium pistons using 3D printing techniques for the first time for a sports car. While standard forged pistons have reached the...
by Simon Spode | Jun 13, 2020 | Automotive, Composites, Innovation, Manufacturing, News, Performance
Performance vehicle structures have long made extensive use of composite materials and the new generation of GM’s Corvette Stingray, continues the push. A key composite component of the new Corvette Stingray is a curved carbon fibre rear bumper beam, created through a...
by Simon Spode | Feb 13, 2020 | Innovation, News, Performance, Wind Energy
The recent International Symposium for Leading Edge Erosion in Roskilde, Denmark, was an interesting gathering of like-minded individuals. The detail that the teams presenting there had drilled into, in terms of characterising and analysing material properties, is in...
by Simon Spode | Jan 23, 2020 | Composites, Design, Development, Innovation, Materials, News, Performance
Excerpt from an article originally published in Composite Manufacturing Magazine. After a slow start, composites manufacturers are taking advantage of graphene’s unique properties. In 2004, working at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, researchers...
by Simon Spode | Feb 27, 2019 | Design, Development, Innovation, Performance
Suzanne Kopcha, VP of consumer products & retail strategy for Siemens PLM Software has written an interesting blog about smart exercise products. Here’s a summary of the article. Smart exercise products are revolutionising the sporting goods market and are...