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Recently, Editor Sophia Bell attended the launch of RS’s Performance in Focus 2024 Maintenance Engineering Report, developed in collaboration with IMechE. Based on a survey of nearly 400 maintenance professionals across the UK, the report offers valuable insights into the key challenges faced by the sector and the priorities driving its strategies.
Find out more in this month’s column (p. 4).

On another track, track cycling is one of the fastest Olympic sports, with fractions of a second deciding who will take home a medal. Speed, balance and aerodynamics are integral to a rider's performance. Therefore, when designing a new track bike
for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the British Cycling team used 3D printing to achieve performance gains (p. 12).

Finally, we recently interviewed Ashley Sturgeon, OEM Custom Sensor Design Engineer at HBK, about robotics applications. We discussed design methods, as well as the concerns and challenges that today's robotics
engineers may encounter. Want to know more about today’s – and tomorrow’s – robotics challenges? Look no further than pages 18-19.

Other top stories include:
• Why energy efficiency is the ‘first fuel’ to power manufacturing’s future (p. 32)
• How to ensure precision measurements when evaluating electric motor and
drive efficiency (p. 20)
• 3D printing makes young entrepreneur’s therapy device blossom (p. 14)
• Video of the Month: DPA visits PPMA: What you missed (p. 37)
• Gold medal design (p. 10)
• Pooling expertise to deliver packaging innovation that responds to customer needs (p. 6)

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Contact sophia.bell@imlgroup.co.uk if you think there are any specific topics we should be covering.