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The fastener for engineers who lack tolerance

08/10/2018

Whilst design and production engineering for some applications requires fastening to occur with tolerances measured in microns – medical equipment and electronics assemblies together with aerospace and defence products being good examples – it is a fact that in the wider manufacturing arena there has to be, by necessity, more latitude.

(Re) designing resistors with Computational Fluid Dynamics

01/10/2018

Damiano Natali, research and development engineer at Cressall Resistors, explains how Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) comes into play for improving product designs that have stayed much the same for decades.

Giving shape to innovative ideas – 3D printing pens

05/09/2018

Ideas are aplenty, and innovation will never run out as long as we have those ideas. Our world today is fueled by umpteen ideas that can change the way we move forward and, to aid this, we also have tools that are designed to provide a pedestal for growth and progress.

Dream catchers

03/09/2018

Children are natural engineers, full of ideas, inventions and inspirational approaches to common place problems.

Flexible adhesive reduces production costs and provides a better bond