Understanding the real world performance of a novel compressor design and validating the theoretical analysis underpinning it led Midlands based Lontra to invest in multiple test beds that were capable of measuring many channels at high and low speeds simultaneously.
Once in a while a custom development for one particular customer turns out to be just what many others also want – they just didn’t know it until they saw it. This is exactly what the Mitutoyo Gauging Technology (MGT) division found after developing a successful system for batch measurement of small parts for an orthopaedic equipment manufacturer.
Link Microtek has recreated an obsolete test system for a prime contractor in the defence industry to enable the end customer to continue critical support for an avionics EW (electronic warfare) system.
Dunstan Power urges product developers to get EMC testing as early as possible in their projects. Failing at the final hurdle can be costly and damaging to the successful outcome of a project, as well as slowing that all-important time-to-market.
The University of Huddersfield's Dr Andrew Longstaff receives an EPSRC High Value Manufacturing Catapult Fellowship to bring commercial reality to cutting-edge research.