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Category Archives: cad
3D Printed components in Aerospace
GE Additive Centre in Ohio 3D prints parts for it’s aircraft engines ! Profound as that may seem, where reliability and caution in manufacture is paramount in the aerospace industry, it is today’s reality. In fact 35% of components … Continue reading
Posted in 3d, 3D Printing, aerodynamics, AIRCRAFT, business, cad, design, Energy, engine, failure, humor, humour, Industry, jet engine, manufacturing, material science, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, precision engineering, printing, technology, turbine, Uncategorized
Tagged 3d printing, additive manufacture, aerospace, AIRCRAFT, business, design, development, humor, humour, Industry, mechanical properties, projects, technology
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Space tourism – starting to take off !
Official definition: Space tourism is space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. A number of startup companies have sprung up in recent years, such as Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace, hoping to create a sub-orbital space tourism industry. … Continue reading
Posted in aerodynamics, AIRCRAFT, business, cad, design, Energy, engine, Engineering, humor, humour, Industry, jet engine, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, power generation, project engineering, quotations, record breaking, research science, rocket engine, space flight, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged business, design, development, flight, humor, humour, projects, space, technology
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Virtual & Augmented Reality Design Tool
Virtual Reality (VR) & Augmented Reality (AR) is progressing at a steady rate in many sectors but especially in engineering design. VR is often associated with cumbersome helmets and video gaming, but within industry ‘powerwalls’ are used. A projector displays … Continue reading
Posted in 3d, business, cad, COMPUTER SIMULATION, design, Engineering, humor, humour, Industry, manufacturing, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, project engineering, research science, technology, tracking motion, Uncategorized, vitual reality
Tagged 3d, augmented reality, business, design, development, humor, humour, technology, virtual reality
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Team GB Bike Design for Rio
This blog is particularly interesting to me as I ride road bikes for a local club, and I am always looking to find ways to go faster ! From what I gather the rapid engineering advancement in bike design … Continue reading
Posted in aerodynamics, business, cad, carbon fibre, cycling, design, Engineering, humor, humour, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, project engineering, record breaking, research science, technology, Uncategorized, university
Tagged aerodynamics, cad, design, engineering, humor, humour, manufacturing, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, quotes, SPORT, technology, wind tunnel
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Bloodhound 1000mph record attempt
The Bloodhound project was launched nearly 8 years ago. The aim & vision is to break the land speed record, and ultimately achieve 1000mph. The project has been very much ‘open … Continue reading
Posted in aerodynamics, cad, COMPUTER SIMULATION, design, Engineering, ergonomics, humor, humour, jet engine, manufacturing, mechanical, project engineering, quotations, quotes, record breaking, research science, rocket engine, speed records, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged aerodynamics, design, humor, humour, land speed record, manufacturing, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, prototype, quotation, quotes, technology
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The ultimate in design feedback – New Autodesk SeeControl
Autodesk have gained a further competitive edge over their competitors by acquiring SeeControl an Internet of Things (IoT) software company, and by developing in house software platform Forge that develops apps and services for SeeControl. Cloud based IoT is the … Continue reading
Posted in business, cad, design, Engineering, humor, humour, manufacturing, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, research science, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged business, cad, design, engineering, humor, humour, manufacturing, mechanical, quotes, technology
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Bloodhound: Britain’s 1000 mph land speed record attempt
You may or may not of heard of this amazing engineering project that started back in 2008. The vision for Bloodhound came from a desire from Richard Noble & Andy Green to break the land speed record and reach 1000mph, … Continue reading
Posted in aerodynamics, business, cad, COMPUTER SIMULATION, Engineering, ergonomics, humor, humour, jet engine, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, project engineering, quotations, record breaking, rocket engine
Tagged aerodynamics, business, cad, computer simulation, design, development, engine power, engineering, ergonomics, extreme engineering, humor, humuor, jet engine, land speed record, power generation, project engineeering, rocket engine, south africa, speed, sponsorship
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