Product Design & Assembly Features

Superior model making brings new Farringdon Station to life

Ogle Models and Prototypes were appointed to produce a high quality, highly detailed model of the concourse at the new Farringdon Station in London.

Redefining interior design with 'printed' living spaces

Designer Francois Brument is right up to date as far as the possibilities of digital design are concerned. He is currently turning to integrated digital production processes for the creation of living spaces, breaking with the traditional approaches that separate architecture from interior design and furnishings.

3D laser scanning advances tool creation for medical components

Laser scanning combined with touch probing on a Nikon Metrology co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) fits perfectly with additive layer manufacturing (3D printing) practices at French rapid manufacturing service bureau, Applications Additives Avancées (3A). This modern metrology system is the key to reduced lead-times and lower costs in the manufacture of medical, aerospace and other mechanical components.

Top quality finishes for top quality products

Ask a professional photographer what camera they would buy if money were no object and the chances are their response will be a Hasselblad. Their quality is out of this world – and quite literally so, as those first lunar pictures were captured by Neil Armstrong using a Hasselblad camera.

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Hydraulic engineers prefer scale models to CFD(04/04/2013)

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling has been around since the early sixties when the first work using computers to model fluid flow was performed at Los Alamos National Labs, by the T3 group.
Securing parcel lockers for the e-commerce era(06/03/2013)

Ensuring safe and secure deliveries at parcel lockers is something close to Natalie Brannelly's heart. Here, she explains how her company is working closely with the parcel locker sector to deliver the optimum electro-mechanical latch for indoor and outdoor electronic locker enclosure applications.
How not to treat your laptop and flatscreen TV(20/02/2013)

Toshiba's consumer products take a hammering in this series of humorous video clips. Warts and all, the company is not afraid to reveal that they do sometimes fail under extreme duress!
Tangless inserts save time in critical assembly(04/01/2013)

Stainless steel fasteners are used in many applications where zero foreign object debris (FOD) is essential. Such applications include the food industry, clean rooms, electronics, aerospace, satellites, safety critical applications, space and other vacuum environments.
Star delivers a close shave for unisex travel razor(04/01/2013)

Star Prototype has helped turn an innovative idea for a unisex travel razor into a commercial product for the discerning traveller by delivering the key elements of Cormia Design’s new Pocket Razor.