Embedded systems are now moving into a new phase of complexity and functionality. Even systems that most would consider to be relatively simple are reaching the point where more sophisticated control is needed to maintain their position in the market. This has a knock-on effect on the criteria development teams need to use when they select hardware platforms.

Rutland Plastics explains how you can validate your design and print low volume end-use parts.

For manufacturers of products that require a plasma treatment step for cleaning and decontamination, surface conditioning or to promote adhesion, specifying and integrating the required equipment to automate the process can be daunting.

RP Technologies manufacture prototype injection mould tooling from aluminium. However, its service differs slightly to other prototype tool makers & moulders as it manufactures tooling to production standard, including cooling and heating channels.

When the Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) in the UK began its undertaking to restore The Great Pagoda, Kew, it faced some monumental challenges. Yet by bringing the technologies and expertise of 3D Systems On Demand Manufacturing to this project, this effort was made manageable and efficient.

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.

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

Street lighting, car boot linings and van seating share very little in common, on the face of it – yet recent times have seen Bollhoff Fastenings’ innovative QUICKLOC fastener specified for all three applications.