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News Release from: Rapid News Publications
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 July 2006
Formula One speakers to head UK RP event
TCT 2006, the UK's largest Rapid Product Development and Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference will be playing host to two of the leading names in Formula 1 - Red Bull F1 and Renault F1.
TCT 2006, the UK's largest Rapid Product Development and Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference will be playing host to two of the leading names in Formula 1 - Red Bull F1 and Renault F1 TCT 2006, the UK's largest Rapid Product Development and Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference, being held 19th-20th September 2006 at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire, is playing host to two of the leading names in Formula 1
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Renault F1 will be co-presenting a manufacturing management paper with world leading aerospace company Boeing Phantom Works entitled, 'Immediate Industry Needs to Fully Engage the Rapid Manufacturing Revolution'.
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A further highlight at the conference is a technical paper being presented by Steve Nevey, Business Development manager at Red Bull F1 Racing.
The paper, 'On Track with Rapid Manufacturing at Red Bull F1' will focus on rapid manufacturing material issues confronted by the Red Bull team during the race season.
Running alongside the conference will be an exhibition, with more than 60 leading RPD companies presenting their products and services.
As the only UK event focused on providing solutions for accelerating products to market, visitors will be able to learn of the latest Rapid Product Development (RPD) technologies whilst witnessing real case studies from manufacturers in similar sectors.
One of these exhibiting companies is Advantage CFD, based in Northants, which recently completed a project with Aston Martin Racing.
When Aston Martin commenced development of its racing DBR9, it was considered to be a bold move not to follow the traditional route of wind tunnel design development, opting instead to go straight from a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) development programme to put the DBR9 on the track.
For such a ground-breaking approach, Advantage CFD was the obvious choice of partner.
Rob Lewis, chief engineer at Advantage CFD explained, "This project was a unique opportunity for us to demonstrate that CFD really has come of age.
Aston Martin Racing's decision to bypass the scale-model wind tunnel and focus on going from CFD straight to track is a major turning point for us.
It demonstrates that we can offer a practical alternative to the wind tunnel for aerodynamic development." Details of this project and others can be found at the TCT exhibition on the Advantage CFD Stand No: 37.
Another exciting case study to be presented at the exhibition by Ogle Models and Prototypes (OM+P), is a project recently undertaken with City University.
The company was approached by City University to help create a new intake manifold for a small single seater racing car.
A team of students at the university compete in a race series known as Formula Student, which challenges students to design, build, develop, market and compete as a team with a small single seater racing car.
The intake manifold design had become extremely complicated due to its complex shape and a rule imposing a restrictor in the airflow.
This made the design of the new intake manifold system essential to the design of the racing car, as it would enhance the performance of the engine.
Ogle created the model using SLS rapid prototyping technology with an aluminium filled nylon material capable of withstanding 150 deg C.
Whilst this increased the engine power, there were difficulties with extra air flowing back into the engine through the gap between the engine block and the bottom of the prototype runners, so OM+P modified the inlet runner to perfect the design.
Ogle's assistance helped the City University Team to develop their engine and significantly improve the power and torque it could deliver.
The TCT 2006 event is the place to be for automotive product design professionals.
TCT 2006 is supported by the GTMA, the RPMA and The Manufacturing Advisory Service.
The TCT conference was first staged in 1995.
It is now in its 11th year and over 4000 manufacturers have previously attended from a variety of industries.
* About Rapid News Publications - Rapid News Publications is a public limited, international magazine, conference and exhibition media company with special focus on business-to-business titles in the manufacturing world.
The flagship TCT 2006 Conference and Exhibition is supported by the market leading tct magazine.
TCT 2006 will take place on September 19-20th, 2006 at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK.
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