FEBRUARY 2020 | EUREKA!
VOLUME 40 | NUMBER 2
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10 COVER STORY
THE ROAD TO ZERO
Targets demand that all new cars
and vans on the road will be zero
emission by 2040. A new report
has outlined the challenges and
realities of transitioning the UK to
electric vehicles.
17 ON THE TOPIC OF…
THE PRINTED PRINTER
A compact and a ordable 3D
printer that can be 3D printed
in resin could represent another
leap forward for the technology.
20 DESIGN SOFTWARE
VIRTUAL DESIGN
BENEFITS
Digitalisation has created
opportunities for companies
to make a paradigm shift in
their product development and
manufacturing processes.
22 EUREKA! VISION
DISTRUPOL
24 EUREKA! VISION
GOODFELLOW
CAMBRIDGE
27 FASTENING AND
ADHESIVES
SPECIFIER’S GUIDE
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Fasteners and xings are often a
last-minute consideration or left
to the contractor’s discretion.
However, when fasteners are
correctly speci ed from the
outset, there are huge bene ts.
31 MOTORS
UNDER CONTROL
How the use of e ective motor
control using servo drives has
streamlined e ciencies at a
South Wales company.
34 AEROSPACE
ELECTRIC AVIATION
The world’s rst fully electric
aircraft built for commercial use
has taken to the skies, ying for
15 minutes.
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37 ENGINEERING
MATERIALS
WHY COMPOSITES ARE
THE FUTURE
Morgan Advanced Materials and
Royal Academy’s Professor Ian
Kinloch are tackling carboncarbon
composite challenges
across a range of industries.
41 DESIGN PLUS
THE BENEFITS OF UX
DESIGN
Colman Walsh, CEO of UX
Design Institute, explains how
User Experience-based design
can help engineers.
39 COFFEE TIME
CHALLENGE
OVERBOARD!
This month’s challenge is to
design a small, lightweight and
safer quick release system
for lifejackets that is easy to
maintain and operate even in the
dark at sea.
27
REGULARS
05 COMMENT
With January 31st 2020
set as the date for the
United Kingdom to
leave the European
Union, one of the many
uncertainties has been
made certain. Hopefully
this will allow businesses
to begin planning and to
prepare for their future
relationships with the
rest of the world.
06 NEWS
■ Sea anemone
inspired robotic
gripper
■ Materials hub
■ Supercar sprint
power
■ Software to improve
AM visualisation
■ Southern preview
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