JUNE 2020 | EUREKA!
VOLUME 40 | NUMBER 6
10 COVER STORY
BUILDING A BETTER
REALITY
Augmented reality is a relatively
new technology, but the role it
has played recently in meeting
the UK’s Ventilator Challenge
has proved its value on a larger
scale than ever before.
14 ON THE TOPIC OF…
HOW STRONG ARE
YOUR PATENTS?
Simon Jelley, head of innovation
and Tom Copeland, senior
consultant at 42 Technology,
look at common errors made
by companies in protecting
patents.
16 DESIGN SOFTWARE
CANVAS FILLS IN THE
BLANKS
Technical illustration software
is moving with the times, as one
company’s expanding portfolio
proves.
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19 FASTENING & JOINING
JOINING TO AID
LIGHTWEIGHTING
WMG is working with a
consortium to explore joining
technologies and develop
innovative lightweight
structures in automotive.
23 SENSORS, TEST &
MEASUREMENT
GETTING BACK TO
WORK WITH A BUMP
As part of the e ort to bring
people safely back into the
workplace, a new system has
been developed to ensure social
distancing can be maintained.
27 DRIVES, CONTROLS &
AUTOMATIONS
AUTOMATION FOR
PLASTICS
The options available for
selecting a complete solution
for plastics injection moulding
and extruder machines.
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31 MATERIALS
NEW JOINTS
REVOLUTIONISE
COMPOSITES
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World-leading research into
‘rapid heat popping joints’
makes composite parts easy
to dismantle, maintain and
recycle.
33 MATERIALS
NEW MATERIALS
ALLOW REMOTE
MEDICAL
MONITORING
Partners have developed
innovative smart health patch
that is currently tested for
medical use for COVID-19
patients.
34 COFFEE TIME
CHALLENGE
DONE TO A TEA
This month’s challenge is to
design a less wasteful way of
boiling water.
REGULARS
05 COMMENT
Introducing
16
, a new
campaign from Eureka’s
publisher MA Business
that brings together all
the company’s many
engineering titles to
honour and publicise
the e orts made by
engineering to combat
Covid-19
06 NEWS
■
launched
■ IChemE team helps
identify process to
safely reuse PPE
■ People counter to aid
social distancing
■ Protolabs plays key
role on Covid-19
projects
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