There’s more to an industrial robot workcell than simply the machine itself, says Stirling Paatz of leading robot integrator, Barr & Paatz

Great Britain’s 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic medal haul confirmed cycling as one of the nation’s strongest sports. But some of that success is owed to Formula One. CFD, the ‘wind tunnel in a computer’ technology used to design superfast cars, helped improve British cyclists’ race times by reducing air drag.

Developing and refining the processes for its manufacturing and assembly operation is no small task for Irvine, California-based Coast Composites, Inc. That’s why, when the company went looking for the next generation of technology, it went to a company known to think "big", Verisurf Software.

Red Bull Technology manufactures Formula 1 motor sport cars for Red Bull Racing. In 2008 the company decided to evaluate CAM systems, investigating an upgrade to their existing CAM software as well as looking at alternatives

Based in Nottingham, UK and with facilities across Europe, Asia and the US, RomaxWIND offers its clients design services, technical consultancy and simulation technology for the development of wind turbine drivetrain systems.

ANSYS has announced that Delta Marine Engineering Co., a merchant marine designer based in Turkey, uses Simulation Driven Product Development from ANSYS to optimize ships that transport cargo to all points of the globe.

To optimise its entire product development process and part management procedures, Korg Italy has chosen think3’s product lifecycle management solution

Aircelle Ltd, based in Burnley, UK is part of the Safran group, and manufactures nacelles, thrust reversers and aerostructures for companies such as Airbus.

PTC looks at the success of the Cirrus HD-OCT – a high definition retinal scanner which has now been established as the new clinical standard for retinal care.