NEW EUROPEAN AERONAUTICAL BEARINGS TEST CENTRE


SKF is increasing its capacity by opening a new European test centre dedicated to high-speed aeronautical bearings. The European high-speed aeronautical


bearings test centre, located at the SKF Aeroengine site in Valenciennes, France, will enable full-scale, high-speed bearing testing under representative operating and environmental conditions. Due to their critical role in aircraft and helicopter engines and transmissions, development cycle times for engine shaft bearings, accessory drives and transmission gearboxes remain significant. The test centre will be developed to


continuously improve the representativeness, reliability and repeatability required by major


aeronautical manufacturers. Beyond bearing- related technologies, the test centre will also make it possible to speed up the maturity ramp-up for advanced technologies, such as those linked to sensors and signal processing. Rutger Barrdahl, Head of Aerospace at SKF,


said: “Our customers are looking for weight- savings, increased service life and better lifetime predictability to improve the operational, economic and environmental performance of their aircraft. In this sense, our new test centre is a catalyser and accelerator for innovation in the area of high-speed aeronautical bearings.” The timetable for the development of SKF’s


European High-Speed Aeronautical Bearings Test Centre will be aligned with SKF customer


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TT ELECTRONICS UNDERTAKES THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE


TT Electronic’s CEO Richard Tyson and the head office team have taken on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge, raising over £5,800 for charity. The gruelling walk stretched over 24.5 miles and a combined 5,200ft (1,585m) of ascent, which the team completed in less than 12 hours. TT Electronics is matching all donations made, supporting both the Salters' Institute and Woking and Sam Beare Hospices, taking the total raised to over £11,600. The Salters' Institute is a 100-


year institution whose aim is to excite and encourage young people to take up a long-term interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). The money raised will fund two new Festivals of Chemistry and go a long way to supporting the charity’s ambition of doubling the number of young people who could attend such Festivals.


TT Electronics is also passionate about supporting the Woking & Sam Beare Hospices. Now in its 21st year, the charity opened a new 20 en- suite bedroomed hospice in Woking’s


Following on from the recent announcement that the BPMA’s ‘Lecture to Student’ training courses are now CPD accredited, the organisation is delighted to announce that both of its E-Learning courses have also achieved CPD status. The final BPMA course to get the


Goldsworth Park Hospice in May this year, providing free end-of-life care and support to 1,400 people across North West Surrey, and their families. The charity needs to raise more than £8m each year to fund its work. www.ttelectronics.com


THE ALU D&T CHALLENGE IS BACK


This month I was lucky enough to visit Rittal at their facilities in Germany. Firstly we were given a guided tour of Rittershausen, Rittal’s factory in Herborn, during which we were able to follow the process of creating an enclosure from start to finish. We then went on to visit the


Rittal Innovation Centre in Haiger, where we were able to see how Eplan software is used to plan the assembly of the equipment inside an enclosure. At the Innovation Centre,


Rittal were also proud to demonstrate the Perforex BC milling machine and the impressive Perforex LC laser cutting machine. Lisa Peake - Acting Editor


The UK’s aluminium industry is on the search for the designers and engineers of the future as it launches this year’s Alu D&T Challenge. Secondary schools throughout the UK are invited to take part in the challenge, which aims to teach 11-14 year olds about sustainable design. Students can attempt one of three design briefs to create a sustainable building, vehicle or package using aluminium. Developed and funded by the UK aluminium industry, the Alu D&T


Challenge’s design briefs are based on real-life challenges faced by today’s designers. Designs will be judged on how well they address the ‘6Rs’ of sustainability, as well as their creativity and the use of aluminium. Students can enter in teams of up to four people, or as an individual. In each category there will be a winner and runner up, chosen by a panel of experts representing the fields of engineering, design, manufacturing and architecture. They will be invited to a prize giving ceremony in March 2018. The


winners will receive innovative equipment for their school’s D&T department, including programming kits and drones, plus vouchers for the students. All finalists will receive a named certificate and a 3D pen. The 2017/18 resource booklet and information about the competition is


available to download for free at the website below. Learning Aluminium


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CPD treatment will be the ‘Certified Pump System Auditor’ scheme; an industry specific professional qualification developed by the BPMA. www.bpma.org.uk


Plessey Semiconductor has been named as the winner of the Grand Prix prize at the 2017 British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs), held at the HAC in London. Plessey Semiconductor has developed high power GaN-on- Silicon LEDs, which provide 30 per cent more light output than competitive devices. www.beeas.co.uk


Tomorrow’s Engineers and STEM Learning are launching Tomorrow’s Engineers ENTHUSE Partnerships to build strategic industry relations with schools in priority areas. With funding from the Careers and Enterprise Company and Project ENTHUSE, this new programme will support young people to increase their engagement in the key subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk


TÜV SÜD product service has appointed Chris Guy as its new UK divisional director. He will take over responsibility from Jean-Louis Evans, who is retiring at the end of October 2017. Chris Guy joins TÜV SÜD from the Consumer Technology division of UL, where he was regional general manager. www.tuv-sud.co.uk


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roadmaps, and with the European Clean Sky 2 programme, for which SKF has been selected for several projects.


SKF www.skf.com


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