APPLIED TECHNOLOGY MACHINE BUILDING
SHIPBUILDING SOFTWARE HELPS WITH THE RESTORATION OF THE TS QUEEN MARY STEAMSHIP
Over £100,000 worth of 3D visualisation shipbuilding software has been donated by AVEVA to support the restoration of the TS Queen Mary, an iconic steamship built in 1933 to serve Glasgow and the West of Scotland. AVEVA will supply its purpose-built solution for shipbuilding that offers integrated 1D, 2D and 3D engineering and design tools pro bono to support the Friends of TS Queen Mary and naval architects Brookes Bell restore the vessel. The introduction of AVEVA’s advanced
shipbuilding software will enable the original vessel structure to be 3D-modelled accurately and in detail, seamlessly linking the model to construction and production drawings so that shipyard production information for replacement parts can be efficiently produced. Andy McGibbon, senior Naval architect,
Brookes Bell, said: “This is a very exciting project, and with AVEVA’s Shipbuilding & Marine Lifecycle Solutions we’re able to completely transform the design and restoration process – driving huge improvements in design efficiency and quality, and ensuring that the design is fault-free and the vessel is sympathetically restored for the benefit of future generations.” Iain Sim, chairman of Friends of TS Queen
Mary, said: “Having a fully functional 3D model is a key part of our conservation plan for TS Queen Mary. With AVEVA’s support, we can improve the accuracy and efficiency of the detailed design and steel renewal phases. The
commitment to TS Queen Mary from the British marine sector is overwhelming; we are truly grateful to the whole AVEVA team.” Once the design phase is completed, AVEVA
will use TS Queen Mary’s data – in partnership with the Friends organisation – for internal training and future product testing to support the development of vessels for decades to come. The transformation of the TS Queen Mary
follows an historic life in service, during which she regularly transported more than 13,000 passengers a week throughout World War II and maintained vital transport services on the River Clyde. The last vessel of her kind in the world,
she is listed in the Core 40 fleet of the UK’s National Historic Ship Register as a ship of national pre-eminence. HRH Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, is
royal Patron of the ship. It transported King George VI, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret as well as Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II. The ship is being restored as a heritage destination in Glasgow and will be open to members of the public in 2022.
AVEVA
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PHARMACY VENDING MACHINE BENEFITS FROM TOUCH TECHNOLOGY Traditionally, outdoor unattended vending machines use thick, toughened
For more than 20 years, PharmaShop24 has been designing and manufacturing vending machines for dispensing chemists, drug stores and pharmacies. When its engineers were looking at how they could fit more product lines into the self-service vending machines, they decided to go digital by switching to an interactive user interface – and specified Zytronic’s projected capacitive (PCT and MPCT) touch technology. “The selection and dispensing
mechanisms are very bulky, which limits the number of product lines we can vend,” explains Luca Garimberti, president of PharmaShop24. “To accommodate more items, we increased the size of the
product display module – for example, our largest EXTENSIVE model has a 3.5m² footprint and can hold up to 120 different items.” However, this increased number of choices also increased the complexity of traditional shelving with mechanical pushers. The engineers at PharmaShop24 had already developed a dynamic,
digital point-of-sale (POS) module, named INTERACTIVE. It features a 21.5” touchscreen and a multimedia kit to enable pharmacies to promote special offers and other products or services, with the ability to allow remote pharmacist consultations via the enhanced brightness display, for sunlight viewability. Having worked successfully with touchscreen specialist Patrice Romano of Camax on this project, Phamashop24 engineers turned to him again for advice on the appropriate touch technology to use to replace the existing system.
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glass in front of the products on display to secure against malicious attack and theft. PharmaShop24’s engineers were initially concerned whether a touchscreen could offer a similar level of protection, and still function in all weather conditions. In response, Camax recommended using a customised Zytronic ZyBrid 55” touch sensor made using 6mm thermally toughened anti-glare glass. By helping to hide and replace the previously bulky internal electromechanical systems, the new VIRTUAL module can hold many more products without increasing its size. With the vandal resistant and sunlight-readable touchscreen in place,
the VIRTUAL window shows digital representations of the available products on the large interactive LCD display, adding a further level of customer engagement. As a result, pharmacy owners can stock and configure the machines how they wish, whilst customers can quickly swipe through and select what they want to purchase. After payment, a robotic pick-and-place system selects and dispenses the product to the waiting client. A further invaluable feature of all the Pharmashop24 vending machines
is their networked telemetry, which enable owners to monitor sales and manage stock levels within each deployed unit. An optional feature is a ‘locker’ which enables prescription drugs to be safely held within the machine and released to a patient only when a special, pharmacy provided, security code has been keyed into the touchscreen. Garimberti added: “In comparison to the EXTENSIVE module, which holds
up to 120 product types, the new VIRTUAL module can manage up to 255 lines, which effectively doubles capacity while also reducing its footprint. Zytronic’s ZyBrid touch sensor has enabled us to create an attractive and responsive interface that customers love to use, while also providing the security, reliability and low maintenance that operators expect.”
Zytronic
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