Delcam to show Bloodhound SSC part at Birmingham Made Me Design Expo

Delcam will highlight its involvement in the Bloodhound SSC (Supersonic Car) adventure at the 2015 Birmingham Made Me Design Expo. This third event in the series takes place at Millennium Point in the city from 15th to 19th June and will incorporate the Design Council’s annual summit.

Bloodhound SSC aims to set a new land-speed record of 1000 mph in South Africa in 2016. Delcam is both an SME Sponsor and a Product Sponsor of the project, supporting the development of the car with its manufacturing software and expertise, and producing some components for the record-breaking vehicle in its Advanced Manufacturing Facility.  In addition, several Delcam customers and technical partners, including the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing in Sheffield, are using the company’s manufacturing software to produce parts for the ultimate jet- and rocket-powered racing car.

The component to be shown at Birmingham Made Me is part of the steering support column and so is essential in ensuring that the car remains on course during its world land-speed record attempt. It was produced on Delcam’s Hermle C50 UMT machining centre, one example of the range of high-end equipment in the company’s headquarters in Small Heath.

As well as providing prototype machining capacity for companies whose own machines are fully occupied with production work, the equipment in the Advanced Manufacturing Facility helps Delcam’s clients to improve their manufacturing processes. These process-development services are attracting increased demand, especially from the aerospace and power generation industries, as many companies now find that their own engineering resource is needed to maintain their on-going operations, leaving them limited capacity to introduce new products or develop new processes.

The equipment is also used in testing new developments in Delcam’s manufacturing software. Being able to test developments on-site on industrial-sized equipment obviously gives Delcam a major advantage over its competitors by proving out its programs before they are delivered to its customers.

03 June 2015