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16 December 2008

Events News

Delcam to Present More Efficient Manufacturing Workshop at Autosport

Delcam will present a workshop on more efficient manufacturing on the opening day of the Autosport Engineering exhibition to be held at the NEC, Birmingham, on 8th and 9th January. The workshop will outline computer-aided manufacturing techniques that offer huge benefits to autosport companies seeking to reduce costs, increase productivity, improve quality and shorten delivery times.

The presentation will include a series of case studies showing how these benefits have been achieved in applications as diverse as engine port machining and composite part manufacture. While Delcam remains best known in the autosport sector as the supplier of inspection software to the FIA and NASCAR, the company also supplies manufacturing systems to many of the leading teams and subcontractors in the industry.

One example will be Crosby Composites. Since switching to Delcam’s software, the company can produce composite components to levels of accuracy rarely seen in the industry. Owner Paul Crosby now uses this ability to finish machine every part to tolerances between 0.1 and 0.25mm as the key differentiator for his business.

The latest addition has been Delcam’s On-Machine Verification software. The first set of seventeen components produced with this system was supplied to one of the F1 teams and fitted onto the car with no clashes or re-work. It was the first time in the team’s history that this had happened with any set of composite parts from any supplier.

Another long-term Delcam partner is the Zytek Group, one of the world’s leading specialists in automotive control systems, race engine design and development, powertrain development, and hybrid-electric vehicles. The two companies have worked together to develop novel machining strategies for motorsport engine manufacture, in particular for the finish machining of inlet and exhaust ports.

“Since we began using the Delcam software to program our five-axis machines, we have reduced our manufacturing times by more than half, with a typical reduction for port machining down from forty hours to fifteen hours,” claimed John Manchester, Operations Director at Zytek. “Similarly, we have reduced the machining time for our barrel throttles by 60% and increased the accuracy of the match to the inlet ports.”

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