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As we celebrate the first anniversary of the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code, EngineeringUK has announced that over 160 organisations have now committed to working together to increase the number and diversity of young people entering engineering careers.

Launched in October 2020 The Tomorrow’s Engineers Code asks Signatories to sign up and commit to four pledges: inspiring connection, driving inclusion, showcasing engineering and improving impact.

Organisations range from large international engineering firms to SMEs, professional engineering institutions, and government departments including: the Department for Education, universities, including Anglo American, Airbus UK, Imperial College London, Make UK, Network Rail, Nissan, Shell and Siemens.

 Becca Thurston, Early Careers Manager at Wessex Water said:

“Joining The Tomorrow’s Engineers Code has helped add more structure and purpose to our careers engagement. We are going to start using the Impact Framework and the Measures Bank tool to help us to review the data we are collecting and the impact our activities and presence at events is having. Having access to the work of others is inspirational and reassuring.”

• Scope of work for UK’s largest manufacturer of electric and range-extended vehicle drive systems included Finite Element Analysis 
• And comes as London-headquartered Equitus repositions itself as a group of companies following period of growth

Equitus, a London headquartered company, has delivered a design validation of battery racks for Magtec. 

The scope of work for the UK’s largest manufacturer of electric and range-extended vehicle drive systems included Finite Element Analysis (FEA). 

Equitus is one of a small selection of companies with high level technical proficiency capabilities in FEA, a computerised method for predicting how a product reacts to real-world forces, vibration, heat, fluid flow and other physical effects.

The collaborative project has ensured that Magtec’s racks - which when loaded with batteries weighing a combined 1260 kgs subject them to forces six times that of earth’s gravity - are safe while also providing assurance to electric truck manufacturers.

Design validation included alignment with five United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

It comes as what was Equitus Engineering repositions its offer to become Equitus World; now the parent of Equitus Engineering, Equitus Design and Equitus Innovations. 

The transition to a new business model - with all four now having their own domains -  follows a period of growth for Equitus, which also has bases in Manchester, UK, and Bangalore, India, 

Equitus founder Raam Shankar said: “Working in such a progressive and collaborative way with Magtec has been a great pleasure. 

“Magtec approached Equitus to do some design validation of their battery racks, we assessed the design and offered Magtec recommendations that were accepted.

“The wide spectrum of our capabilities and experience in FEA means that we select the right analysis approach whether that is problem physics, application, idealisation (shells, beams, solids) contact setup and modelling, and a range of static and dynamic loading conditions.

“For Magtec, the weight being carried over the frames was two batteries of 230 kgs each and four batteries weighing 200 kgs. Our capabilities, coupled with Magtec’s commitment to safety, provided validation and assurance in design to electric truck manufacturers. In the year of COP 26 being held in Glasgow, we feel that UK companies collaborating on UN SDGs is a positive thing.”

Raam, TEDx Alumni, added that Equitus is now entering the most exciting phase in its six-year history. 

“We decided to reposition the business model from one to four separate yet integrated companies. This approach will enable Equitus to pursue our objectives with more clarity while providing clearer value and solutions driven work for our clients.”

Equitus has worked with clients including Babcock, European Space Agency, Pall Corporation, Sellafield, STFC, Centrax Gas Turbines, AMOT Corporation, and Kawasaki. 

Magtec was formed in 1992 and has been at the vanguard of the very latest clean technology; designing and manufacturing electric drivetrain solutions to power or repower commercial vehicles and trucks.

The company currently has hundreds of drive systems operating in trucks around the globe and is based in the heart of Sheffield’s manufacturing hub. 

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Across all sectors there are differing regulations and practices that organisations need to adhere to in order to operate their businesses safely, effectively and efficiently. From hygienic food storage, to the safety of materials handling equipment and monitoring when certain assets or equipment might fail, businesses need to record data and check its accuracy to prove their product or equipment is safe and that the organisation is adhering to consistent safety measures.

Yet in many cases, businesses continue to rely on manual, time consuming, paper-based monitoring processes which are not only inefficient, but also have a high likelihood of inaccuracy. With pressures increasing on businesses to improve productivity and streamline their operations, they need a means of performing these critical regulatory processes in a way that not only saves valuable time, but also provides peace of mind that these checks are timely and crucially – accurate. 

Chris Potts, Marketing Director, ANT Telecom explains how automated compliance monitoring through the use of IoT sensor technology can support businesses in achieving these goals, as well as providing further data-led insight to take proactive and preventative action where necessary. 

Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CPA) has upgraded its proprietary crane analysis software, used for pre- and post-processing during finite element analysis of cranes.

The crane analysis software suite, which is a set of programs that perform both pre- and post-processing, was developed with container cranes in mind. The pre-processing module is used to develop criteria, geometry, and loads. Users note how quickly wind loads can be developed using different design codes and boundary layer wind tunnel tests.

Joblogic and Refcom have collaborated to launch a software module in the UK that ensures F-Gas compliance.  It also makes it simpler and faster for HVAC engineers to comply since they can now input the data directly into a compliant logbook via a mobile app.

Legislation demands that an engineer must track and record any movement of refrigerant gas in an official logbook.  There also needs to be a back-office system that shows all the work completed on equipment.

This newly extended award-winning range of HDC Chisels now has a superior ergonomic design and 11 different blade widths up to 40mm. 

HDC Chisels are designed for jobs on site that need strength and precision for accurate chiselling work. 

All the blades are forged using a unique steel formula into a one-piece I-beam construction for strength and rigidity with a robust profile for extreme breaking strength and a design that maximises power transmission downwards through the tool.

These forward-thinking brands are pioneering sustainable business practices in their industries. 

Did you know that bridging the ‘The Circularity Gap’ by embracing the circular economy could shrink global greenhouse gas emissions by 39%!* That’s why Emma Safety footwear has become a leader in sustainability having created the world’s very first ‘100% Circular’ safety footwear range, 

While Snickers Workwear is at the forefront of sustainability in the workwear industry by sourcing the highest quality, most hard-wearing products with as little environmental impact as possible. Ensuring garments are made from ‘preferred fibres’, enhances durability and comfort to create hard-wearing workwear with a long product lifetime which is key to reducing waste. 

Snickers Workwear = Comfort = Wellbeing and Improved Performance.

Snickers Workwear is continuing to make great strides in Work Trousers design and functionality while still increasing its commitment to environmental responsibility.

Sustainable fabrics, body-mapping designs and improved performance are key features in the all-New Work trousers for men and women. Wherever they’re working, whenever they’re on task and whatever the weather, there’s a pair of trousers to suit.

The leading multi-specialist industrial supplies and services provider in the UK − Rubix − is launching a nationwide specialist cutting tools and machining division. 

‘Rubix Cutting & Machining’ will provide access to standard cutting tools, best in class turn around for bespoke special tooling solutions, product proving, as-new regrind and recoating services and on site technical support to customers across the UK & Ireland with cutting and machining needs supported by all the leading brands.

The new division integrates as a single entity the company’s cutting and machining technical competency centres and expert specialist engineers from the South West to the North East of the country. When it comes to metal removal, this will make it even easier for our customers to access the most effective solution to their processes, product needs or problems. 

Outdoor enclosures, the ones you see beside the road, on the pavement, trackside on the railways. The ones you walk past every day without giving them a second thought, these metal boxes, more often than not contain highly critical equipment that is fundamental to our everyday life.

Broadband connection, the controls of signalling on the railways, the important instructions on overhead motorway gantries, these functions and many more impact our daily activity. Whether we are working from home or travelling, the controls that make these things possible are housed out of sight and out of mind. That’s not a bad thing, they are designed to be inconspicuous to the public.