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News Release from: Delcam | Subject: Power Solution
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 November 2003
Software is on course for stylish golf
design
The Power Solution range of CADCAM software has helped Stewart Golf to bring more elegance, style, technology and quality to the sport in the form of the X1 remotely controlled golf trolley.
The Power Solution range of CADCAM software has helped Stewart Golf to bring more elegance, style, technology and quality to the sport in the form of the X1 remotely controlled golf trolley The unique design was created in the PowerShape hybrid modelling software and the tooling for the plastic components all manufactured by companies using PowerShape and the PowerMill CAM system
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Every aspect of the design had to be for the comfort of the owner and pleasing on the eye.
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New materials, plus improved manufacturing and rapid prototyping techniques, were available and adopted with enthusiasm.
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However, conversion of the aesthetics of the original design sketches for style, the structural needs for robustness, the requirements of the hi-tech equipment installed within it, plus designing for economical manufacture, were not easy to meld together.
The designers at Stewart Golf soon realised that the 2D systems they had previously used would be unable to capture accurately the complex styling envisioned for the product.
"Our approach represents the first attempt to really put some original thinking into golf trolley design", claimed David Funnell, one of the designers.
"We have tried to put some style into the one part of the sport that has never had any style before.
We have put a lot of thought into the materials and processes that we want to use to manufacture our trolley".
"Designing with PowerShape has given us the flexibility to come up with exactly the shapes that we wanted", said Funnell.
"It also made it easy to modify the design as we went through many rounds of testing on different golf courses".
"Our determination to create the ultimate design could not have been realised without PowerShape", added Funnell.
"However, this determination also meant that we went through more design iterations than we originally planned.
Fortunately, by using toolmakers with Delcam software, we were able to minimise the delivery times for our tooling and so meet our original target for the move into full production".
The launch of the new golf trolley will take place during late 2003 and preliminary reaction to the Stewart Golf website (www.stewartgolf.com) has lead to widespread acclaim.
Many golf professionals eager to sell the product have already approached Stewart Golf and the winning European Ryder Cup Captain Sam Torrance has endorsed the design. Request a free brochure from Delcam ...
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