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Team on 10 June 2002
Jaguar Racing to present at TCT 2002
Jaguar Racing is the latest company to join the programme for the Time Compression Technologies 2002 Conference.
There are stark choices facing each of the eleven teams competing in the Formula 1 World Championship The most fundamental choice is whether to constantly push the technology envelope to get nearer the edge than the competition, or to be satisfied with just competing in this prestigious arena
Many successful manufacturing companies will constantly push to reduce lead times, as this will directly affect their competitiveness.
In Formula 1, reduced lead times are relatively unimportant.
It has to be ready by the beginning of March.
Full stop! Sooner gives no real advantage, later and a hefty fine from the sports governing body will be incurred.
The important thing is to do more in the given time.
If 20 iterations of any given component can be evaluated rather than 10, it will be better, faster and lighter.
There are various ways of achieving more design iterations: more sophisticated computing power enables more accurate simulations to be run, quicker.
More accurate design evaluation of component structure will mean better optimised, and therefore lighter suspension, wings, engine systems etc.
And, taking 20 versions of the rear diffuser to a wind tunnel test greatly increases the chances of finding a race-winning solution than only taking five! Steve Nevey of Jaguar Racing will give a detailed presentation of the team's philosophy on success in F1 at TCT 2002 in October, and while many companies look at Formula 1 as the ultimate application of cutting edge technology, Steve will outline how Jaguar Racing's philosophy can be translated to any manufacturing company with a desire to succeed.
This includes the sharing and subsequent execution of as many new ideas as possible, in Jaguar's case to accelerate the development of the car.
More iterations = more competitive.
Develop ideas; evaluate ideas; nurture ideas; discard ideas; execute ideas and collect knowledge.
Ultimately, the racing car is not the end product.
Intellect and knowledge form the end product.
Therefore, the acquisition of data, and its subsequent interpretation into knowledge is the key to success.
To achieve effective technology transfer between motor sport and more conventional manufacturing and industry, do not look at the carbon suspension, or the ultra-light-weight bodywork and wings.
Instead, look at the processes employed for understanding the requirements to be competitive, the organisational skills for bringing together the various disciplines to rapidly produce an optimum and completely appropriate solution.
And finally, look at the conviction to identify where the edge of the envelope is, along with the courage to creep ever closer to it.
While automotive applications provide a number of opportunities at TCT for delegates to see the latest developments in a host of time-compression technologies, the conference itself continues to push the boundaries and address new and emerging applications as the technologies themselves continue to develop.
Other presentations scheduled for the two-day conference programme include: "The effect of cryogenic processing on rapid prototyping materials", Boris Fritz, Northrop Grumman; "Design for technology", Victor Mumby, Nokia Mobile Phones; "Rapid prototyping parts with small features", Anthony Sexton, Ethicon Endosurgery; "Giving CAE to designers: wings for their back, or nailing their feet to the floor? Babies, bathwater and buzzword bingo", Stefan Kukula, Dyson; and "Virtual pattern casting - producing moulds for investment casting of turbine blades", Richard Rogers, Rolls-Royce.
Returning to the Manchester International Convention Centre (MICC), Manchester, UK, TCT 2002 will take place 16th-17th October 2002.
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