With the Midlands’ strong manufacturing heritage it is no surprise that the Make it in Great Britain Exhibition, on show at the Science Museum this summer, featured some of the regions finest engineering.
Goodrich, based in Wolverhampton, beat competition from hundreds of UK companies to show case their landing gear used on commercial aeroplanes. Wanting the stand to be interactive and allow visitors to move the landing gear themselves, Goodrich looked to Haughton Design to help engineer the exhibition stand.
Haughton Design who had worked with Goodrich on several projects before, including the design and engineering of a demonstration model of a new mechanism used to deploy the leading edge of an aircraft wing, were awarded the project. It was clear to Goodrich’s Project Managers, Matt Galloway and Beth Parker, that from the outset Haughton Design shared the same vision of the stand.
Safety was the main issue when designing the stand. A successful combination of hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for different scenarios proved the safety of the design. Galloway noted “I was impressed with how Haughton Design was able to include such a high safety factor without compromising on the overall design.”
With the design of the stand in place manufacturers were appointed to begin build. Devonshire based HepcoMotion supplied the aluminium frame for the stand, while Midlands’ 5-D and Transicon were appointed the project’s manufacturers. Utilising the regions strong manufacturing hub is a testament to the area’s engineering heritage and a great example to exhibit within Make it in Great Britain.
The stand was successfully installed in the Science Museum which was open to the public throughout the summer. Galloway is delighted with the finished result “The project went really well, there were some changes along the way, but they were dealt with thanks to Haughton Design. It is a great example of British Manufacturing and I am really pleased with it.”
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