Building on the great work underway in the 3D printing community and at a significant tangent to our normal work, #OrthotropicEngineering has adapted a #facevisor design to enable cost-effective manufacture using water-jet and laser cutting techniques. The visor may...
Over the past month, we’ve been pretty busy at #OrthotropicEngineering! In addition to the design, analysis and consultancy services we continue to provide, we’ve managed to fit in the manufacture of a large number of glass/epoxy test panels and cast resin...
It’s with considerable excitement that we’re able to announce the start of the resin testing phase of our materials R&D programme “Composite Materials for Marine Renewables”. In addition to the exotherm tests already completed, our...
Wishing the best to all our our friends, customers and suppliers during these extraordinary times. Here at #OrthotropicEngineering we’re fortunately able to continue our work unaffected by the #Coronavirus lockdown: Definitely looking forward to a few face to...
At #OrthotropicEngineering, we were so excited to infuse our first glass/epoxy test panel that we decided to capture the event for posterity using timelapse photography! Not bad for a first attempt, but not perfect either: See how the resin front progresses unevenly,...
Looking forward once again to the #JEC composites show in Paris, now just a couple of weeks away. It’s always a pleasure to catch up with friends old and new! I’ll be there on both Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th March, so please do get in touch if...
With ever more dire warnings about the likely consequences of climate change, we’re always keen at #OrthotropicEngineering to support #RenewableEnergy projects. So when approached by #OrbitalMarinePower to assist in the design process for their O2-2000 tidal...
Wishing you a merry Christmas, and a happy and prosperous 2020! It’s been a busy year here at #OrthotropicEngineering: Building on the firm foundations laid a year ago, we’ve been fortunate to build a good client base both here in the UK and...
Today we wave ‘au revoir’ to the bridge that has been a significant part of our lives for the past few months. Designed by #OrthotropicEngineering and built by #JackLindsay, it’s about to leave for installation in France, but not before a last...
The best bit of any build project must surely be when all the biggest pieces come together for the first time. So when Jack Lindsay called to say that he’d completed the access bridge steelwork and bolted it together, I didn’t need much of an excuse to pop...
