Lab of the future
Improving lab efficiency through technology
Virtual and augmented reality is revolutionising the learning experience. Immersive experiences have the potential to contribute to faster learning, better retention and improved decision making. We've been exploring how these digital technologies could improve the modern laboratory workflow, improving the way lab technicians and test engineers work. Ensuring...
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Wear Modelling at Crux
A vital tool in the engineers armoury
Whether developing a product from scratch or troubleshooting an existing design, computational simulation is a vital tool in the engineer’s armoury. At Crux, our in-house experts work with industry-leading Abaqus software. Ever driving to extend our technical competence, we increasingly push beyond traditional FEA methods to solve new and challenging problems....
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Big Data
Closing the Loop
‘Bad Medicine’ Freakonomics Radio podcast episode, Dr Vinay Prasad, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Oregon Health and Sciences University, exposes the unsettling reality that ‘evidence-based medicine’ is still not as pervasive as we would all hope. Dr Vinay Prasad comments: “… one of the things...
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Making sense of tolerances
Ensuring reliable product performance
Discovering issues late in a project often results in eye-watering costs, with changes to production and assembly equipment leading to significant delays. Our clients are increasingly seeing the benefit of early detection, opting for upfront investment in analysis to predict risks and identify problems before any physical parts have been produced. A...
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Meet the team - Jack
Advice for engineering graduates
Name: Jack Carroll Job Title: Mechanical Engineer Degree Background & University: Bath University – Master of Engineering Degree What does a typical day in your job involve? As an engineer at Crux, my schedule varies widely on a day-to-day basis. We work on unique projects, which each bring their own challenges...
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Prototyping Human-Machine Interfaces
Applying UX methods to product design
Prototyping is crucial to the way that we approach projects at Crux; we fail fast, learn quickly and incrementally improve a design until it looks and works beautifully. We'll prototype surface models to understand how an object looks in it's intended environment, while at the same time design rigs that allow us to understand, test and...
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