Ricardo is a leading provider of innovative technology, engineering services and strategic consulting to the worlds automotive industries. At the Radford Semele Design and Manufacturing Centre students can see the complete process from original customer specification through to the final complete Assembled system. The design process is explained and students will see the design environment with real time simulation of component stress patterns. The manufacturing process will show high precision gear cutting and Gear Box Casing machining on the most modern CNC machining Centres to a very high quality surface finish and accuracy. Depending on the visit arrangement the students may see the complete assembly process or the development test area where systems are load tested over the full design speed range using a very modern test rig with sophisticated energy recovery capability.
| Typical Itinery | |
|---|---|
| Introduction and H&S Breifing | 20 mins |
| Design | 20 mins |
| Production | 40 mins |
| Plenary | 15 mins |
| Total Time | 1hr 35 mins |
| Curriculum Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visit | Focus | Curriculum Focus | Age Group | Days & Times |
| 1 | Design, Drawing, CAD CAM Development & Testing | GCSE D & T Resistant Materials | Y10/11 | NOT Mondays a.m. or Fridays, |
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Warwickshire Education Business Partnership PO Box 43 Shire Hall Warwick Warwickshire CV34 4SX |