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Leading the Charge How Air Race E Plans to Put Electric Aviation on the Map 160 years of innovation theengineer.co.uk May 2019 | £3.70 Leading the charge How Air Race E plans to put electric aviation on the map Advanced Manufacturing News, comment and in-depth analysis from Future threats Home help Car of the issue the world of production technology BAE’s technology director on Inside the centre developing The Jaguar F-Pace SVR, a luxury innovating in an increasingly technology to help those SUV that offers other- dangerous world »24 living with dementia »30 worldly performance »32 » 37 Cover_The Engineer - May 2019_The Engineer 1 07/05/2019 14:20 BOTH COME WITH for 3TRAINING peopleFREE over 3 days. XYZ UMC 4+1 XYZ UMC-5X FROM £129 DIRECT DRIVE ,915 HIGH TORQUE MOTOR DIRECT DRIVE +VAT HIGH TORQUE MOTOR FROM 5 axis NO90 WORM OR WHEELRPM NO90 WORM OR WHEELRPM £149,625 (4+1) multi face or +VAT 5 axis simultaneous ? 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ALL IN UK STOCK To learn more please call 01823 674200 [email protected] www.xyzmachinetools.com MACHINE TOOL DEMOS ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY OF THE XYZ UK SHOWROOMS DEVON BLACKBURN NUNEATON SHEFFIELD & LONDON NOW 450x300 4+1 UMC-5X-3.indd 1 TE_010319_002_003_XYZ_DPS_dis.indd 32 4/29/1929/04/2019 12:31:17 16:27 PM 4-6 JUNE 2019 NEC BIRMINGHAM 15 35 THREE EVENTS, ONE COMPLETE MANUFACTURING SOLUTION 25 30 50 70 90 Discover the suppliers, innovation and advice you need to future proof your manufacturing strategy BE INSPIRED NETWORK MEET SOURCE REGISTER FREE TO ATTEND WWW.THEENGINEEREXPO.CO.UK WWW.SUBCONSHOW.CO.UK WWW.ADVANCEDMANUFACTURING.CO.UK #TheEngineerExpo #SubconShow #AMSHOW18 Media Partners: Association Partners: MACHINERY TRADE INTERNATIONAL Composites Trade Association TE_010519_051_Subcon_FP.indd 1 29/04/2019 16:26 editor comment thisissue ouropinion Volume 299 Issue No. 7908 Established 1856 Powering innovation news 06 E nergy Solar panels to boost sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa here is a long and colourful history of sporting competition driving broader 08 A erospace World’s largest aircraft set real-world innovation. to go all-electric Perhaps the best-known example of this is the race-to-road dynamic of motorsport, a phenomenon that’s been strongly reinforced in recent 10 A utomotive High-energy batteries years, most notably through the Formula E competition, which has driven could help electric vehicles go further the development of electric vehicle powertrain technology and arguably 12 M edical New breast cancer scanner done much to shift public perceptions of electric vehicles. In this issue’s cover story, we turn our attention to Formula E’s airborne aims to give more precise diagnosis equivalent: Air Race E, the world’s first all-electric manned aircraft racing 14 Energy How phosphorene could competition, which – when it launches in 2020 – will see eight all-electric enhance technology developments planes racing around circuits at speeds of up to 400km/h. 16 Medical Brain trauma breakthrough It promises to be a truly exciting sporting “Electrification spectacle. But as we report, the team behind Tthe Airbus-backed competition also has opinion is becoming 20 V iewpoint Rebuilding Notre-Dame broader ambitions for the project, and hopes that it will mimic Formula E’s automotive impact 22 M ailbox Your letters to the editor and supercharge the development of increasingly key 24 I nterview Dave Short electrification technologies for tomorrow’s commercial aircraft. to the sector” Just a few years ago, this would have been a features barely credible aim. But, thanks to the 26 C over story Electric air racing and its continued advances in battery and powertrain technology, electrification is becoming increasingly effect on the aviation industry key to the sector’s strategy for meeting ever-more ambitious emissions targets, with companies including Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Siemens and Boeing all actively developing electric aviation Home-based 30 Medical & healthcare technologies. Just as electric car technology has become a key area of The Engineer’s coverage, we tech can help people with dementia look forward to reporting on the torrent of electric aerospace innovations that will surely follow in 32 C ar of the issue Jaguar F-Pace SVR the coming years. Electric flight is just one of the topics that you can find out more about at The Engineer’s annual 37 A dvanced manufacturing News; conference, when we will be joined by Rolls-Royce plc’s chief project engineer for hybrid-electric Mazak comment; machine tool propulsion Riona Armesmith, who will be talking about her company’s work on the E-Fan X project. round-up; 3D printing; products As in previous years, the conference, which takes place alongside The Engineer Expo, Subcon 52 Show preview Subcon and AMS exhibitions from 4-6 June at the NEC, Birmingham, boasts an exciting mix of presentations covering some of engineering’s hottest technology trends and most exciting projects. 54 Show preview Annual conference Two of our key speakers are profiled in this issue: BAE Systems technology director Dave Short 57 A rchive (page 24) and additive manufacturing pioneer Jeremy Pullin (page 55). 58 D igest Finally, there’s still plenty of time to get your entries in for our annual awards competition Collaborate to Innovate, which now has an extended deadline of 21 June.
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