Leading The Way in Motorsport Innovations

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If you speak to anybody from the world of motorsport about engines and transmissions, there is one name that is immediately associated with casting design and rapid prototyping - Grainger & Worrall.

Their unrivalled experience in F1 and WRC championship engine and transmission programs can be demonstrated by the fact that all 20 cars on the LMP2 grid at Le Mans in June 2018 were using Gibson GK428 engines, cast by Grainger & Worrall.

Putting the brakes on inefficiency

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Established in 1983 by engineer and sports car racer John Moore, Alcon Components Ltd initially made brakes for Audi Sport’s Group B Quattro rally cars. Today, the Tamworth company provides braking solutions such as discs, callipers, cylinders, valves, balance bars, pedal boxes, clutches and much more for the top echelons of motorsport and specialist markets – it is this reputation in motorsport that has led the company to OPEN MIND and its hyperMILL CAM software.

“Good Mate” for Injection Mould Maker

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CMP Bresso produces moulds for a variety of industrial sectors, including automotive, medical, sport flooring and electronics. And at the turn of the Century it became one of the first companies in the Piedmont area of Italy to produce synthetic corks for bottles of wine.

Shifting Up A Gear

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A market-leader in gearbox and transmission systems for the motor sport industry is branching out into electric vehicle transmissions, and says the company has benefitted with a new manager driving their software use up a gear.   

Dominic Prinsloo, Production Engineering Manager at Hewland Engineering, works closely with the design team, to ensure that all components can be accurately produced through their manufacturing cells.