e-Xstream engineering, a unit of Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division, has been chosen by McLaren Racing to supply a materials data management system for its vehicles...
The historic racing team makes extensive use of advanced materials to optimize the performance and management of its race cars. The team chose the MaterialCenter materials lifecycle management system to help its engineering team make optimal design decisions quickly and efficiently, with full transparency of performance and costs at every stage. MaterialCenter collects material test data, as well as the many tools and processes the team applies to ensure complete traceability through each component lifecycle.
Richard Jenkins, Director of the McLaren Racing Materials Group, explains: "Designing and building a Formula 1 race car is one of the greatest engineering challenges imaginable. The system handles all the individual engineering factors as a package: time, budget, weight, performance.
"We chose the MaterialCenter solution because of its open architecture, and its flexibility allows us to interface the system with our existing tools. Its data collection functions will help us understand, manage and control advanced material constraints so that we can build even better vehicles and win competitions."
Roger Assaker, President Design and Engineering, Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division, comments: "We are proud that our system has been chosen as McLaren Racing's materials management solution. We share McLaren's ambition to continue optimizing engineering, and understand that flexible and straightforward collaboration between teams, as well as a complete view of resources, are key. We hope MaterialCenter will be a valuable resource in helping McLaren Racing achieve the impossible."
Designed to manage the complete materials flow as a single point of entry for all materials-related activities, MaterialCenter guarantees the provenance of approved materials from integrated, traceable processes. This reduces data loss and eliminates time-consuming and unnecessary manual data management tasks. The system meets unique data and process requirements, and enables innovations using complex and advanced materials, such as alloys, elastomers, plastics, metals and composites.
Find out more about materials lifecycle management on : https://www.e-xstream.com
