Window hardware manufacturer Kenrick has taken a determined step into the future by investing in new Cosmos software technology, consigning many of the initial cumbersome and time-consuming prototypes to the past.

The technology, which is fully integrated within Kenrick’s existing CAD system, enables the firm to create ‘virtual’ rather than physical prototypes. The software then gives Kenrick’s design engineers the opportunity to apply material stresses to the design as if it were a fully made up prototype, saving not only substantial costs but also time.

Martin Smith, design engineer at Kenrick, comments, ‘This is a major investment for Kenrick and the Cosmos software will more than impact our design process in the future in terms of cost and time savings.

‘The investment into the Cosmos software will further enhance our design capability by reducing our design and development cycle whilst actually increasing our overall product quality.

‘Using this software gives greater certainty that the prototype, when developed, will not break under stress as we are able to thoroughly prove the product at the design stage. This gives our customers a real competitive advantage as we are able to condense several months of testing, prototype production, more testing and amendments to the prototype, into a few weeks.

‘In a fast moving industry, investment in technology such as this has to be a must to help fabricators respond to the demands of the window market quickly’.

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Glass Age