A clean energy power plant is being developed by Tokamak Energy with the help of advanced simulation software, and will be based on nuclear fusion. Using the electromagnetic design and analysis facilities provided by the Cobham Technical Services Opera software, critical design issues are being resolved at an early stage to help prototype an ultra-compact spherical tokamak in a tiny footprint that is about the size of a house room.

Automated test and alignment capabilities for KENWOOD Viking portable and mobile radios have been announced by Cobham and EF Johnson Technologies. This new capability is available on the Cobham 3920B and the 8800 Series Radio Test Sets. The automated test and alignment procedure provides fully automated test and alignment of KENWOOD Viking radios without the need for user interaction.

Two new, automated test and alignment software applications to support the new Motorola APX 8000 Radios have been released by Cobham. The two software applications are available as options to both the 3920B Series Analogue and Digital Radio Test Platform and the 8800 Series Digital Radio Test Set. Both applications fully automate APX 8000 radio testing and alignment.

A market first for the SCA community – a fully-integrated SCA platform that supports the entire SCA lifecycle, from simulation through development, emulation, and production and field test has been announced by Cobham AvComm and NordiaSoft. Combining Cobham’s Modular AXIe hardware and NordiaSoft’s SCARI Software Suite now gives SCA developers a turnkey development system for implementing SCA Version 2.2.2 designs today and Versi...

An updated version of the Cobham Opera electromagnetic and multiphysics design software has been launched. Version 18 of this renowned finite element analysis and simulation software incorporates numerous enhancements to boost functionality, speed and accuracy, while further improving ease of use.

Parallel processing software, claimed to speed up the development of beam particles, has been released by Cobham Technical Services. The 3D Space Charge module is an addition to the company's Opera-3d suite of electromagnetic and multi-physics design tools, which use finite element (FE) analysis to compute the physical interaction of charged particles with electrostatic or magnetostatic fields. 

Understanding eddy current effects is critical to improving the performance of many emergent electrical equipment applications, including high efficiency electric motors, generators and transformers. Cobham Technical Services has demonstrated that updates to its Opera-3d electromagnetics simulator now allow designers to model such transient effects extremely accurately.

A new website to help engineers accelerate and improve the design of electrical power transformers and AC line reactors has been launched by Cobham Technical Services. Designed to be a useful resource for engineers seeking to optimise the performance of power transformers or reactors the new website - http://transformer-design-software.com - provides clear insight into the benefits of automating the design process using finite element modelling,...

Next-generation electric motors for low carbon emission vehicles are the target of a new collaborative research programme to be led by Cobham Technical Services. The project, ‘Rapid Design and Development of a Switched Reluctance Traction Motor’, will also involve partners Jaguar Land-Rover and engineering consultancy Ricardo UK, and is co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board.

An innovative electromagnetic simulation tool is speeding the commercialization of a breakthrough direct-drive technology for electric vehicles by Magnomatics. The Opera simulator has been used by Magnomatics - a company that was set up to develop new forms of magnetic power transmission - to design a novel direct drive system that integrates a permanent magnet motor with non-contact magnetic gearing.

Optimal design solutions to rotating electrical machine requirements can now be created in hours, by non specialists, using a new version of design automation software from Cobham Technical Services. Cobham's Machines Environment introduced a new level of user friendliness when it was launched by providing a design entry system that allows precision finite-element analysis (FEA) models of motors and generators to be created and solved in minutes.

A powerful new version of the Opera electromagnetics simulator for Design engineers has been released by Cobham Technical Services. The latest software adds three-dimensional mechanical stress analysis, extending the tool's multiphysics capability to provide a single-step solution to complex design problems. By capturing mechanical deformation in conjunction with electromagnetic and thermal modelling, the integrated software can greatly reduce de...

Cobham Technical Services has been awarded a contract for its powerful Opera electromagnetic design tool by Siemens Wind Power. Fast and accurate electromagnetic simulation helps wind turbine suppliers to make breakthroughs in wind turbine design. The Siemens design team employs the Opera electromagnetic simulator from the Vector Fields Software product line of Cobham Technical Services to help it develop new generator concepts, and often runs th...

Cobham Technical Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Nigel Atkinson as Sales Manager for its Vector Fields Software product lines. He will be based at Cobham’s Kidlington site in the UK, and responsible for the worldwide sales of Cobham's electromagnetic design software outside of the Americas. The product range includes the company’s renowned electromagnetic design, simulation and optimisation software, Opera for th...

Electromagnetic simulation software is a key tool in the design optimisation of power transformers for Kolektor Etra, the Slovenia based electrical equipment manufacturer. The Opera-3D software package is being used for a diverse range of design related tasks, from the detailed characterisation of design aspects such as eddy current losses by quantifying stray magnetic flux, to comparing the efficiencies of different construction and geometry ide...

Une nouvelle version importante du fameux logiciel de design électromagnétique Opera, améliore notablement la vitesse et la précision des simulations en étendant la flexibilité du maillage par la méthode des éléments finis. Le logiciel inclut également de nombreuses autres améliorations, comprenant en particulier un éditeur graphique de circuit électrique i...

A new release of the well-known Opera electromagnetic design software greatly improves the speed and accuracy of simulation by extending the flexibility of finite element analysis meshing. The software also includes numerous further enhancements, including an integrated graphical circuit editor for defining associated electrical circuitry such as motor drive components.

An innovative contactless distributed power supply system for modular automation components is being developed by a team lead by Professor Hans-Peter Schmidt at The University of Applied Sciences in Amberg, Germany, with the help of Opera electromagnetic design software.

Cobham Technical Services’ Opera 3D electromagnetic field simulator is playing a vital role in the design of an innovative hybrid magnet being developed by the USA’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) in Tallahassee, Florida.

A sizeable proportion of the coaxial RF connector business is for custom parts, and the strong competition in this sector means that success relies heavily on a connector vendor's responsiveness to customer requests. One of the most successful and longest-established manufacturers in this market is San-tron. Around 70% of its business is producing custom parts, and a key element in securing these orders is the ability to produce engineering sampl...