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 samples rapidly. San-tron will typically design a new connector within just three working days, thanks in part to an automated design process using the Concerto high-frequency electromagnetic design software, from Cobham Technical Services.

Cobham Technical Services is launching a 3D version of its rapid electromagnetic design tool for rotating electrical machines - the Advanced Machines Environment. The new software combines the extreme accuracy of finite-element analysis (FEA) simulation with a design entry system that creates full 3D models of electric motors or generators within minutes. The software is an application-specific toolbox of the well-known Opera electromagnetic simulator, and allows users to achieve radical new levels of design productivity and performance.

Oxford, UK, January 6, 2010 --- The Opera electromagnetic simulator has played an important role in the design of the particle beam steering magnet currently being commissioned at Italy's new hadron therapy centre in Milan - the Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO).

Oxford, UK, November 6, 2009 --- Lightning strike tests of a helicopter at Eurocopter's Donauwörth facility have verified the accuracy of finite element analysis techniques for characterising the electromagnetic behaviour of complete and custom-cabled modern aircraft structures constructed using advanced composite materials.