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Just a Few Reasons to Prototype your Product…
With over ninety years of combined expertise, the Prototypes Group at Sentio Voci Ltd are masters of engineering prototype design and...
bob collins
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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Classic Circuits: The thermionic valve oscillator: c.1912
The thermionic valve oscillator generated continuous waves at a single frequency. It used the Triode – that is the one with three...
bob collins
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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The Sunday hobby project, Act – 6…
This is the initial mock-up of the profile verification fixture designed for the Coanda disk wing's aerofoil profile pattern. The disk...
bob collins
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Hangers, Tactical Vest to Hangers Aircraft...
I have taken technical lead at Sentio Voci for the new role – Life Cycle Cost modelling for defence maritime and aerospace systems. Cost...
bob collins
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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Life Cycle Costs...
Calculating the sum in a life cycle cost equation may seem straightforward, but the real challenge lies in identifying the multitude of...
bob collins
Aug 25, 20231 min read
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Self-check your engineering drawings
Why your engineering drawings should be checked! Engineered parts are produced from 2D drawings and not from CAD models. CAD systems...
bob collins
Aug 2, 20231 min read
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A case study in prototyping...
Presented here is a base model, a functional prototype designed for the purpose of evaluating and accepting the paving slab lifter....
bob collins
May 11, 20231 min read
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Small Bid Management model..
A few years ago, at Sentio Voci we were asked to manage a response to an Invitation To Tender (ITT) to develop a land mobile, hazardous...
bob collins
Mar 29, 20231 min read
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Michael Cane once said to me...
not that Michael Cane, This Michael was my boss at the time. “Bob”, he said, “the more you are prepared, the luckier you will be.” I wish...
bob collins
Mar 24, 20231 min read
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Bidding for Defence equipment business
In my most recent post, I used this symbol to represent the deliverable, Packaging Handling, Storage & Transportation Plan. In that post,...
bob collins
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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Engineering prototypes and one-off units from Sentio Voci...
Full supporting documentation, CAD files, drawings, calculations, testing – the complete package. Short pre-production runs. Complete...
bob collins
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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Don’t run out of time.
In the U.K. Defence industry, the time to respond to an invitation-to-tender may be only a matter of weeks. However, even if you are not...
bob collins
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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The BUMP Pump.
The water pump powered by water. The BUMP water pump doesn’t require electrical connection. It runs from a domestic mains water supply...
bob collins
Jul 4, 20221 min read
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