News: Gripple provide the spark
Young graduates, currently trainees at the Sheffield manufacturer, Gripple, are aiming to contest girls’ perception that manufacturing is a "boys' subject."
Frances Davis and Susan Ramsden recently addressed 100 13-year-old girls at Aston Academy in Rotherham where they explained how revolutionary design, engineering and manufacturing have been, and continue to be, instrumental in Gripple becoming a world beater.
Gripple is the market-leading innovative manufacturer of wire joiners and tensioners and wire-rope hangers.
The young engineers also launched a challenge to re-design their workstation, the reward for the winning designers being a visit to the multi award-winning innovator.
From 20 entries, Frances and Susan selected ten winners, who saw their ideas turned into reality at Gripple. Their tour started at the company’s Ideas and Innovation department, based at The Hog Works, also home of the company’s sister company, Loadhog where they saw their suggestions at the design stage. This was followed by a prototyping session at Gripple’s head office – The Old West Gun Works - where the students were able to make use of Gripple facilities and materials to create their winning workstation designs.
Following the tour Frances and Susan said: “We were both impressed with the girls’ enthusiasm and commitment in identifying problems and difficulties in existing workstations and in seeing their ideas brought to life – albeit in prototype form – and that engineers will use them to create actual sized working tables. We aimed to give the winners an insight into product development, design and prototyping and that they will spread the word to their peers about the joys of innovative manufacturing.”
Gripple website
Images: Gripple
Frances Davis and Susan Ramsden recently addressed 100 13-year-old girls at Aston Academy in Rotherham where they explained how revolutionary design, engineering and manufacturing have been, and continue to be, instrumental in Gripple becoming a world beater.
Gripple is the market-leading innovative manufacturer of wire joiners and tensioners and wire-rope hangers.
The young engineers also launched a challenge to re-design their workstation, the reward for the winning designers being a visit to the multi award-winning innovator.
From 20 entries, Frances and Susan selected ten winners, who saw their ideas turned into reality at Gripple. Their tour started at the company’s Ideas and Innovation department, based at The Hog Works, also home of the company’s sister company, Loadhog where they saw their suggestions at the design stage. This was followed by a prototyping session at Gripple’s head office – The Old West Gun Works - where the students were able to make use of Gripple facilities and materials to create their winning workstation designs.
Following the tour Frances and Susan said: “We were both impressed with the girls’ enthusiasm and commitment in identifying problems and difficulties in existing workstations and in seeing their ideas brought to life – albeit in prototype form – and that engineers will use them to create actual sized working tables. We aimed to give the winners an insight into product development, design and prototyping and that they will spread the word to their peers about the joys of innovative manufacturing.”
Gripple website
Images: Gripple
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