Motor Technology is 25 years old this year and to celebrate we’re looking back at some of the most exciting projects we’ve been involved with since we first set up in business all those years ago.

In this month’s issue of Motor Technology News we’re looking back to a project we worked on with Cambridge Consultants, back in 2006, who designed a unique wind simulation system for The University of Western Ontario, in Canada, for use in their pioneering research into wind damage to domestic housing, known as the Three Little Pigs project.

The vast simulator was designed to operate within the Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes, a facility big enough for a full size house to be tested. The idea was to recreate severe wind conditions and monitor their affects on the structural integrity of complete buildings to the point of destruction. read more...