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Powered Roller Conveyor Line

NOVA Design has recently completed an upgrade project for Network Rail. The project involved the upgrade to a Powered Roller...

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Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024 Capacity
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NOVA increase Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024 capacity

Due to an increase in demand recently for Mechanical Design & Draughting services, we have increased our capacity of Autodesk...

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Steel Tube Handling Equipment

  NOVA Design has recently been awarded a project to supply the Mechanical Design upgrade of a steel tube handling...

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NOVA Are Recruiting!

With UK manufacturing ramping up, Nova Design are once again recruiting and have exciting opportunities available for a number of...

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Nova Achieve Cyber Essentials Certification

Not a bad way to start a Monday morning Nova Design has achieved the requirements of the UK Government’s Cyber...

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Nova retain ISO 9001:2015 Quality Assurance Certification

Tuesday 9th February 2021 saw Nova undertake the first recertification external BSI audit for our ISO 9001:2015 quality assurance standard...

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Why Outsource Design Engineering Projects?

Have you ever considered using an outsource design engineering office ? Many engineering and manufacturing companies may not see or fully...

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Ever Considered Outsourcing Engineering Design Projects?

Have you ever considered using an outsource design engineering office ? Many engineering and manufacturing companies may not see or fully...

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Rolls-Royce To Open New £250 Million Facility

Rolls-Royce to lead the regeneration of the surplus areas of its site at Ansty, near Coventry, proposing a 2m sq...

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Ansys DesignSpace V18.2 downloaded and installed

FEA – Ansys DesignSpace V18.2 Nova have recently upgraded our ANSYS finite element analysis (FEA) software package to ANSYS DesignSpace V18.2,...

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Steel Tube Handling Equipment

  NOVA Design has recently been awarded a project to supply the Mechanical Design upgrade of a steel tube handling line for a UK Steel Plant. The project will involve upgrades to various conveyor and handling equipment. We are pleased to be involved in such a major investment at a UK production facility. If you…

NOVA Are Recruiting!

With UK manufacturing ramping up, Nova Design are once again recruiting and have exciting opportunities available for a number of enthusiastic mechanical design engineers and detail CAD draughtspersons to join our internal design team. You will be based in our modern 40 seat design office in Kingswinford, West Midlands. Upcoming design projects include : This…

Nova Achieve Cyber Essentials Certification

Not a bad way to start a Monday morning Nova Design has achieved the requirements of the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials scheme and are now certified and on the Cyber Essentials register. The Cyber Essentials scheme has been developed by Government and industry to provide a clear statement of the basic controls all organisations should…

Nova retain ISO 9001:2015 Quality Assurance Certification

Tuesday 9th February 2021 saw Nova undertake the first recertification external BSI audit for our ISO 9001:2015 quality assurance standard under COVID-19 remote working conditions. We are very pleased to confirm that the recertification audit was successfully passed with flying colours and Nova Design remains certified to BSI standards with a ISO 9001:2005 scope of…

Why Outsource Design Engineering Projects?

Have you ever considered using an outsource design engineering office ? Many engineering and manufacturing companies may not see or fully understand the benefits of using an external resource to outsource design engineering work to, or may not like to consider it as an option. There is often a fear of not having control over an…

Ever Considered Outsourcing Engineering Design Projects?

Have you ever considered using an outsource design engineering office ? Many engineering and manufacturing companies may not see or fully understand the benefits of using an external resource to outsource design engineering work to, or may not like to consider it as an option. There is often a fear of not having control over an…

Rolls-Royce To Open New £250 Million Facility

Rolls-Royce to lead the regeneration of the surplus areas of its site at Ansty, near Coventry, proposing a 2m sq ft industrial scheme with a gross development value of in excess of £250m. The scheme is intended to complement and extend the success of Ansty Park by providing land and buildings for the manufacturing community.…

Ansys DesignSpace V18.2 downloaded and installed

FEA – Ansys DesignSpace V18.2 Nova have recently upgraded our ANSYS finite element analysis (FEA) software package to ANSYS DesignSpace V18.2, the latest release of the engineering simulation technology suite, designed to optimise our client’s product development processes. This ensures our finite element analysis (FEA) and engineering design team keep the latest in engineering design tools…

Nova Expand Internal Visualisation and Animation Division

As engineering design and recruitment consultants Nova Design are delighted to announce that we have expanded our internal visualisation department in our West Midlands based office, and will now be offering increased capacity for our visualisation and animation service. Visualisation is a modern tool used to bring a concept to life, through the use of…

Rolls Royce Trent XWB Engine Assembly

Trent XWB Engine Assembly Showcasing their engine assembly process, Rolls Royce plc have recently released this video showing one of the latest generation Trent XWB gas turbine engines being assembled. A large number of the engine assembly tools for these procedures were designed by Nova either using previous engine tools as typical examples or from…

Autodesk Inventor 2018 – What’s New ?

Autodesk Inventor 2018 is released The Wait Is Over ! Autodesk Inventor 2018 is now available to download and having done so and undertaken a couple of software installations, here’s Nova’s first look at what’s new. Inventor 2018 is built for the continually evolving needs of the modern engineering design professional and this year, the…

Digital Design Reviews

Due to the size and duration of the projects that we undertake in our engineering design office, design reviews are an increasingly important part of our mechanical engineering design process. Conducted either digitally or face to face, they allow us to provide our clients with regular updates before and throughout each design stage. Catering to a…