For many years, CMS, through its Chamberlain Engineering subsidiary, have been heavily involved with the preparation and racing of cars with considerable success. We continue to race at the highest international levels taking part each year at Daytona and Le Mans etc.
Design within the motorsport industry is a complex discipline, which draws together regulations, technology and innovation. Regulations are generally clearly defined with tight parameters for length, width, height of cars, the dimensions of the aerodynamic devices. This can limit the opportunities for design but, in reality, allows the designers to push forward boundaries and look to new ways to increase performance.
CAD systems enable designers to build 'virtual' cars on computer systems and manipulate them as required. Through computer technologies, CMS integrates its car build programmes with the various sectors involved in production.
Using the CAD system, the basic model is divided into the individual components of the car and each element analysed and defined.
In addition to the fundamentals of designing the production racing cars, the process also incorporates research and development, through wind tunnel testing programmes, Fluid Dynamic techniques, analysis, testing and then on the track.
CMS's design team comprise personnel contributing specialist
knowledge across the techniques and disciplines involved in design. The expertise of working within tight time
constraints, budgetary restrictions and an industry at the cutting edge of
technology is one of the vital attributes of CMS. The ability to provide
simple solutions to complex engineering problems is one at which the company
excels.
The fabric of a race car, the composite 'tub' or chassis, is its backbone. The
stages following the production of the central structure within a composites
facility, take the build process through to completion. A combination of
fabrication - taking raw metal to basic component; machining - precision
engineering; and welding are used to create the finished car, with the final
assembly process bringing together components, transmission and aerodynamic
devices for a race-ready car.
The techniques employed in the build schedule demand extensive skills and expertise within the disciplines. CMS employ personnel dedicated to producing a car of the highest standard with the company continually investing in its people and the equipment.
Race car production requires the manufacturing
processes to be adaptable to the frequently changing needs of the industry and
reactive to the new designs and technology which impact on it. CMS is at the
forefront of this industry and prides itself on its high level of investment and
dedication to maintaining the successes achieved through this policy.
In addition to the design and build activity, we supply service to a wide range of race vehicles
competing in other series, series in we ourselves do not compete.
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Last modified: 10 Sept 2005