After 15 years of operation, Ruroc, the UK manufacturer of protective headgear for extreme sports, has launched an all-new premium full-face helmet – the EOX.
The helmet, which combines safety, performance, comfort and connectivity, has been developed with the help of over 150,000 riders and marks a new era for the brand.
This is just one of Ruroc’s innovative products developed using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud. By choosing the Dassault Systèmes technology, the company has been able to improve the way it works both internally and with its external design for manufacturing subcontractor Generative Parametrics.
“Because the 3DEXPERIENCE platform is cloud based, we now have good cross-collaboration between teams,” said Tom Savage, Ruroc’s head of design and engineering. “We can work together with Generative Parametrics seamlessly in real time and from the same file structure.”
Ruroc has also been able to streamline its operations. By leveraging the 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s bookmark function, its teams organized critical 3D data by project, ensuring that design information from various sources are stored logically.
The design process is now far more efficient. As soon as a brief has been formulated, initial sketches are made and customer feedback is incorporated. Those sketches are then imported into SOLIDWORKS or CATIA so that complex surfaces can be developed. Once the surfaces are created, the helmet’s design is further refined using various functionalities within CATIA. Once finalized, the design can be easily scaled to create different helmet sizes.
With the platform already proving its worth, the Ruroc team is keen to explore what additional features they can benefit from. For example, by adopting SIMULIA to virtually simulate its helmets’ performance, the company can reduce its reliance on physical prototyping, saving significant time and money.
Learn more about how Ruroc is leveraging the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to become the go-to brand for head protection for every extreme sport.
Patrick Ball Patrick is a Senior Communications Manager on the Corporate Publishing team here at Dassault Systèmes. An experienced journalist, marketer, speechwriter and storyteller, Patrick's words have appeared on pages and stages around the world.