Abstract
In the past decade or two the pace of technical development has accelerated sharply, and for the technological industries research and advanced technology are now essential both to support and stimulate the advance. By brief descriptions of selected projects, it is shown that one industrial research laboratory finds its function in the support of product divisions by: (1) providing a background of expert knowledge to support and stimulate a rapid rate of technical advance, (2) increasing design potential by the application of advanced philosophies of design and analysis, (3) reducing the labour and cost of designing and tendering by the application of advanced technological tools and providing a consulting service.
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