Latest News

Here are PCA's latest news items.

• ASME Turbo Expo 2009

  4th June 2009
  For the 13th consecutive year, PCA are pleased to announce their presence at the ASME Turbo Expo in Orlando
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• PCA 20th Anniversary celebration

  21st May 2009
  A lecture by Professor John Denton followed by dinner at Lincoln University
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• New Location!

  9th March 2009
  PCA has moved to a new office in Nettleham, just outside Lincoln
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• Turbocharger aero design

  26th January 2009
  Mick Casey will be lecturing at LSTM Erlangen, 2 - 5 March 2009
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• New download in Mandarin

  20th December 2008
  An introduction to PCA's products and services is now available for Chinese customers
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• Novel small turbine design

  14th October 2008
  PCA have applied for a patent for a novel low specific flow turbine
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• Vista TF throughflow code (Version 2.2) frozen

  8th October 2008
  PCA's radial turbomachinery design tool frozen for implementation in ANSYS 12.0
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• Reducing Carbon Emissions by Better Fan Design

  22nd September 2008
  PCA Engineers Limited have been leading a project to design more environmentally friendly cooling fan systems.
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• Vacancy - Compressor Aero Design Specialist

  10th September 2008
  A full order book has motivated PCA to look for an experienced engineer, ideally specialist in compressor aerodynamic design.
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• ASME Turbo Expo 2008

  25th January 2008
  For the 12th consecutive year PCA will exhibit at the ASME Turbo Expo, on June 9-13 2008 at the Estrel Berlin Hotel & Convention Centre in Berlin, Germany.
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• New Appointment - Mark Dempsey

  18th January 2008
  PCA is delighted to report a successful outcome to the recent search for an experienced structural engineer.
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• Optimisation of centrifugal compressors

  18th January 2008
  A new software tool has been created by PCA with the Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery at Stuttgart University to permit the automated aerodynamic optimization of impellers within an integrated design system for centrifugal compressors
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• PCA RECRUITING

  15th October 2007
  PCA is happy to announce that a position is available for an experienced turbomachinery aerodynamics engineer.
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• New compressor design software: Vista CCD v2-6 released

  27th September 2007
  PCA has released a new version of its centrifugal compressor design tool, Vista CCD.
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• PCA in European Union VITAL project

  14th March 2007
  PCA Engineers is a partner in a consortium project for the improvement of civil aircraft engine performance. Funded by the European Union, the project - acronym VITAL (EnVIronmenTALly Friendly Aero Engine) - will make a highly significant contribution to
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• ANSYS 11 & Vista

  27th February 2007
  An ANSYS 11.0 Press Release was issued on 27 February 2007. The extract below contains reference to PCA's preliminary sizing tools for centrifugal compressors and pumps - Vista CCD and Vista CPD.
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• John Calvert

  27th November 2006
  PCA Engineers Limited is delighted to announce that John Calvert will join the company on 1 December 2006.
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• EU Projects 2006

  3rd May 2006
  PCA is currently participating in two EU Integrated Project submissions. Both are destined to go ahead this year and with an earlier project, VITAL, still underway, this makes three EU projects in which PCA has an involvement.
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• Enhancements for PCA's axial compressor throughflow code

  9th March 2006
  SC90C is PCA's streamline curvature throughflow code for axial compressor design and transonic axial fan design and analysis.
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