Team Resources
Aurora Bearing Company
Description: Aurora Bearing Co. will donate one half of a teams requirements for Aurora rod ends and spherical bearings the other half will be billed at cost, our lowest selling price. Domestic orders made with school purchase orders can ship open account, otherwise orders ship C.O.D. We do not accept credit cards.
Website: www.aurorabearing.com
Contact:
Customer Service, customerservice@aurorabearing.com
Carole Sanders, Export Sales, csanders@aurorabearing.com
John McCrory, Race Car Product Manager, jmccrory@aurorabearing.com
Bender Corporation
Description: Bender Corporation will sell one IR486 ground fault detector at their cost to each registered team.
Also, Bender now accepts requests for one free "IR155-2" ground fault monitor for the Formula Hybrid competition. The shipping fee is $25.
- IR155 data sheet (PDF)
- IR155 order form (Word)
- IR155 ground fault detector wiring diagram (PDF)
- Electrical safety for hybrid and electric vehicles (PDF)
Website: www.bender.org
Contact:
Torsten Gruen
Bender Inc.
700 Fox Chase
Coatesville, PA 19320
(800) 356-4266
torsten.gruhn@bender-us.com
Blue Ridge Numerics
Description: Blue Ridge Numerics, would like to offer the Formula Hybrid participating teams free licenses of our computational fluid dynamics software, CFdesign.
To access this offer, fill out our Collegiate Competition Sponsorship Request form.
Website: www.cfdesign.com
Graybar Electric
Description: Graybar Electric will donate up to 20 feet of orange conduit to each registered team.
Website: www.graybar.com
Contact:
Kent Duran
Graybar Electric
34 N. Meramec Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
(314) 573-9276
kent.duran@graybar.com
Mechanical Simulation
Item available: CarSim, vehicle dynamics simulation software and SuspensionSim, kinematic and compliance analysis software discounted 90%.
Website: www.carsim.com
Contact:
For additional information please contact Robert McGinnis (rmcginnis@carsim.com)
Omron Corporation
Description: Omron Corporation will donate 3 A22E-LP-01 push buttons to each registered team.
Website: www.omron.com
Contact:
Jeff Jurs (jeff.jurs@omron.com)
SolidWorks Corporation
Description: Available in May, 2011 - SolidWorks with Simulation plus full version of Sustainability for each team member.
Website: www.solidworks.com
Contact:
Christine E. Morse
Education Sponsorship Events Manager
DS SolidWorks Corp.
175 Wyman Street
DS90
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 810-5443
christine.morse@3ds.com
The Battery Shop
Description: The Battery Shop has started a new Sponsorship Program to support the Formula Hybrid Teams. Each team will have the option to purchase our Haiyin cells at a discounted price of $23.00 each. The team must paste two logos on car and website. One Haiyin logo, and one The Battery Shop logo. We will provide logos to teams.
Website: www.ecedra.com/thebatteryshop.html
Contact:
Ronald Adamowicz
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
The Battery Shop
770 Newfield Street
Middletown, CT 06457
ecedraev@gmail.com
(860) 316-4710
West Coast Magnetics
Description: West Coast Magnetics will donate a custom designed boost inductor to be used in power electronic conversion equipment to registered Formula Hybrid teams.
Website: www.wcmagnetics.com
Contact:
Weyman Lundquist
West Coast Magnetics
4848 Frontier Way, Suite 100
Stockton, CA 95215
(800) 628-1123
wlundquist@wcmagnetics.com
