Take part in the Great Egg Race Challenge at M&E Week

Manufacturing & Engineering Week is a new event on the 2022 show calendar featuring a blend of digital programme and live co-located exhibitions demonstrating the latest solutions to help tackle the key issues facing today’s industrial businesses.

Taking place between 6th and 10th June 2022, Manufacturing & Engineering Week will be a five-day festival of British manufacturing and engineering innovation bringing together the very best of UK engineering talent.

A key feature of the show will be a revival of the Great Egg Race Challenge from the classic TV series of the same name, where contestants will be faced with the task of propelling an uncooked egg over a wall into a tractor trailer, with the winning team being declared the champion. The challenge will take place on both days of the live events on 8th and 9th June.

The challenge :

To propel an uncooked egg using the equipment provided over a wall into the trailer of a ride on tractor. The egg must land in the tractor trailer, without breaking.

On the first day, teams will be provided with a kit that will allow them to build a motorised solution. On the second day, the kit provided will include items that will allow them to shoot / propel the egg.

Equipment will include string, elastic bands, cotton reels, Gaffer tape, Paper card, Pens, electric motor, clothes peg.

A full list of equipment will be provided on the day.

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