Centres for Innovative Manufacturing - brochure

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EPSRC Centres for
Innovative Manufacturing
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
CONTENTS
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EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing - Pathways to success
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Movers and Makers - Dr Mark Claydon-Smith
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Emergent Macromolecular Therapies
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Medical Devices
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Photonics
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large-Area Electronics
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Liquid Metal Engineering
20-21
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Continuous Manufacturing
and Crystallisation
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Through-life Engineering Services
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Ultra Precision
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EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing - UK Map
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK’s main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences.
EPSRC invests around £800 million a year in research and postgraduate training to help the nation handle the next generation of technological change. The
areas covered range from information technology to structural engineering, and mathematics to materials science. This research forms the basis for future
economic development in the UK and improvements for everyone’s health, lifestyle and culture.
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EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing Pathways to success
What should the UK make, and which technologies should it
master to be the best at manufacturing these products? EPSRC’s
Centres for Innovative Manufacturing, in collaboration with
industry, are helping chart the way forward. Their job – to enable
the commercial development of the key discoveries in university
manufacturing research.
Britain has, quite rightly, given up
trying to make everything and has
focused on what it is good at. The
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council (EPSRC) plays a
unique role in turning concepts into
reality, nurturing the engineering
intelligentsia from the UK’s leading
universities and linking them with the
manufacturing industries driving
the economy.
EPSRC is the UK’s main agency for
funding research in engineering
and the physical sciences, investing
around £800 million a year in
university-based research and
postgraduate training to help the
nation handle the next generation of
technological change.
EPSRC has committed to
investing £80 million every year to
manufacturing research in the UK
– mainly through its Manufacturing
the Future initiative. This programme
has a current portfolio of 230 projects
representing an investment of over
£350 million in cutting-edge work
at the UK’s leading universities,
and through collaboration with
over 600 companies, which have
contributed a further £136 million.
In total, EPSRC and the academics
it supports have around 2,000 active
partnerships with business and other
research users.
Together, the academic researchers
supported by EPSRC and the
business partners they work with
decide which products and production
methodologies the UK should focus
on, how to plot the best course to
get there, and how to link together
the UK’s network of people and
manufacturing processes.
There are now 16 EPSRC Centres
for Innovative Manufacturing (CIMs)
spread across the UK, tasked
with enabling the commercial
development of the key discoveries in
university manufacturing research.
Some CIMs are focused on future
products such as composites,
food and pharma that will be
especially important to the UK,
while others investigate production
technologies and how they scale
up, such as additive manufacturing
and automation.
EPSRC works closely with
Innovate UK, the new name for the
government’s Technology Strategy
Board. The CIMs and Innovate UK’s
Catapults – technology innovation
centres – have a close symbiosis,
often overlapping (see page 4-5).
Between them, the CIMs and
Catapults cover more than 20 core
fields of science, engineering and
business that cover the megatrends facing industry today: additive
manufacturing, automation, the
digital economy, future cities,
continuous pharmaceutical
manufacture, food, satellites,
industrial sustainability and
much more.
Manufacturing the future means
investing in future talent, and EPSRC
is committed to supporting 1,000
postgraduate manufacturing research
engineers, many of whom are
working on industry-related projects.
A crucial development is EPSRC’s
115 Centres for Doctoral Training
(CDTs), most of which involve
engineering or manufacturing. This
is a big deal for UK industry, teaching
the brightest people the skills,
sometimes softer skills, that industry
really needs.
The combination of the brightest
minds, cutting-edge facilities and
industry know-how is irresistible.
EPSRC Centres for Innovative
Manufacturing are helping to get the
best out of all three.
This brochure shows the range
and breadth of the CIM portfolio,
and outlines each Centre’s
unique combination of facilities
and capabilities for successful
partnership with industry.
www.epsrc.ac.uk
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Movers and makers
A network of experts, a pipeline of training, and total collaboration
– EPSRC’s Head of Manufacturing, Dr Mark Claydon-Smith
(pictured), explains how EPSRC’s Centres for Innovative
Manufacturing and its research programmes are keeping the UK
among the front runners in global manufacturing.
UK manufacturing has reached a
turning point. What has changed
over 20 years is the view today that
manufacturing is essential to the UK.
For a while we toyed with the idea
of walking away from it or letting it
dissipate. There is a realisation now
that we cannot let that happen.
CIMs work at an earlier Technology
Readiness Level (TRL), from 1 to 4,
while Catapults take that research
work, develop and commercialise it
through TRLs 4 to 6 and eventually,
with industry, to TRL 9. That means
proven product in the market.
people together in the Centre. Mike
was brought in as the academic lead
for the Manufacturing Technology
Catapult to make the most of
these synergies.
Another example is the EPSRC
CIM in Composites, covering
Bristol, Cranfield, Nottingham and
Core research can take place
Manchester universities, which is
It’s all about globalisation. There
in the universities, but the
are certain products, technologies
commercialisation and developmental managed alongside the National
Composites Centre (NCC), whose
and applications that give the UK a
activity can be carried out in the
CEO, Professor Peter Chivers, also
reasonable chance of staying in the
Catapult centres. Often the same
chairs the CIM steering
game. In several areas we are
group. This partnership suits
world class and ahead of the
the aerospace and automotive
game. What we’re actually
companies involved. They
looking at is whole business
Give the best people the best
are comfortable at managing
model change, where
their development through a
manuservices and whole
environment and connect it up
TRL cascade, so they can see
life engineering and their
clearly the specific roles for
consequences play a
the NCC, such as production
crucial role.
scale-up, while benefitting
EPSRC Centres for Innovative
companies
are
involved
in
both,
but
from
the
universities’ capacity to
Manufacturing (CIMs) have a
working
at
different
scales.
explore ideas in depth.
powerful part to play, addressing
The company needs a pathway
We used to worry about the brain
the diversity of opportunities out
through to commercialisation.
drain. But a healthy churn is actually
there. Each centre has different and
good. We try to encourage this on
complementary communities of
A good example of a CIM working
both sides, for people in industry to
interest, and each helps to draw in
with a Catapult is the relationship
think about an academic career or
the knowledge of the best people in
between EPSRC’s Centre for
academics developing deeper links
each community. Our role, essentially, Innovative Manufacturing in
with companies.
is to give the best people the best
Intelligent Automation, led by
environment and connect it up. We
Professor Mike Jackson at
This is where EPSRC’s doctoral
are fortunate because, for some
Loughborough and Cranfield
training programmes come in, and
centres, literally the best people in
Universities, and the High Value
we now have a very satisfactory
that field in the world are running a
Manufacturing Catapult. TRL
suite of options. Many of the EPSRC
CIM in the UK.
philosophies don’t always work for
Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs),
CIMs but in this area they do. The
for example, are collaborative with
EPSRC CIMs and Innovate UK’s
CIM is able to support exploratory
industry. These centres, which involve
Catapult centres complement each
work and looks at two main areas.
over 7,000 students, with 1,000
other. The Catapults tackle the
The first is the ICT interface and
specifically engaged in manufacturing
problems of today, the Centres for
developments in IT, and the second is research, are so important because
Innovative Manufacturing research
often a field of engineering can be
the human factor – bringing the right
the solutions of the future.
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complement their work with the CIMs
provide funding for PhD studentships
short of people at that elite level of
understanding, which holds back
where businesses take the lead in
– and many are already engaged in
that field from being developed [for
arranging projects with an academic
commercial work.
manufacturing] to its potential.
partner of their choice. So there
The academics we support are
are lots of ways for industry to
Under the the CDT umbrella, EPSRC
expected to disseminate their
get involved.
also offers graduate students the
research to their community through
opportunity to study for
academic papers. The CIMs are
an Engineering Doctorate
no exception, and we expect
(EngD). Launched in
all researchers working with
1992, the Engineering
CIMs to publish their research
Each Centre has different and
Doctorate is an alternative
findings in academic journals,
to the traditional PhD for
just as they would within
complementary communities of
students who want a career
academia.
interest, and each helps to draw in EPSRC takes performance
in industry. A four-year
programme combines
the knowledge of the best people in measurement very seriously.
PhD-level research projects
We have just had an internal
each community.
with taught courses; and
review of most of our CIMs, and
students spend about
we are comfortable that our
75 per cent of their time
own portfolios are well
working on a specific
on track.
research problem – often
We’re
now
looking at what we do next,
To take dedicated sponsorship to the
based within a company or a
next level, our Manufacturing Industry which areas to focus on, and how
Catapult environment.
best to maximise opportunities for UK
Fellowships were conceived precisely
In addition to the CDT model,
manufacturing. What is clear is that
to
help
bright
people
in
industry
who
EPSRC offers several other PhDmanufacturing research needs to be
want
to
become
future
academic
level training routes. These include
connected into the wider economy if
leaders.
Ideally,
the
best
people
Doctoral Training Partnerships,
we really wish to create a new future
should
work
in
both
academia
and
which offer a more flexible training
for UK manufacturing.
industry
over
their
careers.
approach by passing the funds to
universities to allocate rather than
issuing them direct to students;
and Industrial CASE awards, which
In terms of funding, most of the
academics we support have other
relationships with companies that
To find out more about working with
EPSRC, and how we can help your
business grow, visit: www.epsrc.ac.uk.
EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training
Launched in 2002, EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) have evolved into a major initiative for
training the interdisciplinary researchers of tomorrow in strategically important areas. There are now
115 centres spanning EPSRC’s portfolio.
CDTs bring together diverse areas of expertise to train engineers and scientists with the skills,
knowledge and confidence to tackle today’s evolving issues. They also create new working cultures,
build relationships between teams in universities and forge lasting links with industry.
Combined governmental and partner funding for CDTs is now £962 million, including £31 million in
capital investment. It is the UK’s largest investment in postgraduate training, involving over 7,000
students in areas of key importance to the UK economy and society, representing perhaps the biggest
industry-educational trans-sector training investment in Europe.
EPSRC Manufacturing Fellowships
EPSRC’s relationship with Innovate UK’s Catapults has led to the EPSRC High Value Manufacturing
(HVM) Catapult Fellowships. Fellows will conduct research at one or more of the seven HVM Catapult
centres, to inject more top-end academic rigour into these centres.
In addition, EPSRC has introduced Manufacturing Industry Fellowships, devised to build academic
research groups grounded in real industry experience. They specifically help the ‘outstanding
individuals in industry’ who are moving into an academic career, in the expectation that their research
will have a transformative impact on industry, among other metrics.
There are now 12 fellowships based at 11 universities, supported by companies from BAE Systems
and GE Sensors to GSK and Qinetiq. Four were awarded in 2014.
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in
Composites (CIMComp)
Our aim
Advanced composite materials
offer the most credible solutions
to the problems of lightweighting
(the introduction of lightweight
materials) in transportation: from
creating energy-efficient, crashresistant cars to environmentally
friendly, cost-driven aircraft. They
are also the material of choice for
renewable energy generation.
To take these solutions forward,
we need to develop and
understand the manufacturing
technologies which can reliably
deliver the required production
volumes and complexity
of components.
The £5.9 million EPSRC Centre
for Innovative Manufacturing in
Composites (CIMComp) brings
together leading universities,
companies and research centres
to underpin the development
of next-generation composite
manufacturing processes, based
on low cost, short cycle times,
efficiency and sustainability. In
so doing our aim is to stimulate
investment in the manufacture of
high-value lightweight structures,
bringing significant benefits to UK
industry and society.
We are based at the University of
Nottingham, with the University of
Bristol, Cranfield University and
The University of Manchester as
academic partners.
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What we offer
Our impact
CIMComp offers the largest pool of resources
and equipment in composites manufacturing
research in the UK, including the only directed short
carbon fibre preformer in the country, and the only
quadaxial braider in the world.
We also offer the expertise of internationally-leading
researchers and academics.
There are many opportunities for businesses to get
involved in CIMComp, either directly in our research
or as part of our wider network. This includes as a
partner in our research projects, as an industrial
partner on a feasibility project, by hosting knowledge
transfer activities, by attending our dissemination
events and technology seminars, or as a partner on
projects that we coordinate.
The CIMComp total portfolio value is currently
£22 million, which includes 32 interrelated projects
and an Industrial Doctoral Centre.
We are currently training 45 EPSRC-supported
PhD/Engineering Doctorate (EngD) students and
29 postdoctoral researchers for the UK composites
manufacturing sector, with a further 62 EngD
students to be trained by 2022. We have leveraged
over £2.2 million in industrial support since 2012.
Innovation links
CIMComp is an internationally-leading centre of
excellence providing the foundations for a step
change in the innovation of our supply chain.
Dr Tim Slack, Airbus
CIMComp administers the EPSRC Centre for
Doctoral Training in Composites Manufacture.
We also have close links to the High Value
Manufacturing Catapult, the National Composites
Centre (NCC) and the Advanced Manufacturing
Research Centre (AMRC), as well as the Northern
Ireland Advanced Composites and Engineering
Centre (NiACE).
Universities involved:
University of Nottingham, University of Bristol, Cranfield University, The University of Manchester.
Our partners:
Airbus, Amber Composites, AMRC, BAE Systems, Bentley, Bombardier Shorts, Caparo, Cobham,
Composites Integration, Composites Research Network, Cordenka, Coriolis Composites UK,
DSTL, ESI, Festo, Formax, Formtech, GKN, Herzog, Hexcel, Ifremer, Lmat, Lotus, Luxfer, McLaren
Automotive, McLaren Racing, Merl, Morgan Composites, MTC, M Wright & Sons, NCC, Rolls-Royce,
Sigmatex, Technical Fibre Products, Trellebourg, Vestas.
Contact:
Professor Andrew Long, EPSRC Centre Director
Tel: +44 (0) 115 9513779
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.epsrc-cimc.ac.uk
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Industrial Sustainability
Our aim
The UK is in the process of
building an internationallyleading capability in the practice
of industrial sustainability, and
can benefit from that leadership
economically, environmentally
and socially.
By rebalancing our economy and
knowing how to manufacture
products while using less energy
and less resources, we increase
the likelihood of retaining existing
production, and even on-shoring
the production of goods that are
currently imported.
Based at the University of
Cambridge, and in partnership
with Cranfield University,
Loughborough University and
Imperial College London, the
£5.2 million EPSRC Centre for
Innovative Manufacturing in
Industrial Sustainability supports
cross-industry learning, shared
technical research and the
intellectual development of this
rapidly evolving subject.
Research collaborations include
22 additional universities in the
UK, Europe and globally.
Our partners are typically
leaders in their chosen fields,
with a strong desire to work
together on shared problems
and opportunities. Collectively
we share a common vision for
excellence in practice, research
and policy in the field of
industrial sustainability.
A key characteristic of the Centre
is the focus on manufacturing
processes and systems as well
as products.
The work of the Centre offers hope for a positive industrial future that can be successful and
sustainable over the long term. Future generations depend on this.
Sir Richard Lapthorne, Chairman, Cable and Wireless, Chairman, Foresight Group
on UK Manufacturing
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What we offer
Innovation links
Making a difference in the real world is core to our
vision, which is why we offer membership to leading
manufacturing businesses of all sizes.
Our members work with us in several key ways:
â Sharing experiences with academics and
other members
â Keeping the Centre up to date with industry
needs and emerging trends
â Guiding the direction of our core research
and investments
â Actively participating in research projects
â Testing the outputs of other research projects
â Implementing research findings to maximise
their impact on the UK economy
â Providing feedback that can help shape future
government policy
For many of our founder members, a key factor in
joining is being able to share information about what
works and what does not, in confidence, with other
leading sustainable manufacturers. We help in this
process. Members have privileged access to some
of the early findings from research projects that they
are not participating in.
To ensure that our impact on industry is as effective
as possible we drive all research projects to produce
tools together with industry guides and case studies
so that the research can be understood and adopted
by businesses that were not part of the initial
research. Where possible we also convert the tools
into executive training and consultancy skills.
The Centre is committed to maintaining porous
boundaries and enabling any UK academic to
join with us in developing the very broad area of
industrial sustainability.
We maintain a wide set of international relationships
and have working relationships with 20 leading
international universities and technical institutes so
that the UK remains aware of progress and is at the
heart of global trends.
Academic partners engaged in sustainable
manufacturing and design include: the University of
Surrey; the University of Liverpool; The University
of Manchester; London College of Fashion; Royal
College of Art; Brunel University; Cardiff University; the
University of Strathclyde; and De Montfort University.
Our impact
â 95 collaboration partner organisations in industry
and academia
â 13 tools being used by over 40 manufacturers
â 16 business guides written
â Over 90 journal and conference papers, book
chapters and reports
â Five reports to UK and other national
governments and the UN
â Core messages seen or heard by over
30,000 people
Our partners:
Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Materials and
Manufacturing at Exeter, Warwick and Cranfield, the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing
in Food at Loughborough, Birmingham and Nottingham universities; the Cambridge Institute for
Sustainable Leadership; the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.
Industrial research partners:
Adnams, ASICS, Carbon Trust, EEF, Extremis Ltd, The KTN Ltd, General Motors Company (GM)
IEMA, Marks and Spencer, P&IB, RiverSimple, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, Trade Union Congress (TUC)
Unilever Corporate Research, Vitsoe Ltd, WRAP, Xeros Ltd, P&IB, Vestas.
Contact:
Professor Stephen Evans, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 1223 339815
Mr Ian Bamford, Commercial Director, Tel: +44 (0) 771 851 7946
Dr Dee Dee Frawley, National Outreach Manager, Tel: +44 (0) 1223 766141
Web site: www.industrialsustainability.org
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Emergent
Macromolecular Therapies
Our aim
for Innovative Manufacturing
in Emergent Macromolecular
Therapies, based at UCL
(University College London) and
in collaboration with Imperial
College London, provides an
international lead in improving the
way in which new biomolecules
and processes are developed
for manufacture and delivery to
the patient.
We act as the focus for a national
and international network of
leading users and academics in
biopharmaceutical manufacturing,
and provide strong support for
UK industry.
We aim to reduce greatly the
time and costs of developing
new treatments, and to improve
access to protein drugs with
advanced therapeutic properties.
These developments offer the
potential for a step change
in the competitiveness and
performance of the UK-based
biopharmaceutical sector.
Our user group is made up of
companies, sector groups and
networking organisations and
provides guidance on our research
programme, the potential impact
of our research, and the transfer
of the technology we develop.
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What we offer
Innovation links
We offer a world-class engineering research
capability to address the process challenges in
biopharmaceuticals and synthetic biology. Our team
is highly multidisciplinary, to address the complexity
of research challenges. It links physical science and
biological disciplines with engineering and
social sciences.
We host the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in
Emergent Macromolecular Therapies – providing
the next generation of trained engineers for the
biopharmaceutical industry.
We have a strong record of working with companies
on collaborative R&D projects, and we are keen to
partner with companies on new projects funded
by Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy
Board), Horizon 2020 and other agencies.
We undertake demonstration projects with Centre
companies to apply the Centre research findings to
company challenges.
Funding is also available to support staff and
researcher secondments to industry to apply
research that we develop. Companies can also
apply research that we develop through Knowledge
Transfer Partnerships, funded by Innovate UK.
The Department of Biochemical Engineering at
University College London manages an Industrial
Doctoral Training Centre (IDTC) in Bioprocess
Engineering Leadership. The IDTC provides
opportunities for collaborative research with
companies via tailored one-to-one Engineering
Doctorate (EngD) programmes.
The Centre regularly holds briefings and workshops
on technical and strategic issues related to its remit,
these are normally open to all the bioprocessing
community.
We also have close links with the Knowledge
Transfer Network Ltd, the BioIndustry Association,
and the High Value Manufacturing and Cell
Therapy Catapults.
The review panel finds the EPSRC Centre
for Innovative Manufacturing in Emergent
Macromolecular Therapies to be a timely,
highly innovative centre that is exploiting the
UK’s top research and training talent in biomacromolecular therapeutics manufacturing… It
is making outstanding progress in delivering the
fundamental science and technological advances
needed to safely and economically manufacture
a range of new product classes that are expected
to dictate future growth of the biotechnology
sector as it enters the age of personalised
medicine. The Centre is responsive to and very
well coordinated with industry.
International Review Panel
University College London, Imperial College London.
Our partners:
Our research programme is aligned closely to industrial needs, and our industrial collaborators
include major multinational pharmaceutical companies, small biopharmaceutical companies and
companies in the supply chain.
Contact:
Professor Nigel Titchener-Hooker, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 207 679 3796
Web site: www.ucl.ac.uk/biochemeng/industry/epsrc
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Medical Devices (MeDe Innovation)
Our aim
The global medical device market
is valued at over £200 billion
a year. That market is seeing
pressures for reducing cost,
increasing levels of regulatory
control, improving levels of
safety and reliability, and more
rapid innovation and product
development.
in Medical Devices (MeDe
Innovation) carries out research
that addresses the whole
manufacturing and product value
chain in medical devices.
This chain runs from product
concept through functional
simulation and design, novel
manufacturing processes and
enhanced pre-clinical testing, to
product delivery and enhanced
patient benefits.
The Centre is based at the
University of Leeds, and is in
collaboration with the universities
of Newcastle, Nottingham,
Sheffield and Bradford.
The Centre addresses the
strategic challenges of
introducing stratification and
personalisation in medical
device technology, in particular
developing Stratified Approaches
For Enhanced Reliability (SAFER)
medical devices.
These challenges include
developing functionally stratified
design and manufacture, and
manufacturing at the point of need
(near-patient manufacturing).
We have established an industry
network of 150 partners and a
national clinical network.
We are focusing initially on
implantable devices and
surgical delivery systems in
musculoskeletal disease, which
has a global market estimated at £50 billion a year.
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What we offer
We have the largest pre-clinical joint replacement
simulator facility in the world, and can carry out
3D printing of scaffolds and cells for near-individualpatient manufacture.
We can offer novel virtual simulation systems for
prediction of function and performance, to be used in
design analysis and stratification of implants
and populations.
We have facilities for the manufacture of non-woven
textiles, and manufacturing processes for acellular
biological scaffolds. We also have 500m2 Class
Two clean rooms, and ISO-accredited research
laboratories.
Industry partners can join our network, engage
directly in collaborative research, or collaborate with
any of our university partners in feasibility studies.
We also offer workshops on biological biomaterials
and scaffolds, near-patient manufacture, and
functionally stratified design and manufacture.
Innovation links
We host EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training in
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine –
Innovation in Medical and Biological Engineering.
We also host or have close links with:
â The Medical Technologies Innovation and
Knowledge Centre based at the University
of Leeds
â The ARUK Centre for Tissue Engineering,
University of Newcastle
â The NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical
Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
â The Bradford Polymer Research Centre
â The Cell Therapy Catapult
Our impact
One year in, our current research programme of
work involves over 40 projects co-created with
15 different industry partners, and with NHS
Blood and Transplant and NHS Leeds Teaching
Hospital Trust.
The total value of our current programme of work is
£10 million, of which £3 million is matched funding
from industry and other funders.
We have 60 researchers actively working on
manufacturing research projects in medical
device technology.
Materialise has been working in partnership
with MeDe Innovation to deliver novel software
solutions via the Mimics Innovation Suite.
Specific focus has been on ensuring the success
of a novel bioactive implant for osteochondral
repair. We have really benefitted from working
in collaboration with the MeDe Innovation team
and with the other industry partners supporting
this tissue regeneration project, which has the
potential to be adopted and adapted for a whole
range of other clinical areas
Daniel Daryaie
Materialise UK Ltd, industry partner
University of Leeds, University of Bradford, Newcastle University, University of Nottingham, University
of Sheffield.
Our partners:
Ceramisys, DePuySynthes, Eminate, Fripp Design, Glass Technology Services, JRI Orthopaedics,
Materialise, NetComposites, NIHR LMBRU, NHSBT, Promethean Particles, Simpleware, Simulation
Solutions, Surgical Innovations.
Contact:
Professor John Fisher, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 113 3432128
Email: J.fi[email protected]
Ceri Williams, Deputy Director, Tel: +44 (0) 113 3430922
Rowan Grant, National Outreach Manager, Tel: +44 (0) 113 3430923
Web site: www.mede-innovation.ac.uk
Twitter: @mede_innovation
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Photonics
Our aim
Photonics and light-based
technologies are key enabling
technologies for the 21st century
and central to our daily lives, from
the web to the smartphone.
Optical fibre enables the highspeed operation of the internet,
cloud and big computing services.
Lasers are the tool of choice
for increasing the efficiency of
advanced manufacturing, from
semiconductors to automotive
production. Optical sensors
are used in a host of different
applications, from healthcare
and building to transport
infrastructure monitoring.
To date, the manufacture of
many photonic components,
such as specialist optical fibre
and new glasses, has been
expensive and limited in volume.
in Photonics focuses on new
methods of fabricating key
photonics components so they
can be manufactured costeffectively in high volume with
high consistency, opening up new
domains of performance.
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What we offer
Innovation links
Based at the EPSRC-supported Optoelectronics
Research Centre at the University of Southampton,
a substantial and internationally-leading institute
for photonics, we offer access to a new, stateof-the-art clean room, with a unique range of
optical fibre, silicon, glass and planar photonics
manufacturing capabilities.
We have an international reputation for expanding
the range of optical materials, the methods by which
they can be processed, and the devices that result.
We are focused on new, low-cost techniques that
expand both the fundamental performance and the
manufacturability of key photonics components.
Our industrial partners have access to the highest
concentration of photonics expertise in Europe, as
well as over 100 laboratories for characterisation,
testing and development.
We are engaged with companies throughout
the supply chain, from photonics components
manufacturers to end users and system integrators,
who need to access the next generation of
photonics capability.
We have links to the Satellite Applications Catapult
and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in
Applied Photonics.
Our impact
Thanks to over £1 million in direct funding from
industry we have developed novel photonic
components and technologies that have enabled
UK companies to expand their product portfolio
in a range of fields. These include photonics,
sensing, aerospace, defence, nuclear, energy and
material processing – enhancing competitiveness
and increasing their market penetration and
overall share.
We are working with UK firms to exploit the
untapped potential of optical technologies
– extending their portfolios and introducing
innovative, yet cost-competitive manufacturing
processes in the photonics sector.
Professor Sir David Payne, Principal Investigator
University of Southampton.
Our partners:
AWE Plc, BAE Systems, Fianium Ltd, Fibercore Ltd, FiberLogix Ltd, Gooch & Housego Plc, M Squared
Lasers Ltd, OpTek Systems, Oxford Electronics Ltd, Schlumberger, Selex Galileo, Sensoptics Ltd, SG
Controls, SPI Lasers UK Ltd, Stratophase Ltd.
Contact:
Professor David Payne, Principal Investigator, Tel: +44 (0) 23 8059 3583
Deanna Standen, Marketing Communications, Tel: +44 (0) 2382 594509
Dr John Lincoln, National Outreach Manager, Tel: +44 (0) 7970 974120
Dr Gilberto Brambilla, Director, Tel: +44 (0) 23 8059 2696
Web site: www.cimp.soton.ac.uk
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Large-Area Electronics
Our aim
Large-area electronics is an
innovative way of manufacturing
electronics using high-throughput
processes, such as printing and
coating, with new active materials,
including organic semiconductors,
novel carbon-based materials and
metal oxides.
Devices including displays,
photovoltaics, transistor circuits
and sensors can be fabricated
over large areas on a range of
substrates, allowing electronic
systems to be deployed in nontraditional situations: on paper,
plastic or textiles, in furniture,
cars and buildings as well as on
packaging and even in and on
the human body. This enables
products to be designed that are
thin and light, as well as flexible
and robust.
With these attributes, electronics
systems can enter completely
new markets, in the form of
intelligent packaging, automation
systems in buildings, wearable
electronics, anti-counterfeiting
devices, healthcare products, and
the ‘internet of things’, in which
everyday objects are connected
via the web.
The £5.6 million Centre brings
together four academic centres
of excellence in the field: the
Cambridge Innovation and
Knowledge Centre (CIKC), the
Centre for Plastic Electronics
at Imperial College London, the
Welsh Centre for Printing and
Coating at Swansea University,
and the Organic Materials
Innovation Centre at The
University of Manchester.
Our research is focused on
the challenges of integrating
the component technologies,
including conventional silicon
electronics where necessary,
into multifunctional electronic
systems using high volume
We work with a wide range of
companies which are pioneering
the electronics manufacturing
revolution, and end-users who
see its commercial potential,
helping to establish a vibrant
new electronics systems
manufacturing industry.
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What we offer
Innovation links
By working with us as a partner organisation you
gain access to the most advanced knowledge in
large-area electronics manufacturing research.
We can help you develop new product concepts or
carry out feasibility studies for manufacturing of
large-area electronics applications.
We support assessment of large-area electronics
tools and fabrication techniques, in terms of yield,
reliability and cost-effectiveness, for industrial
product manufacturing.
We work with industry through Knowledge Transfer
Partnerships and other exchange schemes through
collaborative research projects such as those with
Innovate UK (previously the Technology Strategy
Board), Horizon 2020 or other publicly-funded
schemes, and through our networking events and
roadmapping workshops.
â High Value Manufacturing Catapult
â SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre
â EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Industrial
Functional Coatings
â EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Plastic
Electronics Materials
Our impact
â Large-area electronics will impact several high
growth market sectors, with a global market
predicted by analysts to reach at least $13 billion
by 2020
â We are already working with industry partners
in two Innovate UK collaborative projects with a
total grant value of over £1.1 million.
The exciting future exploitation routes for our
technology will utilise the unique properties
of plastics to make electronics conformal,
flexible, rollable, foldable and even stretchable.
In overcoming the manufacturing obstacles to
unlock the commercial potential of this market,
the support of the bright minds of UK
scientists is invaluable.
Dr Mike Banach, Plastic Logic Ltd
University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, The University of Manchester, Swansea University.
Our partners:
3M United Kingdom PLC, Cambridge Display Technology Ltd, CPI Ltd (part of the High Value
Manufacturing Catapult), De La Rue International Ltd, Dow Corning Ltd, Defence Science and
Technology Laboratory (DSTL), Eight19 Ltd, Merck Chemicals Ltd, Molecular Vision Ltd, National
Physical Laboratory (NPL), Nokia Research Centre, Cambridge, Oxford Lasers Ltd, Plastic Logic Ltd,
Pragmatic Printing Ltd, RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd, SABMiller PLC, Solvay Fluor GmbH.
Contact:
Chris Rider, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 1223 767880
Web site: www-large-area-electronics.eng.cam.ac.uk
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Liquid
Metal Engineering (LiME)
Our aim
Full metal circulation has the
potential to transform the global
metallurgical industry from
one that is currently dominated
by mining and primary metals
production to one that revolves
around the reuse, remanufacture
or recycling of existing metals
through innovative technologies.
Achieving full metal circulation
will lead to substantial
conservation of natural resources
and reduction in energy
consumption and CO2 emissions,
while meeting the demand for
metallic materials for economic
growth and wealth creation.
However, this depends upon
developments in liquid metal
engineering to bring it about.
The UK metal casting industry is
a key player in the global market,
and it underpins the competitive
position of every sector of UK
manufacturing. However, the
500 or so companies in the
sector are mainly SMEs, which
are often not in a position to
undertake the highest quality R&D
necessary for them to remain
competitive internationally.
The £5.1 million Centre for
Liquid Metal Engineering (LiME)
is a national centre of excellence,
based at Brunel University, and
in collaboration with Oxford
and Birmingham universities.
The Centre carries out
fundamental research in
solidification science, develops
new metallic materials, and
creates innovative and sustainable
technologies to enable the UK
metal casting industry and its
customers to improve their
competitiveness in
global markets.
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What we offer
Our impact
Our team of investigators provide the necessary
expertise to carry out world-class research in both
fundamental solidification science and mainstream
casting technologies. We work flexibly as a crossinstitution research team, able to address the major
challenges now facing the metal casting industry
and its customers.
LiME brings together the impressive facilities
for solidification research at our three partner
universities, including state-of-the-art analytical
modelling and molecular dynamics simulation, a
range of innovative casting processes, technologies
for the engineering and assessment of liquid metals,
and an extensive suite of tools for microstructural
characterisation.
We continually seek to build additional collaborations
with academic and industrial partners.
Moreover, in our role as a national centre, we aim
to strengthen the UK solidification and casting
community as a whole. We do this through a
number of vehicles including networking opendays, technology workshops, and partnerships with
industry federations.
We have developed a number of novel metallic
materials and liquid metal processing technologies
that are undergoing industrial scale trials in the UK
and abroad.
To further bridge the gap between laboratory
innovations and full-scale production trials, we are
establishing a £17.4 million Advanced Metals Casting
Centre housing large-scale metals processing
equipment in a purpose-built 1,500 m2 facility.
Since LiME was established we have won
£27 million in research funding including £8 million
from industry. We have become a member of the
global Light Metals Alliance of eight key light metals
research groups, have organised three major
international conferences, and work hard to bring
the UK academic and industrial solidification and
casting communities together.
Innovation links
We have links with the Manufacturing Technology
Centre (MTC) and the Advanced Forming Research
Centre (AFRC) of the High Value Manufacturing
Catapult, and the new Materials Processing Institute.
We work closely with the EPSRC LATEST2
programme. Our focus on innovation is working
directly with industrial partners, for example for
demonstrator and production scale trials, and
through numerous collaborative programmes with
the EU and Innovate UK (previously the Technology
Strategy Board).
Within the international solidification community
LiME has an excellent standing, obviously
driven by enthusiasm of the highly motivated
researchers. The Centre covers the whole range
from atomistic modelling to foundry engineering.
This is not only a real challenge, but is unique
and means they transfer the knowledge gained
not only to the scientific community, but also
to industrial companies or more general to
industrial processes.
Professor Lorenz Ratke, German Aerospace Centre
(DLR), Chairman of the LiME International
Advisory Board
Brunel University, University of Birmingham, University of Oxford.
Our partners:
Aeromet International, Aluminium Federation, Cast Metals Federation, CSIRO Light Metals Flagship,
Doncasters, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Foseco, General Research Institute for
Non-ferrous Metals, Grainger & Worrall, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Cast Metals
Engineers, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, Jaguar Land Rover, JVM Castings, London &
Scandinavian Metallurgical, Magnesium Elektron, Materials Knowledge Transfer Network, Meridian,
NewPro Foundries, Norton Aluminium, QinetiQ, Rautomead, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik, Sapa, Siemens,
Tata, TWI.
Contact:
Professor Zhongyun Fan, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: + 44 (0) 1895 266406
Web site: www.lime.ac.uk
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Intelligent Automation
Our aim
Most modern high-value
manufacturing systems continue
to rely heavily on the dexterity
and flexibility of manual work.
Intelligent automation could
be a better alternative to many
elements of human work, by
improving operational efficiency
and removing the need for
people to carry out tasks in
unhealthy, difficult or dangerous
working conditions. This will
enable companies to grow and
skilled workers to be redeployed,
performing other more rewarding
tasks. This should bring
substantial economic benefits,
enabling manufacturers to
continue (or return to) producing
goods within the UK.
Innovative Manufacturing
in Intelligent Automation
is a partnership between
Loughborough University and
Cranfield University, and has a
presence on both university sites.
Our vision is to:
• Bring people and technology
together to research, develop
and implement advanced
industrial manufacturing
automation solutions
• Produce exemplars of research
solutions up to proof-of-concept
demonstrator stage
• Broaden the take-up of
automation throughout UK
industry, especially among SMEs
• Maintain high levels of quality
whilst increasing production
volume at reduced costs
• Take a national role, connecting
expertise with need in this
growing specialist area
• Inspire young people to consider
future careers in highly skilled
manufacturing roles
• Promote the further
development of intelligent
automation for UK industry
We are working to develop
automated manufacturing
processes previously considered
too difficult to automate.
Many of the technologies
developed will enhance and
maximise the use of the existing
skill sets within the workforce
rather than replace them.
The aim of our research is to
radically improve the effectiveness
of manufacturing operations in
key areas of UK industry, working
to meet the needs both of large
companies and manufacturing
supply chains.
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What we offer
We reach out beyond our existing network to the wider
manufacturing industry, especially SMEs. We aim
to build relationships, working with companies who
may otherwise have little access to high-value work.
We work closely with the British Automation and
Robot Association and the Manufacturing Technology
Centre to identify automation issues for smaller
manufacturers and individual companies, and are
exploring opportunities to address these challenges.
We are keen to grow and expand into different areas
of manufacturing, and welcome expressions of
interest from companies interested in investing as
partners, and shaping our future research direction.
â We can offer 400m2 of dedicated lab space at
Loughborough University, and access to state-ofthe-art research facilities at Cranfield University
â Academics and researchers work collaboratively
across the two sites and out with industrial
partners, sharing their complementary expertise
to develop truly multidisciplinary research
â A fundamental synergy comes from the
integration of human factors researchers with
automation researchers. This teamwork leads to
full automation solutions, or partial automation
solutions. The latter involves human-automation
system cooperative working and has a significant
safety research element
We offer unique technical resources that include:
â A Yaskawa SDA20D and SDA10 twin arm robot
cooperative working cell
â A Kuka KR16 adaptive welding automation cell
which also has the facility for capturing human
skill and process parameters in TiG welding
â A collaborative human-automation cell for the
development of new integrated safety systems
â A haptic suit linked to Delmia for operator
ergonomic studies, with eye tracking goggles for
operator attention studies
â Optical bore inspection facility mounted on Kuka
KR16 robot
â 3D surface scanner mounted on Fanuc
LR-Mate for micrometre sized surface
feature measurement
â Optical bore inspection facility mounted on
Kuka KR16 robot
Innovation links
We are part of a unique pipeline from discovery
through to industrial deployment. Work initiated
within an academic environment can be developed
through an established innovation pathway (the
Manufacturing Technology Centre and Cranfield
Partners) to reach major industrial companies with
the funding and commitment to exploit the results.
This continuous pipeline is central to our success
and value, and unique within the UK.
Our impact
Fifteen projects that we have initiated will be
progressed to TRL 4+ and supported for development
by industry by the end of 2016.
£1 million has been committed by the industrial
partners to our research.
Industrial partner-led evaluation has indicated that
funds invested through us will lead to a significant
positive financial return through new innovations in
production processes.
The CIM creates a unique supply chain for talent
in intelligent automation. These skills are not
available to us from anywhere else and will form
a pivotal part of our future workforce.
Professor Ken Young, Technology Director,
Manufacturing Technology Centre
Loughborough University, Cranfield University.
Our partners:
Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Control and Data Services, the Manufacturing Technology Centre.
Contact:
Professor Mike Jackson, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: : +44 (0) 1509 227570
Web site: www.intelligent-automation.org.uk
Twitter: @WeKnowRobots
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Additive Manufacturing
Our aim
We work on multi-functional
additive manufacturing (AM),
which is the next step in the
evolution of digital fabrication (3D
printing) technologies, opening
up new possibilities in high-value
manufacturing for the production
of functional structures in one
build operation. This will lead
to highly geometrically complex
and innovative products across
multiple sectors to enable
applications which, for example,
have electronic or optical
elements directly ‘printed-in’
them, or which have integrated
pharmaceutical or medical
functions.
Individual consumers and
industrial end-users will benefit
through innovative designs and
the stream of services provided
by the inbuilt functionality of
products. Research has shown
that additive manufacturing
processes also have the potential
to help improve sustainability,
both in terms of the efficiency of
manufacturing processes and the
environmental performance of
products during use.
Based at the University of
Nottingham, with Loughborough
University as an academic
partner, the £5.9 million Centre
Additive Manufacturing carries
out fundamental and translational
research into multifunctional
AM. The Centre aims to give
the high-value manufacturing
sector in the UK the tools to
compete aggressively in the
global marketplace, providing
sustainable industrial growth
and attractive new employment
opportunities in this highly
industrially relevant new
manufacturing methodology.
While undertaking low Technology
Readiness Level (TRL) research
activity, we also work closely with
global industry to tackle major
industrially relevant research
challenges, ensuring that the
UK remains at the forefront of
AM and its applications. Our
priority is to enable commercial
exploitation of our research in
order to meet the industrial and
national requirements for cuttingedge technologies that have a low
carbon manufacturing footprint.
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What we offer
Our research activities primarily take place in our new
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing laboratory
at the University of Nottingham. This is a £6 million
facility covering 500m2 in which the university has
also invested over £2 million in equipment and
refurbishment to create an internationally unique and
state-of-the-art additive manufacturing laboratory.
Specially laid out for our research activities that span
the TRL spectrum, the facility also incorporates three
separate laboratory rooms with restricted access for
confidential work.
Our team includes world-leading researchers in
innovative manufacturing (Centre Director
Professor Richard Hague, for example, is Chair of the
International Conference on Additive Manufacturing
and 3D Printing), as well as highly-skilled technicians.
Though we have a focus on the underpinning science
related to additive manufacturing, we actively offer
many opportunities for business to get involved –
either directly in the research or as part of our
wider network.
In addition to working directly with industry through
projects and partnerships, we host seminars,
networking events and conferences to help develop
the UK’s additive manufacturing community, bringing
together industrial members and researchers.
We also operate an open-door policy to all members
of the industrial community, across most sectors,
including aerospace, automotive, pharma and
consumer, looking to carry out additive manufacturing
research where we work with organisations of all
sizes, from world-leading multinationals to new startup companies.
Innovation links
University of Nottingham with Newcastle, Liverpool
and Loughborough universities as integral partners.
The primary objective of this new CDT is to produce
research leaders to tackle the major scientific
and engineering challenges over the next 10-15
years, enabling additive manufacturing and 3D
printing to play a prominent role in manufacturing,
and provide the people and talent to fuel this new
industrial revolution.
Our impact
We are committed to realising the potential of
our research activities and we strive to create
impact on both academic and industrial levels
through publications in the best scientific journals,
graduation of doctoral students, patenting of
key intellectual property and exploitation of this
intellectual property through licencing into industry
or through spin-out activity.
As additive manufacturing matures, technologies
will evolve to transform the ways in which
engineers design and fabricate parts... My
research team, within the printing group,
recently evaluated additive manufacturing
research groups around the world and identified
the Additive Manufacturing Research Group at
the University of Nottingham as a world leader...
I believe the proposed use of 3D printing to
fabricate multi-functional parts is revolutionary,
and we are interested in seeing progress in
your investigations.
Edward D. Davis, Senior Strategic Technology
Manager, HP 3D Printing Business Unit
We recently launched the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral
Training (CDT) in Additive Manufacturing, led by the
University of Nottingham, Loughborough University.
Our partners:
Alcoa, AWE, BAE Systems, Boeing Company, Delcam, Delphi Diesel Systems, Econolyst, GSK, National
Physics Laboratory (NPL), Oce, PPG, Printed Electronics Limited, Renishaw, Rolls-Royce, Smart Fibres,
Solidica, Stratasys, TWI.
Contact:
Professor Richard Hague, Director, Executive Team, the University of Nottingham,
Tel: +44 (0) 115 951 3962
Web site: www.3dp-research.com
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Advanced Metrology
Our aim
Advanced metrology is a key
infrastructure technology
which increasingly underpins
innovative manufacturing. Without
measurement, manufacturing is
not possible.
Measurement is an important
way of verifying that innovative
manufacturing processes are
working as they should, and
predicting the quality of products,
their function and lifetime
performance.
Measurement is applied across all
manufacturing sectors, and it is of
critical importance in key sectors
such as aerospace, automotive,
microelectronics, energy,
healthcare, telecommunications,
and low carbon technologies,
enabling these industries to
flourish and grow in the UK.
The ‘factory-on-the-machine’
concept, using novel measurement
technology, will enable products
to be designed, manufactured,
measured, and corrected in a
single integrated system, making
possible a flexible and agile form
of high-value manufacturing. It will
enable the future factory to make
bespoke geometric products,
getting them right first time, and
every time. This new infrastructure
technology, and the knowledge that
comes from it, will also contribute
to ‘big data’ collection, precision
3D printing, and cloud/distributed
manufacturing systems.
Advanced Metrology is based at
the University of Huddersfield’s
Centre for Precision Technologies
(CPT), a long-established group
with an international reputation
in precision engineering, and
metrology R&D. In partnership
with the National Physical
Laboratory and the Science and
Technology Facilities Council,
our aim is to develop the UK’s
manufacturing metrology
capabilities, and support economic
growth in precision engineering.
Our highly innovative research
and strong links with industry
have resulted in the CPT being
designated a National Centre of
Excellence in Advanced Metrology.
Our focus is on developing the
UK’s manufacturing metrology
capabilities, as well as supporting
economic growth in relevant
sectors.
Our key areas of research are:
• Machine tool metrology
• Mathematics for metrology
• Optical instrumentation
• Surface metrology
and applications
• Ultra precision manufacturing
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What we offer
Innovation links
We work closely with industry partners to ensure
that our research and projects will benefit the sector
and ultimately lead to more efficient and accurate
We solve real-world manufacturing problems
through cutting-edge metrology research and
development in precision engineering.
Our multidisciplinary team of over 40 research
staff and students includes engineering scientists,
physicists, mechanical and electrical engineers,
mathematicians and computer software developers.
This ensures a high level of innovation and
collaboration in different sectors and disciplines,
including areas not commonly linked to precision
engineering, such as skin science, forensics,
implants and archaeology.
We have close links to the High Value
Manufacturing Catapult.
Our impact
Since its creation in 2011 the Centre has
collaborated with over 100 companies and around
75 universities/research institutes across the world.
Over this period, £3.8 million of additional R&D
funding has been leveraged and the team have
delivered over 40 industrial training, consultancy
and/or measurement services projects.
The Centre is also actively engaged in the
development of new national and international
standards, and has strong links to the National
Measurement System through its close collaborative
relationship with National Physcial Laboratory.
Universities invovled:
University of Huddersfield.
Our partners:
AMRC, Asquith Butler, BSI, Carl Zeiss, Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP), Centre for Process
Innovation (CPI), Cummins Turbo Technologies, Dapatech, David Brown Gear Systems, Depuy
Forensic Pathways, Holroyd/PTG, IBS Precision Engineering, London Implant Retrieval Centre
Machine Tool Technologies, Manufacturing Technologies Association, NPL, Renishaw, Rolls-Royce
Taylor Hobson.
Contact:
Professor Xiangquian (Jane) Jiang, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 1484 473634
Web site: www.hud.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/ciman
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food
Our aim
The UK food manufacturing sector
employs around 400,000 people,
has an annual turnover of
£76.2 billion, accounts for 16 per
cent of the total UK manufacturing
base, and contributes £12 billion
in exports to the UK.
However, there are numerous
and increasing pressures on the
food system, from the primary
production of food to the changing
behaviours and eating habits of
consumers.
There is both an increased need
to use more of what nature
provides while keeping pace with
changes in consumer behaviour.
This requires a new, flexible
manufacturing capability, which
will enable foods to be made to
order, closer to the point of sale
and use.
Engaging with the UK food
industry and the UK science base
can help us make food more
resource-efficient and secure.
The £4.5 million EPSRC Centre for
Innovative Manufacturing in Food
is helping to develop innovative
materials, products and processes
for use in food manufacture,
and making food supply and
manufacture more sustainable.
This includes:
• Developing new
processing technologies
• Upgrading ingredients to
improve resource efficiency
• Developing food
manufacturing for healthy
diets and lifestyles
• Using new, flexible
manufacturing processes
such as re-distributed
manufacturing
• Promoting eco-food
manufacturing
• Developing ideas and
strategies for a sustainable
food supply chain
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What we offer
Innovation links
The Centre is a collaboration between the University
of Nottingham, the University of Birmingham and
Loughborough University. We offer our partners
research expertise and associated facilities and
equipment, and we are also developing new talent,
employing 30 new researchers.
The University of Nottingham’s Department of Food
Science has a focus on biomaterial processing,
and is home to the Food and Bioenergy Innovation
Centre, which has a bespoke food processing facility.
Loughborough University has a strong focus
on sustainable manufacturing. Its Sustainable
Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART)
Centre leads in areas such as sustainable product
design, low carbon manufacturing and supply
chain management.
The University of Birmingham’s Centre for
Formulation Engineering won the Queen’s
Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education
in 2011. It is the only institute of its kind in the UK,
and meets the process needs of industry in the
manufacture of micro-structured materials.
By becoming Centre partners, organisations in
the food industry can get involved in our research
projects, help to direct our projects, and gain early
access to research data and talent developed at the
Centre. We have an ongoing programme of events to
encourage industry participation.
We collaborate with the EPSRC Industrial Doctorate
Centre in Formulation Engineering, which carries
out research in industry.
The centre is developing new drying, emulsifying and
3D printing capabilities. We also collaborate with the
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable
Chemistry, which will develop new chemical and
manufacturing solutions that are safe, efficient and,
above all, sustainable.
The Centre also has strong links with:
â Innovate UK (previously the Technology
Strategy Board)
â UK Trade & Investment
â Appetite for Engineering
â The Knowledge Transfer Network
â The Food and Drink Federation
â The High Value Manufacturing Catapults
(The Manufacturing Technology Centre)
This Centre will create the science and
technology leadership required for the
continued strength of the UK’s largest
manufacturing sector.
Ian Noble, PepsiCo
University of Nottingham, University of Birmingham, Loughborough University.
Our partners:
Partners helping shape the focus and impact of the Centre are: 2 Sisters Food Group, AB Sugar,
Cargill, Food & Drink Federation, J Sainsbury Plc, Knowledge Transfer Network, McCain Foods GB Ltd,
Manufacturing Technology Centre, Marks and Spencer Plc, Mars, Mondelez, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Premier
Foods, Unilever.
Contact:
Professor Tim Foster, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 115 9516246
Twitter: @cim_food
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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Continuous
Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC)
Our aim
Together, CMAC’s partners have
a shared long-term vision: to
enable a step change from batch
manufacturing of pharmaceuticals
to fully continuous manufacturing
processes, systems and plants –
leading to higher levels of quality
at a lower cost, more quickly and
in a more sustainable manner.
The shared vision, scope and
programme for CMAC have
been developed through close
collaboration with industry and, in
particular, our founding strategic
partners GlaxoSmithKline,
AstraZeneca and Novartis, which
continue to provide significant
input and support.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing
is entering a period of
unprecedented change with the
need to reduce costs, enhance
sustainability and ensure quality
across a broad range of traditional
and emergent product types and
therapeutic areas.
The drivers for change include
technological, economic and
regulatory factors that have
seen an increased focus on
manufacturing research to
deliver better processes and
advanced products.
Continuous manufacturing offers
significant advantages over
traditional batch methods, and
our research will revolutionise
the way medicines are made
and delivered to patients.
This requires an improved
understanding of pharmaceutical
material functionality and new
manufacturing technologies that
can be deployed within a highly
regulated environment.
Our research is bringing
together chemists, engineers,
pharmaceutical scientists and
supply chain management
researchers to accelerate
the adoption of continuous
manufacturing.
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What we offer
We have facilities distributed across our seven
partner universities, providing access to unique,
multidisciplinary capabilities over a broad
spectrum of areas.
We have developed a facilities database which
may be viewed globally. We are also developing
an expertise database to make it clear at a glance
exactly what we offer. In addition to conducting
fundamental manufacturing research, the Centre:
â Develops new processes on company-specific
problems
â Innovates and puts prototypes into practice
â Delivers measurable successes that are of real
benefit to society
â Creates commercial opportunities for start-ups
and major global companies
â Delivers new and innovative approaches to
continuous manufacturing, tailored to
industry needs
â Produces a talent pipeline of highly skilled
scientists and engineers
â Influences policy, government and regulators
â Understands and integrates with broader supply
chain context
â Collaborates best with best on a worldwide basis
Innovation links
We are committed to open access across the broad
industry/academic community. Our EPSRC Centre
for Doctoral Training is helping meet the demand for
highly-skilled researchers in the field, working with
leading UK academics and industry mentors.
We also form part of the Technology and Innovation
Centre at Strathclyde, a hub for world-leading
research, transforming the way academics,
business, industry and the public sector collaborate.
Within this hub the recently announced £34 million
UK Research Partnership Investment Fund scheme
at Strathclyde will establish a world-class facility
for continuous manufacturing and crystallisation
research equipped with a comprehensive suite
of continuous processing process analysis and
characterisation equipment.
Our impact
â 80 staff and growing
â £80 million portfolio funding (original business
plan £36 million)
â Recent flagship awards include a £34.2 million
UK Research Partnership Investment Fund;
£22.8 million industry and charity contributions;
and £23 million project approved in the latest
round of the Advanced Manufacturing Supply
Chain Initiative
The Centre is recognised by stakeholders as a
world-leading manufacturing research centre.
It will attract inward investment, new jobs
and wealth.
Craig Johnston, Industry Director
University of Strathclyde (hub), University of Bath, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow, Heriot-Watt University, Loughborough University.
Industrial partners:
AMTech, AstraZeneca, Clairet Scientific Ltd, Cambridge Reactor Design, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis.
Tier 2:, Mettler Toledo, NiTech Solutions Ltd, Novartis, Perceptive Engineering Ltd, PSE, Syrris
Avantium, Alconbury Weston Ltd.
Contact:
Professor Alastair Florence, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 141 548 4877 (ext 4877)
Email: alastair.fl[email protected]
Craig Johnston, Industry Director, Tel: +44 (0) 141 548 2240 (ext 2240)
Dr Andrea Johnston, Centre Manager, Tel: +44 (0) 141 548 4506 (ext 4506)
General Enquiries, Email: [email protected], Web site: www.cmac.ac.uk
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Laser-based Production Processes
Our aim
Laser-based manufacturing
is a global multi-billion dollar
industry. The past 25 years have
seen industrial lasers replace
conventional tools in many
diverse areas of manufacture,
enabling increased productivity,
functionality and quality.
in Laser-based Production
Processes opens the door to a
diverse range of new technologies,
and manufacturing applications,
helping UK industry to take
maximum advantage of these
advances by bringing together a
multidisciplinary team of leading
UK researchers and key
industry partners.
We run a wide-ranging programme
of coordinated research and UKwide network-building activities
which include strong European
links. This approach enables
significant business growth
opportunities, stimulating the
broader UK community, providing
leadership in the development
of UK public policy, giving access
to infrastructure for SMEs, and
providing education and training
for industry.
Our vision is to allow UK
manufacturing industry to
take advantage of high quality,
high precision, repeatable and
flexible laser-based production
processes, by developing
and refining new
manufacturing techniques.
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What we offer
Innovation links
Our distributed Centre team offers world-class
background knowledge of a wide range of laserbased manufacturing applications and high-level
technical skills in the science and technology of
both laser-material processes and advanced lasers,
optics and related hardware systems.
Moreover, we have a wide range of high average/
peak power industrial laser systems across many
pulse lengths including millisecond, nanosecond,
picosecond, femtosecond and continuous-wave, and
wavelengths from the UV through to the infrared
(355nm, 532nm, 1.06μm, 2.94μm, 10.6μm), and with
average power levels from a few tens of Watts
to multi-kW.
These laser systems are coupled with high
precision motion systems, including high speed
galvo scanners and high precision air bearing and
cross bearing stages. The laser processes that can
be provided encompass micromachining, optical
modification, polishing, cutting, welding and other
joining processes.
We also have extensive laser-based additive
manufacturing systems, with a particular focus on
powder bed processes. Analytical facilities include
>20 electron microscopes, comprising SEMs, two
dual beam Focused Ion Beam (FIB) microscopes,
and five Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs).
Seedcorn projects allow SMEs to work with us on
two-week feasibility studies or pump-prime projects
at no cost to themselves. Each project is awarded
up to two weeks of researcher time, with input from
members of the Centre academic team to develop
or test laser-based production processes that could
benefit the SME involved.
We have close links to several EPSRC Centres for
Doctoral Training that complement and augment
our research effort, including the EPSRC Centre for
Doctoral Training in Additive Manufacturing.
Our impact
Our underpinning approach to exploitation is the
systematic sharing of new scientific information and
technology with industry partners.
In addition to the Core Platform and Flagship
programmes, additional leverage and industry
engagement are being developed via a series of
initiatives. These include directly-funded, companyfocused research projects; partnering in Innovate UK
(previously the Technology Strategy Board) projects;
and by actively promoting larger-scale EU-funded
programmes, utilising our well-developed
European networks.
In addition, the Centre Outreach Programme aims
to help stimulate and coordinate the UK industry/
academic community with the objective of developing
UK manufacturing industry growth strategies and
influencing the formulation of national
investment policies.
Heriot-Watt University, University of Cambridge, Cranfield University, University of Liverpool, The
University of Manchester.
Our partners:
AILU – Association of Laser Users, APT Technologies, Airbus, Attica, AWE, Carrs Welding Technologies
Coherent Scotland, Compound Semiconductor Technologies, GE Aviation, Gooch & Housego
Helia Photonics, JK Lasers, Laser Cladding Technology, Laser Expertise, Laser Micromachining
Litron Lasers, Manufacturing Technology Centre, MenloSystems, Micrometric, M-Solv, OpTek Systems,
OptoScribe, Oxford Lasers, PowerPhotonic, Renishaw, Selex-ES, SPI Lasers, Rofin-Sinar UK,
Rofin-Baasel UK, Rolls-Royce, Tata, Trumpf, TWI.
Contact:
Professor Duncan Hand, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 131 451 3020
Web site: www.cim-laser.ac.uk
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Regenerative Medicine
Our aim
Regenerative medicine is a highvalue field of healthcare, with the
potential to transform lives for
the better. It covers a wide range
of therapies designed to enable
damaged, diseased or defective
skin, bone and other tissues to
work normally again.
The regenerative medicine
manufacturing sector seeks to
translate these therapies into the
clinic, in sufficient quantity and in
safe and cost-effective ways.
Regenerative Medicine is led
by Loughborough University, in
partnership with Keele University
and the University of Nottingham.
We work to equip businesses
in the regenerative medicine
manufacturing industry with the
tools, technologies and platforms
they need, from end to end of the
supply chain.
We use a systems approach
to draw together the many
processes involved in transferring
the right therapies to the right
patient at the right time.
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What we offer
Our impact
We collaborate with academic, clinical and
commercial organisations on a wide range of funded
research. We are building a community to share best
practice in regenerative medicine manufacturing.
Each of the universities within the Centre has
cutting-edge facilities which are available to our
partners, including quality-managed biological
engineering laboratories, advanced manufacturing
workshops and analytical measurement suites.
Our experts are available to work on confidential
research projects for commercial clients.
Businesses can commission our researchers to
work on problems specific to their needs.
Opportunities also arise for tools and technologies to
be licensed to commercial organisations or for spinout companies to be created.
We deliver cost-effective processes that increase
patient access to advanced therapies. We work with
the regulatory authorities to inform the way that
safe, effective treatments can be produced.
We support policy in advanced therapies by working
on committees and governmental initiatives. We
promote good practice through our contribution to
work on international standardisation.
This bridging of biology, medicine and engineering
creates one of the most exciting areas of
multidisciplinary science – and it will lead to a new
manufacturing industry.
Innovation links
The Centre works with a wide variety of collaborators
– academic, clinical, industrial and regulatory. Our
close links with the Cell Therapy Catapult help our
partners take their innovations into the marketplace.
Working with Professor Shakesheff and the
EPSRC Centre has accelerated our product
development work and created a new important
opportunity to manufacture a regenerative
product for dental and maxillofacial applications.
Dr Marco Tatullo, Director of Research, Calabrodental
We have benefitted greatly from collaborating
with the EPSRC Centre. Accessing first-class
materials and drug delivery expertise has helped
transition ideas from early proof of concept into
full development.
Rob Quirk, Director, Locate Therapeutics
Our fruitful collaboration with the EPSRC
Centre at Loughborough University has given us
access to manufacturing science expertise and
specialist equipment to support the progress of
two of our flagship projects.
Dr Stephen Ward, Chief Operating Officer, Cell
Therapy Catapult
Loughborough University, The University of Nottingham, Keele University, Heriot-Watt University,
University of Bath, University of Birmingham, University College London.
Our partners:
Asymptote, Athersys, Baker Ruskinn, Bose ElectroForce Systems Group, BSI, CCRM, Cell Therapy
Catapult, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, GSK, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Instron TGT, Intercytex,
International Organization for Standardization, I-Stem, Knowledge Transfer Network, LGC, Locate
Therapeutics, Medilink East Midlands and West Midlands, MHRA, NC3Rs, Neusentis, Newcastle upon
Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, NHS Blood and Transplant, NIBSC, ReNeuron, Scottish National Blood
Transfusion Service, Smith & Nephew, TAP Biosystems, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Contact:
Professor Nick Medcalf, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 1509 564898
Dr Sophie Dale-Black, Head of Engagement, Tel: +44 (0) 1509 227649
Web site: www.epsrc-regen-med.org
Twitter: @RM_Outreach
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Through-Life Engineering Services
Our aim
Making complex engineering
products is hard; making them
last a long time is harder.
in Through-Life Engineering
Services carries out research into
extending the life of technological
products and associated issues
such as degradation and failure
mechanisms, autonomous
maintenance, component
obsolescence and whole life
cost modelling.
Hosted by Cranfield University and
Durham University, the mission
of the Centre is to improve the
availability, predictability and
reliability of complex engineering
products that deliver the lowest
possible cost over their whole
life cycle.
Our vision is to provide thought
leadership in through-life
engineering services, and be the
first choice for UK manufacturing
companies as a source of
technological solutions, R&D
capability, knowledge, skill and
advice. We are unique in what
we offer.
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What we offer
Innovation links
The Through-life Engineering Services Studio is
established in the heart of the Cranfield University
Campus and at Durham University. The studio
facilities provide instrumentation and laboratories
for carrying out experiments and developing
technology and process demonstrators.
Among the facilities within the studio are:
â An environmental chamber to support thermal
cycling, dielectric over-voltage, thermal stress
and current overload testing
â NDT and associated capabilities in a number
of techniques which include ultrasound, eddy
current and thermography scanning and
measurement technologies
â An augmented and virtual reality suite
We have close links with the Electronics, Energy
Generation and Supply, and Aerospace, Aviation and
Defence Knowledge Transfer Networks. We have
generated one patent and have two more potential
patents in the pipeline.
We held an inaugural TES Knowledge Hub dinner
for 70 senior executives from industry and captured
key themes for the future direction of our sector.
These leading thinkers will help guide our innovation
approach.
The facility also allows for a collaborative working
environment, where multiple participants can
simultaneously manipulate elements on
their displays.
There are various ways in which companies can get
involved with us, from short-term, focused projects,
through longer and broader interactions, to full
membership of the core partner group, giving you
the ability to steer the direction and focus of
our research.
We have also launched a TES Club, which provides
a simple way of engaging with Centre activities,
especially for smaller companies in the service and
support supply chain.
Our impact
The five core projects of the Centre are producing
tangible results, and the collaborations with our
industrial partners have become stronger.
We have completed several industrial use cases
to add value to the partners. We have published
many papers in both peer-reviewed journals and
at international conferences and now have in
production the first book in Through-life Engineering
Services which is due to be published in early 2015.
We have developed a series of initiatives such
as establishing a new international conference,
TESConf, with 80 papers and 140 delegates in its
third year, sponsoring a national award in Throughlife Engineering Services, also in its third year; and
have held a series of open calls for feasibility studies
complementary to our core research and funded 19
proposals involving 11 new universities with
the Centre.
We have also supported a series of successful
proposals valued at £5.7 million which have grown
the influence of the Centre.
Cranfield University, Durham University.
Our partners:
Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Ministry of Defence, Bombardier Transportation, British Standards
Institute, Intelligent Energy Ltd, Cassidian Test and Services Ltd, National Instruments Ltd,
EnginSoft UK Ltd, GOM UK Ltd, Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine Ltd, PRICE Systems International,
Siemens Ltd, Copernicus Technology Ltd, ADS Group Ltd, East of England Energy Group, UK Council
for Electronic Business, The Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTNs), The Safety and Reliability Society
(SaRS), The Manufacturer.
Contact:
Professor Rajkumar Roy, EPSRC Centre Director, Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758555
Email: r.roy@cranfield.ac.uk
Andy Shaw, EPSRC Centre Manager, Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111 Ext 2281, Mobile: 07711 706287
Email: a.shaw@cranfield.ac.uk
Eleanor Collins, EPSRC Centre Outreach Coordinator, Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111 x 4031
Email: eleanor.collins@cranfield.ac.uk
Web site: www.through-life-engineering-services.org
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Ultra Precision
Our aim
Ultra precision has many different
applications, from microfluidics to large telescope and
space optics. The technologies
and techniques involved allow
features on the atomic scale to be
reproduced over large areas, with
high yield and high quality.
Ultra Precision is led by Cranfield
University, in collaboration with
the University of Cambridge and
the National Physical Laboratory.
The Centre helps to accelerate
the development of emerging
high-value products, through
internationally-leading research
on ultra precision processes.
It engages with the UK supply
chain in precision manufacturing,
helping to create opportunities
for future wealth creation in
emerging sectors.
What we offer
Our primary role is to provide
bespoke machine tools that can
produce nano-scale features on
metre-scale substrates, both rigid
and flexible.
As well as benefiting from worldleading research and the most
rapid laser-assisted focused ion
beam processing, our partners
have access to the most compact
machine tooling centre, and the
largest flexible film roll-to-roll
processing equipment, built on a
production scale.
We engage with organisations
throughout the supply chain for
ultra precision equipment and its
applications, from large machine
producers to small businesses
dealing with single-stage
processes, and raw materials
suppliers. This is increasingly the
case, as UK businesses develop
their own new products and
services, which rely on access to
facilities on the scale of what we
have developed.
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Innovation links
Our impact
â Our educational demonstrator Watch It Made™
is being developed into a self-sustaining
educational experience
â Our EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Ultra
Precision is integrated with the National Strategy
Programme and links educational and industrial
outreach activities
â We are involved in national networking
events across the UK, including partnering
with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI),
Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and
High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapults
â Output from our large roll processing platform
provides sample material for the European
EMPIR metrology programme and EPSRC
metamaterials research projects.
Over 30 businesses have now joined in with our
activities. In addition we have seen:
â Over £7 million in added value from industrial
and other non-EPSRC sources
â 40 papers published, including by our CDT
researchers as well as Centre investigators.
I am impressed and extremely interested in your
reel-to-reel system and welcome the opportunity
of being involved. We are a British company
manufacturing reel-to reel equipment and have
extensive experience in many of the processes;
access to a large-scale research platform will
help keep the UK ahead in this technology.
The Ultra Precision networking event at CPI
brought together industry and academic experts
and enabled us to showcase our facilities.
Several interesting projects from the event
are being considered and we are now working
together with the Ultra Precision and Advanced
Metrology centres to develop a roll-to-roll
summer school for 2015. This has strengthened
the relationship between CPI and the Ultra
Precision CIM and we look forward to a very
productive relationship moving forward.
Dr Jon Helliwell, Director of Printable Electronics,
Centre for Process Innovation
Neal Rothwell, Group CEO, Double-R Group
Cranfield University, University of Cambridge, National Physical Laboratory.
Our partners:
3DE, Aerotech (UK), Castech Ltd, Double-R Controls Ltd, Fanuc (UK), Gooch & Housego, Heidenhain
(UK), Hexagon Metrology, Holford Precision Ltd, Integration Technology Ltd, Loxham Precision
M-Solv, Poeton Ltd, Qioptiq Ltd, SPI Lasers UK, Timson, Westwind.
Contact:
Martin O’Hara, National Strategy Manager, Tel: +44 (0) 1234 752958
Web site: www.ultraprecision.org
Twitter: @UPrecisionUK
LinkedIn: Ultra Precision UK Network
Facebook: Ultra Precision UK
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