An open-access digital architecture for manufacturing shop floors has simplified the way data can be handled across an organisation, showing how manufacturers of any size can build a scalable, fully connected smart factory.
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Engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have supported a small tech solutions consultancy to progress an ambitious project bringing together different technologies to safeguard and monitor the health of vulnerable people into one solution.
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A manufacturer of high-precision components for satellite and earth-based communication systems has been helped to de-risk and explore options for a new cutting-edge machine tool thanks to support from engineers at the University of Sheffield AMRC.
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A family-run furniture maker has become an industry leader with the help of digital manufacturing experts at the University of Sheffield AMRC, who proved that robotics and automation technologies could increase capacity and improve productivity in its production process.
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Early-stage trials on new pressing techniques by University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) engineers have helped a company that makes sustainable tiles, tabletops and wallcoverings to avoid ‘unnecessary spending on research that wasn’t going to work’ by testing their ideas before investing in new equipment.
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LISI Aerospace (BAI UK) and the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have jointly secured £975,000 in funding from the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) to unlock productivity gains, new markets and reduce waste in the fastener industry through the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies.
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A labour-intensive process to position powerful permanent magnets onto large generators for offshore wind has been made 60 times faster by automation experts at the University of Sheffield AMRC, cutting down the cycle time from one hour to just 55 seconds for each magnet.
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The Alan Turing Institute and the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) will work together to identify opportunities for artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in manufacturing, accelerate research collaboration and boost skills development.
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