News: Manufacturing convention to see the MANTRA
The Manufacturing Transporter (MANTRA) will be displaying the future of manufacturing at an upcoming convention organised by the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS).
MANTRA is a mobile virtual reality demonstration unit designed to highlight the manufacturing technologies being developed at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC) in Rotherham.
The MANTRA display unit is equipped with advanced CAD/CAM stations, a four axis machining centre and associated analysis equipment, including vibration monitoring, tool path verification software, modular fixturing and a range of novel cutting tools.
Visitors can learn how to use vibration monitoring equipment and how to set up a machine for optimum performance. It will also highlight constraints on machining performance, such as vibration for thin walls, cutting tool vibration and machine tool wear and methods of eliminating their impact such as novel tool paths, novel fixturing concepts and process damping.
MANTRA also has an advanced assembly demonstrator including the use of indoor GPS, laser alignment and smart tooling. A virtual reality assembly problem can also be analysed and demonstrated. Case study demonstrators of assembling a small gear box using low cost robotics, and positioning and aligning components using iGPS and laser alignment are used to demonstrate the technologies now available to improve the assembly process.
The MAS Manufacturing Convention - "Looking to the Future in Manufacturing" takes place in Harrogate on November 12.
MANTRA is a mobile virtual reality demonstration unit designed to highlight the manufacturing technologies being developed at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC) in Rotherham.
The MANTRA display unit is equipped with advanced CAD/CAM stations, a four axis machining centre and associated analysis equipment, including vibration monitoring, tool path verification software, modular fixturing and a range of novel cutting tools.
Visitors can learn how to use vibration monitoring equipment and how to set up a machine for optimum performance. It will also highlight constraints on machining performance, such as vibration for thin walls, cutting tool vibration and machine tool wear and methods of eliminating their impact such as novel tool paths, novel fixturing concepts and process damping.
MANTRA also has an advanced assembly demonstrator including the use of indoor GPS, laser alignment and smart tooling. A virtual reality assembly problem can also be analysed and demonstrated. Case study demonstrators of assembling a small gear box using low cost robotics, and positioning and aligning components using iGPS and laser alignment are used to demonstrate the technologies now available to improve the assembly process.
The MAS Manufacturing Convention - "Looking to the Future in Manufacturing" takes place in Harrogate on November 12.
MAS website
AMRC website
RotherhamImages: EPSRC
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