Monday, May 24, 2010

News: £40m hub in Rotherham to further research in advanced manufacturing

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The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing is set to build on its reputation as a world-leading research centre with plans for another phase of development in Rotherham.


In addition to the plans for the £25m Nuclear AMRC, an AMRC Hub is set to be created on the Advanced Manufacturing Park that will further extend the £100m partnership that has successfully bridged the gap between academia, industry and government.

The planned Hub will provide facilities that will increase R&D and knowledge transfer activities with regional companies and give them access to world-leading research and state-of-the-art equipment.

The AMRC identifies, researches and solves advanced manufacturing problems and has over 80 highly qualified researchers and engineers from around the globe. Research is already carried out on new and exotic materials such as titanium, inconel and composites.

The next phase of development will include the 8,000 sq m Nuclear AMRC to facilitate the development of a supply chain able to participate in the UK's new nuclear power station build programme and compete globally for major contracts in the energy sector.

In addition, a extension to the Factory of the Future is planned to contain a Composite Manufacturing Facility. This project will enable regional companies to work alongside AMRC researchers during the design and manufacture of their pre-production prototypes, before investing in their own production facilities.

Also planned is a Knowledge Transfer Academy that will enable the AMRC Hub to increase R&D activity and collaboration with regional manufacturers. The Knowledge Transfer Academy hopes to increase the rate of knowledge transfer, bringing more companies into long-term collaborations with the AMRC Hub's research centres.

A final funding bid is being prepared for the £40m Hub and the aim is to have the facilities operational by December 2011 with a launch in March 2012.

AMRC website

Images: AMRC / Bond Bryan

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