News: Man of Steel brought to life
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing has completed production of a two metre model of a proposed landmark sculpture for the Sheffield city region.
Last year, planning permission was granted conditionally for the 27.3m high art installation based on work by local sculptor Steve Mehdi, on a former land fill site in Rotherham.
Mehdi was introduced to the AMRC for help with producing a large model of the Man of Steel to raise awareness of the project.
The model is made from polyurethane resin board, a material normally used for creating prototypes and models of automotive and aerospace structures. This was sculpted at the AMRC Composite Centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham on its CMS five-axis machining centre, using cutting tools from Sheffield-based Technicut.
The assembled model will now be given a stainless metal coating, and mounted on a two metre column made by Sheffield-based Tool and Steel Products.
John Halfpenny, manufacturing engineer at the AMRC with Boeing Composite Centre, managed production of the model Man of Steel. He said: "This was a totally different project to our usual work in the Composite Centre – it's nothing like what we've done before. But it's good to work on a project that's potentially going to be in Sheffield for the next 200 years."
Steve Mehdi, sculptor, said: "This project honours the past and embraces the future, bringing together the heritage of the old industries and signposting the new technologies of the Sheffield city region.
"These rapid developments in design technology and manufacture are led by the University of Sheffield AMRC in Rotherham, so I am delighted that the AMRC has used its expertise to create this version of the Man of Steel."
The finished model will be on show at the AMRC during the Global Manufacturing Festival in April, which commemorates the centenary of stainless steel's discovery by Sheffield metallurgist Harry Brearley. It will also be exhibited at the Magna Science Centre in Rotherham and Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield.
The Man of Steel will also play an important role in promoting education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem). "Education experts across the region are working with the Man of Steel project team to develop curriculum material across all key stages," Mehdi says. "The AMRC Man of Steel will appear at various exhibitions throughout the year, promoting our industrial heritage, the new technologies and Stem education for the future."
Man of Steel website
AMRC website
Images: AMRC
Last year, planning permission was granted conditionally for the 27.3m high art installation based on work by local sculptor Steve Mehdi, on a former land fill site in Rotherham.
Mehdi was introduced to the AMRC for help with producing a large model of the Man of Steel to raise awareness of the project.
The model is made from polyurethane resin board, a material normally used for creating prototypes and models of automotive and aerospace structures. This was sculpted at the AMRC Composite Centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham on its CMS five-axis machining centre, using cutting tools from Sheffield-based Technicut.
The assembled model will now be given a stainless metal coating, and mounted on a two metre column made by Sheffield-based Tool and Steel Products.
John Halfpenny, manufacturing engineer at the AMRC with Boeing Composite Centre, managed production of the model Man of Steel. He said: "This was a totally different project to our usual work in the Composite Centre – it's nothing like what we've done before. But it's good to work on a project that's potentially going to be in Sheffield for the next 200 years."
"These rapid developments in design technology and manufacture are led by the University of Sheffield AMRC in Rotherham, so I am delighted that the AMRC has used its expertise to create this version of the Man of Steel."
The finished model will be on show at the AMRC during the Global Manufacturing Festival in April, which commemorates the centenary of stainless steel's discovery by Sheffield metallurgist Harry Brearley. It will also be exhibited at the Magna Science Centre in Rotherham and Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield.
The Man of Steel will also play an important role in promoting education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem). "Education experts across the region are working with the Man of Steel project team to develop curriculum material across all key stages," Mehdi says. "The AMRC Man of Steel will appear at various exhibitions throughout the year, promoting our industrial heritage, the new technologies and Stem education for the future."
Man of Steel website
AMRC website
Images: AMRC
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