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Reference Number | InnUK/102251/01 | |
Title | ASCEND - Accurate Simulation and Casting for EfficieNt Design | |
Status | Completed | |
Energy Categories | Not Energy Related 50%; Energy Efficiency(Transport) 25%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 25%; |
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Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 50%; |
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UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Perkins Engines Company Limited |
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Award Type | Collaborative Research & Development | |
Funding Source | Innovate-UK | |
Start Date | 01 July 2015 | |
End Date | 30 June 2017 | |
Duration | 24 months | |
Total Grant Value | £631,863 | |
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Region | East of England | |
Programme | Competition Call: 1409_CRd_TRANS_OFFH - World Leading Off Highway Vehicles. Activity World Leading off-highway vehicles | |
Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Perkins Engines Company Limited (32.004%) |
Other Investigator | Project Contact , Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University (42.255%) Project Contact , Grainger & Worrall Limited (25.741%) |
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Objectives | ||
Abstract | Caterpillar UK Engines Company Ltd in partnership with Grainger & Worrall Ltd and Loughborough University will launch a 22-month program of research into the localised material property dependence of the casting process for key engine components. The consortium aims to harness the combined capabilities of as-cast material property prediction, cycle dependant property evolution and advanced Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) processes to simultaneously and synergistically optimise engine component design and production processes to significantly impact engine capabilities for increased efficiency and productivity at reduced cost. This research project, scheduled to start in 2015, is enabled by a 623,000 grant from the UK government s Innovate UK and builds on a previous project co-funded by the TSB (now Innovate UK). The programme of research will be performed across the consortium members' facilities in Peterborough, Bridgnorth and Loughborough. |
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Publications | (none) |
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Final Report | (none) |
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Added to Database | 12/01/16 |