Projects
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| Reference Number | EP/V062123/1 | |
| Title | Made Smarter Innovation - Research Centre for Connected Factories | |
| Status | Started | |
| Energy Categories | Not Energy Related 90%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 10%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 10%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 90%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 80%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 20%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Professor SM Ratchev Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering University of Nottingham |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 30 September 2021 | |
| End Date | 29 March 2025 | |
| Duration | 42 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £5,091,837 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Manufacturing | |
| Region | East Midlands | |
| Programme | ISCF – Wave 3 – Manufacturing Made Smarter | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor SM Ratchev , Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham |
| Other Investigator | Dr S Piano , Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Professor A Popov , Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Professor A Tiwari , School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University Mr B Morgan , Advanced Manufacturing Res Centre Boeing, University of Sheffield Dr C Velu , Engineering, University of Cambridge Dr SWS Pattinson , Engineering, University of Cambridge Professor D McFarlane , Engineering, University of Cambridge |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Spirit Aerosystems Project Contact , GKN Aerospace Project Contact , Cosworth Technology Ltd Project Contact , BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Limited Project Contact , Bosch Rexroth Corporation Project Contact , Real-Time Innovations Project Contact , Loop Technology Limited Project Contact , Omron Electronics Ltd Project Contact , Beckhoff Automation Ltd Project Contact , Fanuc Robotics (U K) Ltd Project Contact , PA Consultancy Services Ltd Project Contact , BMW Group Project Contact , MakeUK Project Contact , Target3D Ltd Project Contact , Nestle UK Ltd Project Contact , Airbus UK Ltd Project Contact , Starrag Project Contact , National Physical Laboratory NPL Project Contact , The Manufacturing Technology Centre Ltd Project Contact , Siemens plc (UK) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The future prosperity of the UK will increasingly depend on building and maintaining a resilient and sustainable manufacturing sector that can respond to changing supply and demand by adapting, repurposing, relocating and reusing available production capabilities. The pandemic which emerged in 2020 has influenced our perspective of future manufacturing operations and, in particular, has brought into focus the capacity challenges of delivering critical products and maintaining production in the face of major disruptions. It also accelerated the emerging trend for more localised, greener and cost-competitive indigenous manufacturing infrastructure with the ability to produce a wider set of complex products faster, better and cheaper. To meet the long-term structural and post-pandemic challenges, we need transformative new methods of building and utilising future factories by embracing complexity, uncertainty and data intensity in a dynamic and rapidly changing world.The "Morphing Factory" Made Smarter Centre aims to deliver a platform for next generation resilient connected manufacturing services. It will allow future manufacturing operations to be delivered by ubiquitous production units that can be easily repurposed, relocated and redeployed in response to changing market demand. This vision will be delivered through 3 closely related strands:(1) An underpinning fundamental research programme to define the principles, methods and models for future morphing factories in terms of architecture, topology, configuration methods, IoT digital awareness, in-process monitoring and AI based autonomous control. (50%).(2) A dynamic challenge-driven applied research programme to address emerging industrial needs and validate and demonstrate the results through a set of application studies including smart machining, production integrated 3D printing and autonomous assembly integrated into a common hyperconnected morphing factory cloud (45%).(3) A programme of networking and engagement activities with other ISCF Made Smarter research and innovation centres, industry and the general public to maximise the impact of the research, encourage accelerated technology uptake and increase the public awareness (5%). | |
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| Added to Database | 26/11/21 | |
