Cranfield Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre
Lead Research Organisation:
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Sch of Industrial and Manufacturing Scie
Abstract
The Cranfield IMRC vision is to grow the existing world class research activity through the development and interaction between:Manufacturing Technologies and Product/Service Systems that move UK manufacturing up the value chain to provide high added value manufacturing business opportunities.This research vision builds on the existing strengths and expertise at Cranfield and is complementary to the activities at other IMRCs. It represents a unique combination of manufacturing research skills and resource that will address key aspects of the UK's future manufacturing needs. The research is multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral and is designed to promote knowledge transfer between sectors. To realise this vision the Cranfield IMRC has two interdependent strategic aims which will be pursued simultaneously:1.To produce world/beating process and product technologies in the areas of precision engineering and materials processing.2.To enable the creation and exploitation of these technologies within the context of service/based competitive strategies.
Organisations
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY (Lead Research Organisation)
- Proton (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Unimatic Engineers Ltd (Project Partner)
- Bombardier Aerospace (Project Partner)
- VBC Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Lockheed Martin (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Mouchel (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Cytec Engineered Materials (Project Partner)
- AWE Aldermaston (Project Partner)
- Contour Fine Tooling Ltd (Project Partner)
- Epigem (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Saint-Gobain Abrasives (Project Partner)
- Tecan Components Ltd (Project Partner)
- Bernard Matthews (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Abbott (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Unilever (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- MG Rover Group Ltd (Project Partner)
- NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT (Project Partner)
- Battenfeld U K Ltd (Project Partner)
- BAE Sytems Electronics Ltd (Project Partner)
- Instem Computer Systems (Project Partner)
- Accuromm UK Ltd (Project Partner)
- Airbus (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Alcoa (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- East of England Development Agency (Project Partner)
- Shell (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Holroyd Machine Tools Gears & (Project Partner)
- Lend Lease (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Cognition Europe (Project Partner)
- National Physical Laboratory (Project Partner)
- General Electric (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- BP (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Autoliv (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Doncasters Plc (Project Partner)
- Control 2K (Project Partner)
- Tata Motors (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Air Liquide (France) (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Michigan State University (Project Partner)
- Technology Partnership (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Castrol (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- ArvinMeritor Automotive Light Vehicle (Project Partner)
- Thales (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Atkins (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Project Partner)
- GKN (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Delcam (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Scott Bader Company Ltd (Project Partner)
- Halliburton KBR (Project Partner)
- Edwards (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Galorath (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Transport for London (Project Partner)
- GE Fanuc Europe SA - UK Branch (Project Partner)
- BearingPoint (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Renold Precision Technologies (Project Partner)
- De Montfort University (Project Partner)
- Comsol (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Ding J
(2013)
A computationally efficient finite element model of wire and arc additive manufacture
in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Hussain R
(2012)
A framework to inform PSS Conceptual Design by using system-in-use data
in Computers in Industry
Gokula Vijaykumar A
(2013)
A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design
in Journal of Remanufacturing
Macdonald E
(2016)
How Business Customers Judge Solutions
Macdonald E
(2016)
How Business Customers Judge Solutions: Solution Quality and Value in Use
in Journal of Marketing
Jin T
(2011)
Investigation on cooling efficiency of grinding fluids in deep grinding
in CIRP Annals
Suder W
(2014)
Power factor model for selection of welding parameters in CW laser welding
in Optics & Laser Technology
Lockett H
(2011)
Product Service Systems and supply network relationships: an exploratory case study
in Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
Rojo F
(2012)
TOMCAT: An Obsolescence Management Capability Assessment Framework
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Description | Investigating patentability of outputs |
Exploitation Route | Contact the Research & Innovation Office |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
URL | http://www.cranfield.ac.uk |