Next Generation Industrial Lasers for Super-high Speed Precision Manufacturing (NEGLAP)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Abstract
This project will install two state-of-the-art high power lasers: a 400 W nanosecond pulsed diode pumped solid state (DPSS) laser and a 1 kW fibre lasers, both developed by UK companies. Suitable external optics and high speed CNC systems will be integrated with the lasers to form materials processing cells.The lasers will be used to carry out a number of joint projects between the applicant's research group and four existing EPSRC IMRCs: Cambridge Manufacturing Institute, Scottish Manufacturing Institute, Cranfield Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre and the University of Nottingham. These projects include super-speed laser cutting, high precision laser drilling, direct laser milling, surface texturing and micro-welding. Also six companies (including Rolls-Royce, BNFL and Pilkington) are involved in the project.This project will bring five leading research groups in the UK together to tackle the chanllanges of next generation manufacturing.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Rolls Royce Group Plc (Collaboration)
- Powerlase Photonics Ltd (Collaboration)
- Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU) (Collaboration)
- Heriot-Watt University (Collaboration)
- British Nuclear Fuel Limited (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Pilkington Glass (Collaboration)
- Andritz (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Cranfield University (Project Partner)
- University of Nottingham (Project Partner)
- Heriot-Watt University (Project Partner)
- University of Cambridge (Project Partner)
- Association of Industrial Laser Users (Project Partner)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Southampton Photonics Ltd (Project Partner)
- Pilkington Technology MGT (Project Partner)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Lin Li (Principal Investigator) | |
| Z Liu (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Li L
(2007)
Striation-free Laser Cutting of Mild Steel Sheets
in CIRP Annals
Sobih M
(2007)
Elimination of striation in laser cutting of mild steel
in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Lloyd R
(2008)
Laser-assisted generation of self-assembled microstructures on stainless steel
in Applied Physics A
Khan S
(2008)
Generation and characterization of NiO nanoparticles by continuous wave fiber laser ablation in liquid
in Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abdolvand A
(2008)
Generation of titanium-oxide nanoparticles in liquid using a high-power, high-brightness continuous-wave fiber laser
in Applied Physics A
Chen H
(2010)
Fibre laser welding of dissimilar alloys of Ti-6Al-4V and Inconel 718 for aerospace applications
in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
| Description | Association of Industrial Laser Users |
| Organisation | Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | British Nuclear Fuels plc |
| Organisation | British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Heriot-Watt University |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Pilkington Technology MGT |
| Organisation | Pilkington Glass |
| Department | Pilkington Technology Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Powerlase Ltd |
| Organisation | Powerlase Photonics Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Rolls-Royce plc |
| Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | University of Nottingham |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Title | ROTARY FLUID DYNAMIC UTILITY STRUCTURE |
| Description | A rotary fluid dynamic utility structure (1) comprising at least two blades, wherein each blade comprises a multiplicity of elemental airfoils (S), a base, a tip (35), a face (14), a back (7), a leading edge (IS), a trailing edge (16), and a longitudinal twist. The at least two blades are equi-distantly attached to a hub, which has means for being attached to a rotating shaft. The structure (1) provides five significant improvements over previous blade structures. The first improvement is that the inventive blade's orientation is reversed, the second is that the elemental airfoils (5) are three- dimensionally profiled, the third is an improved blade tip (35) curvature design, the fourth is improved leading and trailing edge ranges, and the fifth is improved mass distribution of the blade. |
| IP Reference | WO2008002338 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2008 |
| Licensed | No |
| Title | laser cutting |
| Description | |
| IP Reference | GB0713260.8 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |