Nottingham Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Mech Materials Manuf Eng Mgt
Abstract
NIMRC's research portfolio is at the heart of the national manufacturing agenda and is active in the generation of patents and the construction of full scale demonstrators to enhance technology transfer. The Centre has strong links with industry in a range of sectors including aerospace, automotive, instrumentation, power engineering, steel, textiles and clothing, and consumer product sectors. With the exception of a small number of blue-skies projects, all projects are driven by industrial need. During the past 3 years, the Nottingham Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (NIMRC) has continued to succeed in its stated objectives. By exploiting synergies between themes and research strands within the Centre and with other academic groups and industry outside the Centre, NIMRC has continued to expand its world-leading research portfolio and develop new directions. From a start of 8 principal investigators in the IMRC, this year we have an additional 15 investigators participating in current projects within the portfolio, complemented by 22 researchers and 29 research students. In the past 3 years, 9 students have been been awarded a PhD and another 7 are currently submitting their dissertations.The quality, timeliness and novelty of NIMRC's research is highlighted by its publication record. Since the Centre began, staff have published widely in peer review journals and presented at prestigious international conferences.The IMRC status has attracted a wider research community both in the University and without. The NIMRC continues to develop strategic partnerships with research groups outside the University and include many internationally recognised centre's of manufacturing excellence. The Centre also has strong links with other IMRCs. Already, NIMRC has collaborative research projects with Warwick, Bath, Cranfield and Loughborough IMRCs. NIMRC is also participating in the Grand Challenge 3D Mintigration related to the economic Manufacture of 3D Miniaturised Devices . NIMRC has made excellent progress during the last 3 years towards its stated objectives. It believes that the future research strategy it has developed will continue to address both the immediate and longer term needs of the manufacturing industry and it looks forward to providing the enabling research needed to improve the competitiveness of UK plc. The importance of NIMRC's world-class research is demonstrated in the composition of the Industrial Advisory Board which includes 20 senior industrialists from well established UK manufacturing sectors. The Board is impressed with the work of the Centre and the rapport with the Board of PIs. Board members have their own examples of how their company has benefited from the work of the NIMRC. In summary, Rolls-Royce and the Industrial Advisory Board fully support the activities of the NIMRC and will continue to do so. Chair of NIMRC Industrial Advisory Board, Mr Stephen Burgess, Manufacturing Process and Technology Director, Rolls-Royce Plc.
Organisations
- University of Nottingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- Bombardier Aerospace (Project Partner)
- Sandvik (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Ford Motor Company (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- MBDA (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Virtual Prototyping Solutions Ltd (Project Partner)
- MCubed Metrology (Project Partner)
- Garton Engineering (Project Partner)
- Solvay (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Security Composites Ltd (Project Partner)
- Siemens (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Rainford Precision (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Battenfeld U K Ltd (Project Partner)
- CG Tech (Project Partner)
- Carr Reinforcements Ltd (Project Partner)
- Airbus (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- AT&T (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- MIRA (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- DePuy Synthes (International) (Project Partner)
- Ford Research Centre (Project Partner)
- Midlands Aerospace Alliance (Project Partner)
- Carl Zeiss (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- 3d Scanners (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- James Cropper (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- ESI Software (Project Partner)
- Nemaura Pharma (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Meads Ltd (Project Partner)
- The Welding Institute (Project Partner)
- General Electric (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Euro Projects (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Hexcel (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Slack & Parr Ltd (Project Partner)
- Iscar Tools Ltd (Project Partner)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Project Partner)
- Aida Bliss (Europe) Ltd (Project Partner)
- National Instruments (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- EXA Technology and Development Co Ltd (Project Partner)
- Scott Bader Company Ltd (Project Partner)
- Renishaw (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- NetComposites (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Plant Fibre Technology (Project Partner)
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Ranier Technology Limited (Project Partner)
- Kistler (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- GE Druck plc (Project Partner)
- Stanton Bonna Concrete Ltd (Project Partner)
- Ellis Developments Ltd (Project Partner)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Ahmed I
(2011)
Composites for bone repair: phosphate glass fibre reinforced PLA with varying fibre architecture.
in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine
Ahmed I
(2010)
Cytocompatibility and effect of increasing MgO content in a range of quaternary invert phosphate-based glasses.
in Journal of biomaterials applications
Evans L
(2012)
Justification for the selection of manufacturing technologies: a fuzzy-decision-tree-based approach
in International Journal of Production Research
Liu S
(2022)
Machining error prediction scheme aided smart fixture development in machining of a Ti6Al4V slender part
in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
Coupland J. M.
(2010)
Measurement of Steep Surfaces Using White Light Interferometry
in STRAIN
Sun W
(2014)
Process modelling and optimization of keyhole plasma arc welding of thin Ti-6Al-4V
in The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design
Xu L
(2015)
Residual stress distribution in a Ti-6Al-4V T-joint weld measured using synchrotron X-ray diffraction
in The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design