EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes
Lead Research Organisation:
Heriot-Watt University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering and Physical Science
Abstract
A Centre for Innovative Manufacture in Laser-based Production Processes is proposed. This Centre will exploit the unique capabilities of laser light to develop new laser-based manufacturing processes, at both micro and macro levels, supported by new laser source, process monitoring and system technologies.
The past 25 years has seen industrial lasers replace many 'conventional' tools in diverse areas of manufacture, enabling increased productivity, functionality and quality, where for example laser processing (cut/join/drill/mark) has revolutionised automotive, aerospace and electronics production. However the penetration of laser technology into some areas such as welding and machining has been less than might have been anticipated. But recently there has been a significant 'step change-opportunity' to take laser-based processing to a new level of industrial impact, brought about by major advances in laser technology in two key areas:
(i) A new generation of ultra-high quality and reliability lasers based around solid state technology (laser diode and optical fibre) has evolved from developments in the telecoms sector. These lasers are leading to systems with very high levels of spatial and temporal controllability. This control, combined with advanced in-process measurement techniques, is revolutionising the science and understanding of laser material interactions. The result of this is that major improvements are being made in existing laser based processes and that new revolutionary processes are becoming viable, e.g. joining of dissimilar materials.
(ii) A new generation of high average power laser technologies is becoming available, offering controllable trains of ultrashort (picosecond and femtosecond) pulses, with wavelengths selectable across the optical spectrum, from the infrared through to the ultra-violet. Such technology opens the door to a whole range of new laser-based production processes, where thermal effects no longer dominate, and which may replace less efficient 'conventional' processes in some current major production applications.
These new developments are being rapidly exploited in other high-value manufacturing based economies such as Germany and the US. We argue that for the UK industry to take maximum advantage of these major advances in both laser material processing and machine technology there is an urgent requirement for an EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes. This will be achieved by bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of leading UK researchers and key industry partners with the goal of exploiting 'tailored laser light'.
Together with our industrial partners, we have identified 2 key research themes. Theme A focuses on Laser Precision Structuring, i.e. micro-machining processes, whilst Theme B is focused on joining and additive processes. Spanning these themes are the laser based manufacturing research challenges which fall into categories of Laser Based Production Process Research and Laser Based Machine Technologies, underpinned by monitoring and control together with material science. Research will extend from the basic science of material behaviour modelling and laser-material interaction processes to manufacturing feasibility studies with industry.
The Centre will also assume an important national role. The Centre Outreach programme will aim to catalyse and drive the growth of a more effective and coherent UK LIM community as a strong industry/academia partnership able to represent itself effectively to influence UK/EU policy and investment strategy, to promote research excellence, and growth in industrial take-up of laser-based technology, expand UK national knowledge transfer and marketing events and improve the coordination and quality of education/training provision.
The past 25 years has seen industrial lasers replace many 'conventional' tools in diverse areas of manufacture, enabling increased productivity, functionality and quality, where for example laser processing (cut/join/drill/mark) has revolutionised automotive, aerospace and electronics production. However the penetration of laser technology into some areas such as welding and machining has been less than might have been anticipated. But recently there has been a significant 'step change-opportunity' to take laser-based processing to a new level of industrial impact, brought about by major advances in laser technology in two key areas:
(i) A new generation of ultra-high quality and reliability lasers based around solid state technology (laser diode and optical fibre) has evolved from developments in the telecoms sector. These lasers are leading to systems with very high levels of spatial and temporal controllability. This control, combined with advanced in-process measurement techniques, is revolutionising the science and understanding of laser material interactions. The result of this is that major improvements are being made in existing laser based processes and that new revolutionary processes are becoming viable, e.g. joining of dissimilar materials.
(ii) A new generation of high average power laser technologies is becoming available, offering controllable trains of ultrashort (picosecond and femtosecond) pulses, with wavelengths selectable across the optical spectrum, from the infrared through to the ultra-violet. Such technology opens the door to a whole range of new laser-based production processes, where thermal effects no longer dominate, and which may replace less efficient 'conventional' processes in some current major production applications.
These new developments are being rapidly exploited in other high-value manufacturing based economies such as Germany and the US. We argue that for the UK industry to take maximum advantage of these major advances in both laser material processing and machine technology there is an urgent requirement for an EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes. This will be achieved by bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of leading UK researchers and key industry partners with the goal of exploiting 'tailored laser light'.
Together with our industrial partners, we have identified 2 key research themes. Theme A focuses on Laser Precision Structuring, i.e. micro-machining processes, whilst Theme B is focused on joining and additive processes. Spanning these themes are the laser based manufacturing research challenges which fall into categories of Laser Based Production Process Research and Laser Based Machine Technologies, underpinned by monitoring and control together with material science. Research will extend from the basic science of material behaviour modelling and laser-material interaction processes to manufacturing feasibility studies with industry.
The Centre will also assume an important national role. The Centre Outreach programme will aim to catalyse and drive the growth of a more effective and coherent UK LIM community as a strong industry/academia partnership able to represent itself effectively to influence UK/EU policy and investment strategy, to promote research excellence, and growth in industrial take-up of laser-based technology, expand UK national knowledge transfer and marketing events and improve the coordination and quality of education/training provision.
Planned Impact
Laser-based manufacturing is a global multi-billion dollar industry with significant business opportunities for both UK manufacturers and UK companies in the laser-based machine supply chain. Our joint industry/academic Team propose an ambitious programme of coordinated research that will enable significant business growth opportunities for our multi-national and SME partners. Furthermore, the Centre will stimulate the broader UK community, providing leadership in developing UK public policy, in providing specific hardware and infrastructure access especially for SMEs, as well as coordinating provision for education and training needs for the industry, to ensure the availability of the high engineering skill levels that sustainable growth in this technology demands.
Our business model assumes co-financing of the Centre by the universities and the EPSRC with substantial gearing on the core public investment from the partner companies and other sources as indicated below. The primary use of the core investment will be to fund the Platform and Flagship research programmes, and as the initial source of seed funding designed to broaden Centre participation and stimulate innovation among both academic and industry researchers. The main focus of the Centre research programmes will be on low TRL science-based activity aiming to generate high impact manufacturing process and supply chain technology opportunities for our industry partners, and to enhance the Centre's global reputation for research excellence.
A total of 28 UK companies have confirmed in writing their commitment to take an active role in the UK National Centre, as either core or specific project partners. The industrial foci of these companies cuts right across the value supply chain for this industry, including laser process users in diverse industrial manufacturing sectors, as well as laser source, optics and laser machine manufacturers. Moreover, core partner staff have been active participants with the academic team in formulating plans for the Platform Research portfolio and identifying the challenges which underpin the Flagship Research Themes.
Although the Centre will employ a range of exploitation strategies, the underpinning approach will be the systematic sharing of new scientific information and technology with industry partners through effective project review procedures, including project-by-project IP audits. In addition to the Core Platform and Flagship programmes, we will seek additional leverage and industry engagement by winning directly-funded, company-focussed research projects, by partnering in TSB projects and by actively promoting larger-scale EU funded programmes, utilising our well-developed European networks. We will also work with our Strategic Partners for Exploitation, the Fraunhofer-Centre for Applied Photonics (F-CAP) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) to provide a bridge to commercial exploitation where appropriate. Overall, the Centre Team aims to build on our previous research commercialisation successes by seeking appropriate exploitation channels in consultation with our partners.
Our business model assumes co-financing of the Centre by the universities and the EPSRC with substantial gearing on the core public investment from the partner companies and other sources as indicated below. The primary use of the core investment will be to fund the Platform and Flagship research programmes, and as the initial source of seed funding designed to broaden Centre participation and stimulate innovation among both academic and industry researchers. The main focus of the Centre research programmes will be on low TRL science-based activity aiming to generate high impact manufacturing process and supply chain technology opportunities for our industry partners, and to enhance the Centre's global reputation for research excellence.
A total of 28 UK companies have confirmed in writing their commitment to take an active role in the UK National Centre, as either core or specific project partners. The industrial foci of these companies cuts right across the value supply chain for this industry, including laser process users in diverse industrial manufacturing sectors, as well as laser source, optics and laser machine manufacturers. Moreover, core partner staff have been active participants with the academic team in formulating plans for the Platform Research portfolio and identifying the challenges which underpin the Flagship Research Themes.
Although the Centre will employ a range of exploitation strategies, the underpinning approach will be the systematic sharing of new scientific information and technology with industry partners through effective project review procedures, including project-by-project IP audits. In addition to the Core Platform and Flagship programmes, we will seek additional leverage and industry engagement by winning directly-funded, company-focussed research projects, by partnering in TSB projects and by actively promoting larger-scale EU funded programmes, utilising our well-developed European networks. We will also work with our Strategic Partners for Exploitation, the Fraunhofer-Centre for Applied Photonics (F-CAP) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) to provide a bridge to commercial exploitation where appropriate. Overall, the Centre Team aims to build on our previous research commercialisation successes by seeking appropriate exploitation channels in consultation with our partners.
Organisations
- Heriot-Watt University (Lead Research Organisation)
- SPI Lasers UK (Collaboration)
- Rolls Royce Group Plc (Collaboration)
- Laser Cladding Technology (Collaboration)
- Leonardo S.p.A. (Collaboration)
- Selex ES (Collaboration)
- Heriot-Watt University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- J K Lasers (Collaboration)
- Nanjing Tech University (Collaboration)
- Applied Laser Engineering (Collaboration)
- Rofin-Sinar UK (Collaboration)
- Renishaw (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Hull (Collaboration)
- Airbus Group (Collaboration)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Collaboration)
- PowerPhotonic (Collaboration)
- GKN (Collaboration)
- UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) (Collaboration)
- Sisma Group (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- M-Solv (Collaboration)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Gooch & Housego (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- The Welding Institute (Project Partner)
- General Electric (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Project Partner)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Leonardo (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Optoscribe (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Compound Semiconductor Technologies (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- PowerPhotonic (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Laser Cladding Technology Ltd (LCT) (Project Partner)
- Coherent (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- TRUMPF (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Rofin (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Menlo Systems (Germany) (Project Partner)
- GSI Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- M-Solv (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Airbus (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Fianium (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- OpTek Systems (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Wlodarczyk K
(2015)
Laser microsculpting for the generation of robust diffractive security markings on the surface of metals
in Journal of Materials Processing Technology
Wlodarczyk K
(2016)
Picosecond laser cutting and drilling of thin flex glass
in Optics and Lasers in Engineering
Wlodarczyk K
(2019)
Interlaced Laser Beam Scanning: A Method Enabling an Increase in the Throughput of Ultrafast Laser Machining of Borosilicate Glass
in Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Wlodarczyk KL
(2018)
Rapid Laser Manufacturing of Microfluidic Devices from Glass Substrates.
in Micromachines
Wlodarczyk KL
(2014)
Scalable stacked array piezoelectric deformable mirror for astronomy and laser processing applications.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Wlodarczyk KL
(2016)
Direct CO(2) laser-based generation of holographic structures on the surface of glass.
in Optics express
Wlodarczyk KL
(2017)
Tamper-proof markings for the identification and traceability of high-value metal goods.
in Optics express
Wlodarczyk KL
(2014)
Shaping the surface of Borofloat 33 glass with ultrashort laser pulses and a spatial light modulator.
in Applied optics
Wojciech Gora
(2018)
Laser polishing for post-processing Additively Manufactured CoCr and Ti6Al4V parts
Wong H
(2019)
Multi-Laser Powder Bed Fusion Benchmarking-Initial Trials with Inconel 625
in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
| Description | Our stated vision at the outset of the Centre was to exploit the unique features of laser light and the experience of our world-leading team to unlock manufacturing innovation and deliver ground-breaking industrial impact in key areas of the UK economy. To realise this vision we focused on science-based research, drawing on our considerable depth and breadth in physics, materials science, and mechanical/electrical/photonics engineering at the five partner universities to deliver innovative laser process and hardware solutions, thereby enabling the creation of high-impact laser-based production processes and machine technologies. CIM-Laser supported a total of 40 separate projects, co-funded with our industrial partners. Our strategy throughout has been to combine laser material interaction fundamentals with advanced materials science to underpin the development and optimisation of laser-based manufacturing processes. We developed, initiated and delivered projects across a wide range of laser interaction timescales (from picosecond pulsed to continuous lasers) to characterise basic laser-material interactions at a fundamental level, whilst solving specific manufacturing challenges. For example, we undertook fundamental research to understand the underlying physics and hence significantly improve the yield of a novel picosecond laser welding process for direct bonding of highly dissimilar materials (such as glass and metal). Key research highlights across CIM-Laser include: the development of a laser wire additive manufacture system capable of producing features as small as 1 mm across, suitable for applications such as the repair of turbine blades; the demonstration of laser melting systems in novel configurations including high laser power, ns pulsed systems and low atmospheric pressure systems; the development of high-energy lasers at 2 µm wavelength to enable materials processing feasibility studies; the manufacture of holographic anti-counterfeiting structures directly onto metal surfaces (as highlighted by BBC Scotland); the development of a miniaturised GHz frame rate holographic imaging system and testing of this with ultra-short pulsed laser processes including the welding of glass to metal (as highlighted by BBC Scotland); the development of a phenomenological model for laser powder bed processes, essential to understand and compensate machine-to-machine variability with powder bed additive manufacturing; and the demonstration of improved strength dissimilar welding (steel to aluminium) by pre-processing with a pulsed laser. Our Outreach Activity particularly focused on building links to the UK industrial laser, manufacturing, and academic communities beyond the cohort of our collaborators. In year one we worked with these communities to produce a UK Roadmap. Building on this, we (jointly with AILU, Association of Industrial Laser Users) formed a National Strategy Working group to develop Lasers for Productivity: a UK Strategy. This was launched at the Houses of Parliament in March 2018. |
| Exploitation Route | The findings are being taken forwards in a number of follow-on projects, both EPSRC, EU and Innovate UK. There has been significant interest from many different companies and other researchers in our results. Possible applications outside of those already being pursued include for example anti-counterfeiting of whisky bottles; microfluidics manufacture for medical applications; improved additive manufacturing machines. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk |
| Description | Laser-based manufacturing: from university laboratory to industrial impact The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes (CIM-Laser) is a 5-university Centre that over the past 5 years has played a key role in supporting an increased uptake of laser-based manufacturing in the UK. The academic partners (Heriot-Watt, Cranfield, Liverpool, Manchester and Cambridge Universities) have worked with more than 30 companies in a wide-ranging programme of coordinated industrially-focused research and network-building activities. Together with the Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU), we have developed a national strategy for increased use of industrial lasers in the UK: Lasers for Productivity: A UK Strategy, which was launched at the Houses of Parliament in March 2018. During the past 5 years we have delivered a significant volume of industry-focused manufacturing research, much of which is now either being transferred to industry or being further developed in follow-on EPSRC, EU and Innovate UK funded projects. We have also contributed to the development of many highly skilled people, with more than 60 researchers directly involved in CIM-Laser: 19 academic staff, 26 RAs, 12 PhD and 5 EngD students. In addition, we have funded 4 Innovation projects at Universities outside of CIM-Laser. CIM-Laser has supported a total of 40 separate projects, co-funded with our industrial partners. Our strategy throughout has been to combine laser material interaction fundamentals with advanced materials science to underpin the development and optimisation of laser-based manufacturing processes. We developed, initiated and delivered projects across a wide range of laser interaction timescales (from picosecond pulsed to continuous lasers) to characterise basic laser-material interactions at a fundamental level, whilst solving specific manufacturing challenges. For example, we undertook fundamental research to understand the underlying physics and hence significantly improve the yield of a novel picosecond laser welding process for direct bonding of highly dissimilar materials (such as glass and metal). A selection of key research outcomes are highlighted below. Ultrashort pulsed laser welding of glass and metal We have worked to develop a robust process to weld optical materials, such as glasses and crystals directly to mechanical support materials such as metals. This process is dependent on creating the right mix of rapid absorption of the high peak power laser light leading to plasma generation, and thermal accumulation to create a suitable melt volume. Following the success of the CIM-Laser research, Heriot-Watt, Oxford Lasers and other partners developed an Innovate UK project, UltraWELD, for industrial translation of this process. This involves the development of a prototype ultra-short pulse laser welding machine by Oxford Lasers. End-users of the welding technology, Leonardo and Gooch & Housego are also involved. We have also continued related work in EPSRC funded project, Ultra-short pulsed laser welding - an industrially-relevant manufacturing tool for bonding IR and visible optical materials, EP/V01269X/1, in this case to extend the process to IR optical materials. Tamper-proof holographic markings for high-value metal goods By carefully controlling the pulse energy from a nanosecond pulsed UV laser it is possible to create optically-smooth craters, a few microns wide and a fraction of a micron deep, with a high degree of dimensional control. These craters have been used as the basis of holographic structures, by creating a suitably patterned array of craters on a smooth metal surface. When illuminated with a visible laser beam, light reflected from these craters interferes with that reflected from the unprocessed metal surface, creating a diffractive image that can be viewed on some kind of screen, e.g. a piece of paper or card, placed a short distance away. This work is now being translated to industry via further support from EPSRC (Impact Acceleration Account). A patent was filed in 2017 on techniques to hide additional information in the holograms, and we are now working with Sisma S.p.A. to incorporate the process into their laser marking machines for applications in the jewellery industry. Holographic Diagnostics of Laser Based Processes Laser manufacturing processes have in general been developed empirically, that is, based on observation and experience, rather than derived from theory. Whilst this approach has been very successful, the large number of variables involved means that large regions of potential parameter space remain unexplored and many processes are likely not optimised. To address this, in CIM-Laser a GHz frame rate holographic camera has been developed to provide a proper link to process and material fundamentals. This has now been commercialised by the University of Cambridge spin-out Cambridge Techworks Ltd, who have found a ready market in laser processing research laboratories. Wire + Laser Additive Manufacture (WLAM) A fundamental study of this process was made within CIM-Laser, including a study of the critical parameters underpinning the process, resulting in development of a well-controlled deposition system, and demonstration of high build rate and net shape deposition. This led to additional major EPSRC and industry funding (£8.7M) for the NEWAM Programme Grant led by Cranfield University, to transform large-area metal additive manufacture, by pioneering new high build-rate wire based processes with greater precision of shape and microstructure. A key focus is to ensure guaranteed as-built structural integrity with process-independent physics-based quality control and assurance enabling low cost industrial qualification. Multi-Laser Powder Bed Fusion Powder bed additive manufacturing has enjoyed great commercial success in recent years, however it remains slow with builds taking many hours or days to complete. The process is also plagued by problems with residual stress which can warp parts, lead to catastrophic failure during manufacture and premature fatigue failure during operation. In CIM-Laser we have developed equipment and processes to measure the effectiveness of a multi-laser powder bed process, and instigated the development of new high-throughput melting strategies that also minimise residual stress. This has contributed to the development of a new AM platform by Renishaw, and the University of Liverpool is continuing to work closely with Renishaw to ensure that developments made are transferred rapidly into products. Refractory Material Laser Powder Bed Fusion Refractory metals such as tungsten and niobium are extraordinarily resistant to wear and high temperature, because of this they are important high-value materials. However, their high temperature properties means that are very difficult to process using additive manufacturing. By carrying out detailed process development supported by fundamental knowledge we have defined parameters suitable for these materials. We have designed and modified the production equipment to allow this and identified stable processing regimes to allow effective production. A further 2 year project has been secured to transfer process knowledge to a commercial platform (RenAM 500M), and the industrial partners have reported that they are adapting the technology to replace conventional and expensive manufacturing routes. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | ADS Digital Manufacturing Group Special Interest group AMRC Sheffield - Prof Chris Sutcliffe |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Advanced Manufacturing Expert Mission to Canada on Advanced Manufacturing - Prof Chris Sutcliffe |
| Geographic Reach | North America |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Workshop - Prof Chris Sutcliffe |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | MSc course - Module in Advanced Welding Processes |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Masters course on metal additive manufacturing |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Short course - Advanced Welding Processes - Laser welding |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Increase number of skilled people working in laser processing |
| Description | Stewart Willaims is member of advisory group on materials for national strategy of Additive Manufacture |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Vice Chair Advanced Manufacturing Theme leadership Group of SRPe |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | ''Mechanically-intelligent'' Intra-operative Tissue Assessment for Robot-Assisted Surgery (MIRAS) |
| Amount | £1,245,292 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V047612/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2021 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | Advancing Manufacture Challenge Fund |
| Amount | £1,587,903 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | CDT Photonics |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | CDT Photonics |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | CDT Photonics |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | CDT Photonics |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Direct Funding |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | Doctoral Training Programme |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Doctoral Training Programme |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | EPSRC Adventurous Manufacturing |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T005076/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | EPSRC Programme grant |
| Amount | £5,746,005 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R014574/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 04/2023 |
| Description | Environmental Domed End (EDEN) project |
| Amount | £1,300,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Council ref TS/M011089/1 |
| Organisation | Innova UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 04/2018 |
| Description | H2020 |
| Amount | € 4,434,352 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 768701 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Industrial funding - SPI Lasers |
| Amount | £42,846 (GBP) |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | Industry Doctorate Programme in Advanced Manufacturing (NMIS-IDP) |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NMIS-IDP/035 |
| Organisation | Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Industry Doctorate Programme in Advanced Manufacturing (NMIS-IDP) - Industrial contrbution |
| Amount | £39,928 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | James Watt Scholarship Scheme |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | Large Area Metal Additive - LAMA |
| Amount | £5,886,209 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R027218/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | Laser peening of structural alloy to improve dynamic performance of an actuator |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Industry Partners |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 04/2019 |
| Description | Laser-laser hybrid welding of structures for advanced applications |
| Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Industrial grant |
| Organisation | Industry Partners |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 07/2015 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Multifun |
| Amount | € 8,320,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | P12842 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | Platform Grant |
| Amount | £1,300,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P027415/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Responsive Mode |
| Amount | £362,024 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M025888/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2015 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Standard Research |
| Amount | £910,587 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M02086X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 04/2018 |
| Description | Standard Research - NR1 |
| Amount | £188,109 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/L022249/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 01/2016 |
| Description | Start-up Fund |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2013 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | Sustainable Additive Manufacture - SAM |
| Amount | £1,638,781 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W01906X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2022 |
| End | 05/2025 |
| Description | U-care: Deep ultraviolet light therapies |
| Amount | £6,132,366 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T020903/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | WAAM of aluminium bulkheads for satellite applications |
| Amount | £325,188 (GBP) |
| Organisation | WAAM3D Limited |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | Application of latest generation fibre pulsed lasers for dissimilar joining of aluminium to stainless steel |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The project evaluated the possibility of joining thin sheet of dissimilar alloys in overlap configuration. The research team focused on understanding laser metal interaction for the two alloys separately and then the possibility of joining these two alloys in dissimilar configuration was evaluated. Fe and Al atoms on interaction forms intermetallic compounds (IMC) which are very hard and often results in cracking near the interface due to formation of such intermetallic alloys. application of the latest generation pulsed laser which has pulse energy in the range of (~1 mJ) but very high repetition rate, may able to overcome the problem of IMC formation by fast freezing weld pool which prevents inter-diffusion of the two dissimilar alloys. The research team worked evaluated the thickness range that can be welded by such pulse energy and evaluate the strength of the dissimilar joint under different welding conditions and by different weld lengths. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partner provided the laser to perform the welds and gave us input regarding the performance of the laser under different operating conditions and also shared information on research effort on dissimilar joining of different alloy combinations at their premises |
| Impact | - Two Masters project - SPI is now strategic partners with CU in a number of laser processing related projects, the main one being an Innovate, UK sponsored project on joining of tab to end of extremely thin Al alloy (Environment Domed End) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_01 'Add, Remove, Measure or Repair' |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project will develop a novel 3D freeform fabrication laser based manufacturing platform. The philosophy behind this is to provide a flexible platform combining the ability to construct, build and add material to freeform shapes with metrology of the created part and the ability to remove material to achieve a high level of form fit and low tolerances in excess of that achievable in freeform manufacture on its own. By integrating fibre delivered laser sources into a parallel robot device we |
| Collaborator Contribution | Renishaw's in kind contribution has £50k of staff time to advise and support the project. Visit to Rensiahw head quarters is planned for Autmun 2014. The contribution for Renishaw consists of 3 paralell robots systems. |
| Impact | None to date, but potential for new product line and greater presence in additive manufacturing market. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_02 'High speed, large area surface structuring' |
| Organisation | M-Solv |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | £20k cash, associated with 2 EngD students on related projects, plus £10k in-kind support, for testing of processed parts and management time |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_03 Ultashort pulsed welding |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Bonding of glass-to-glass , Bonding of dissimilar materials ,Demonstrate processes for example applications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Renishaw have committed cash support to this project of £24k, given their interest in replacing conventional bonding techniques in their current manufacturing processes which rely on intermediate bonding layers. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_04 'High Energy Amplifiers for Ultrafast Lasers' |
| Organisation | Rofin-Sinar UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment, advice, sponsorship. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_06 'Controlled Laser Milling' |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | AWE plc have indicated an urgent need to develop laser based methods for the removal of thin metallic protective layers, such as Ag, from a metallic substrate material. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy [LIBS] is an established tool for the identification of metals in laser plasmas and it is proposed to use LIBS as a process monitor to detect removal of the protective layer material. |
| Collaborator Contribution | AWE have provided samples. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_07 'Laser Finishing' |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Work is underway to investigate the feasibility of using laser processing for post-machining of parts manufactured by powder bed and wire based additive manufacturing processes. A range of different laser ablation and smoothing approaches are being tested for materials of interest for additive processes, including stainless steel, cobalt-chrome alloy, aluminium and titanium. The work to date has focused on post-processing, however it is planned to also explore in-situ inter-processing approaches. Many applications e.g. medical require a reasonably polished surface finish (i.e. good micro-roughness), so there is a particular focus on laser polishing processes. An experimental optimization of pulsed fibre laser polishing on martensitic stainless steel surfaces has provided reductions in the surface average micro-roughness (spatial ? < 10 µm) of around 80%, however the meso- and macro-roughness (10 µm < spatial ? < 80 µm and spatial ? > 80 µm, respectively) have not been affected. A combination of laser micro-machining and laser melting is currently being explored to provide improved independent control of micro, meso and macro-roughnesses. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Fortnightly project review meetings at Heriot Watt University with Renishaw Plc AWE/Heriot Watt University strategic alliance workshop EPSRC CIM for Laser-Based Production Processes Research Assistants meeting at Cranfield University (Meeting with John Barr, Selex ES UK) 03.09.2014 Various lab visits at our site |
| Impact | IP has been generated in the form of processing parameters |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_07 'Laser Finishing' |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Work is underway to investigate the feasibility of using laser processing for post-machining of parts manufactured by powder bed and wire based additive manufacturing processes. A range of different laser ablation and smoothing approaches are being tested for materials of interest for additive processes, including stainless steel, cobalt-chrome alloy, aluminium and titanium. The work to date has focused on post-processing, however it is planned to also explore in-situ inter-processing approaches. Many applications e.g. medical require a reasonably polished surface finish (i.e. good micro-roughness), so there is a particular focus on laser polishing processes. An experimental optimization of pulsed fibre laser polishing on martensitic stainless steel surfaces has provided reductions in the surface average micro-roughness (spatial ? < 10 µm) of around 80%, however the meso- and macro-roughness (10 µm < spatial ? < 80 µm and spatial ? > 80 µm, respectively) have not been affected. A combination of laser micro-machining and laser melting is currently being explored to provide improved independent control of micro, meso and macro-roughnesses. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Fortnightly project review meetings at Heriot Watt University with Renishaw Plc AWE/Heriot Watt University strategic alliance workshop EPSRC CIM for Laser-Based Production Processes Research Assistants meeting at Cranfield University (Meeting with John Barr, Selex ES UK) 03.09.2014 Various lab visits at our site |
| Impact | IP has been generated in the form of processing parameters |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_08 'Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting' |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The overall goal of this project is to make the powder-based laser additive manufacturing process more robust and transferable between different powder bed systems. This is planned to be achieved by: • Investigation of conduction laser welding in terms of fundamental interaction parameters of spatial distribution of laser energy on the workpiece; • Identification of laser system-independent parameters that control depth of penetration and weld bead profile during powder melting; • Development of a phenomenological model of weld bead profile and depth of penetration in powder melting for various beam diameters; • Identification of the most optimum conditions for different build-up strategies i.e. maximum deposition rate or maximum resolution; • Investigation of the effect of powder grade (particle size etc) on fusion characteristics in additive manufacturing; • Investigation of the effect of thermal properties of powder on fusion characteristics and the main differences to conduction welding in solid materials |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project review meetings, provision of funding |
| Impact | None to date |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_08 'Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting' |
| Organisation | Laser Cladding Technology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The overall goal of this project is to make the powder-based laser additive manufacturing process more robust and transferable between different powder bed systems. This is planned to be achieved by: • Investigation of conduction laser welding in terms of fundamental interaction parameters of spatial distribution of laser energy on the workpiece; • Identification of laser system-independent parameters that control depth of penetration and weld bead profile during powder melting; • Development of a phenomenological model of weld bead profile and depth of penetration in powder melting for various beam diameters; • Identification of the most optimum conditions for different build-up strategies i.e. maximum deposition rate or maximum resolution; • Investigation of the effect of powder grade (particle size etc) on fusion characteristics in additive manufacturing; • Investigation of the effect of thermal properties of powder on fusion characteristics and the main differences to conduction welding in solid materials |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project review meetings, provision of funding |
| Impact | None to date |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_08 'Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting' |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The overall goal of this project is to make the powder-based laser additive manufacturing process more robust and transferable between different powder bed systems. This is planned to be achieved by: • Investigation of conduction laser welding in terms of fundamental interaction parameters of spatial distribution of laser energy on the workpiece; • Identification of laser system-independent parameters that control depth of penetration and weld bead profile during powder melting; • Development of a phenomenological model of weld bead profile and depth of penetration in powder melting for various beam diameters; • Identification of the most optimum conditions for different build-up strategies i.e. maximum deposition rate or maximum resolution; • Investigation of the effect of powder grade (particle size etc) on fusion characteristics in additive manufacturing; • Investigation of the effect of thermal properties of powder on fusion characteristics and the main differences to conduction welding in solid materials |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project review meetings, provision of funding |
| Impact | None to date |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_09 'Multi-laser selective laser melting' |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and experience, access to equipment. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_09 'Multi-laser selective laser melting' |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and experience, access to equipment. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_10 'Process control for laser-hybrid additive manufacture of metals' |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially Relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and expertise. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_10 'Process control for laser-hybrid additive manufacture of metals' |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially Relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and expertise. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_11 'SMART laser technology for welding and cutting' |
| Organisation | J K Lasers |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | For laser cutting monitoring and pierce detection the aims are: o Measure the back reflected laser light during the cutting process and correlate the signal with the cutting process stability. o Study the effect of the laser beam geometry, Gaussian and doughnut shape, on the cutting quality/stability. In laser welding, the aims are: o Extend the power factor model developed by Cranfield University to laser beam diameters smaller than 400 um and different materials. o Develop an Expert Laser System in collaboration with JK Lasers to integrate the power factor model into the control software of the laser and ease the selection of the laser parameters according to the user requirements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | JK Lasers have donated a 3kW laser with multiple fibre delivery to the Centre along with welding and cutting heads, Attendance at project review meetings, additional in-kind contributions throughout the project, lab visits, etc. JK Lasers hosted a visit by all research fellows within the Centre |
| Impact | The Expert System will give JK Lasers a unique capability in the technology provision for laser welding systems. Similarly the pierce detection system for cutting will give them a significant technological advantage compared to their competitors. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_12 'Processing of refractory metals' |
| Organisation | Applied Laser Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and expertise, equipment. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_12 'Processing of refractory metals' |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and expertise, equipment. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_13-1 'GHz-rate holographic observation and optimisation of laser-based materials processing' |
| Organisation | Applied Laser Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power, materials, testing, access to equipment |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_13-1 'GHz-rate holographic observation and optimisation of laser-based materials processing' |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Man power, materials, testing, access to equipment |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_14-1 - Laser Welding of Optical Components to Metal Alloys |
| Organisation | Selex ES |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, expertise, equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_15-1 - Laser micro-sculpting of holographic security markings on high-value metal components |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise and equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_15-1 - Laser micro-sculpting of holographic security markings on high-value metal components |
| Organisation | Sisma Group |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise and equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_16-1 - Feasibility & Design: 2um lasers for industrial applications |
| Organisation | M-Solv |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, equipment and laboratory time. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_16-1 - Feasibility & Design: 2um lasers for industrial applications |
| Organisation | Rofin-Sinar UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, equipment and laboratory time. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing |
| Organisation | Airbus Group |
| Department | Airbus Operations |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing |
| Organisation | GKN |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing |
| Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_18-1 - Fundamentals of Laser Shock Peening |
| Organisation | Airbus Group |
| Department | Airbus Operations |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentships, equipment, expertise and laboratory time. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_18-1 - Fundamentals of Laser Shock Peening |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentships, equipment, expertise and laboratory time. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_19-1 - Laser polishing of Additively Manufactured Complex 3D Structures |
| Organisation | GKN |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_19-1 - Laser polishing of Additively Manufactured Complex 3D Structures |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_19-1 - Laser polishing of Additively Manufactured Complex 3D Structures |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_20-1 - 2ARMOR |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_21-1 - In-situ characterisation of residual stresses for process setting in metal powder-bed fusion |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_23-1 - Development of free-form mid-IR volume gratings |
| Organisation | UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hardware and staff costs. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_25-1 - Multi Laser Selective Laser Melting - Continuation (CfIM 09-02) |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_26-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 1 |
| Organisation | Leonardo S.p.A. |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment, studentship. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_27-1 - High-Brightness Laser Diode Module - Phase 1 |
| Organisation | PowerPhotonic |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_27-1 - High-Brightness Laser Diode Module - Phase 1 |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_28-1 - Investigation of the application potential of latest generation state of the art fibre lasers for advanced processing and fabrications of metals |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship and equipment. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_29-1 - High power laser cutting |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_30-1 - Application of Digital Holographic Imaging to understand short-range process dynamics during AM powder bed processes |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_31-1 - Laser Welding of Optical Components to Metal Alloys - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Leonardo S.p.A. |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Equipment and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Leonardo S.p.A. |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | PowerPhotonic |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Rofin-Sinar UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_33-1 - Laser diode module - Phase 2 |
| Organisation | Renishaw PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise, research and development costs. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation Project IP_16 - Ultrashort Pulse Laser Micromachining Centre (USP-LMC) Scoping studies for new laser interaction regimes |
| Organisation | University of Hull |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Innovation Project IP_24 - Rapid fabrication of biosensors for protein detection using laser interference ablation technique |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Innovation Project IP_3 - Micro-ablation with extreme ultra-violet laser light |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Innovation Project IP_7 - Modelling and validation of bead profile in powder melting and additive manufacturing |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industrially relevant research. |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership on Advanced Laser Joining |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | SPI Lasers and Cranfield University are collaborating through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to advance application of the state of the art lasers and welding processes for joining of similar and dissimilar alloy combinations with a specific target to increase the application of laser processing in the e-mobility sector. The research team at Cranfield University is working in the area of innovative laser processing and joining of dissimilar alloys for over last 6 years. The Center for Innovative Manufacture using Laser (CIM_L) grant is laser processing and joining of thin alloys played a major role in creating larger collaboration opportunity. The advancement of understanding in dissimilar joining at a fundamental level is a important factor for recognizing the research team at Cranfield as an internationally leading expert in this area. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SPI Lasers are inventing the state-of-the-art in laser processing by creating single mode CW and pulsed lasers for advanced processing. They are also developing their customer base through strategic and application oriented tailored joining and processing using lasers. |
| Impact | A KTP position was created. A suitable researcher for this position is being recruited. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Laser joining of dissimilar alloys: aluminium to copper and stainless steel |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Application of pulsed fibre lasers for dissimilar joining of aluminium to copper. Experiments performed as a Masters group project work at Cranfield University with very useful results. In process of publication. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SPI Laser, UK and Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre of Cranfield University works very closely in a range of different projects. One of the major area where we collaborate is in evaluating the different potential applications of the state-of-the-art fibre laser that SPI developed. One of the major thematic area is dissimilar joining of very thin metallic components for applications in battery, automobile, electronics and other consumer sectors. SPI initially provided us with the laser and we also worked in close relationship through the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing using Laser. This close collaboration benefits us from having lasers for research purposes and also most importantly understanding the application area from the customer base of SPI. |
| Impact | Three presentations will be made in the LPM2018 - Laser Precision Micro-fabrication Symposium 2018 to be held at Edinburgh in June. SPI is an active member and support our hub proposal bid and also we are planning to have a Research Associate as Knowledge Transfer Partner between Cranfield and SPI. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Laser material processing using fibre lasers |
| Organisation | SPI Lasers UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We carry out research into laser material processing using lasers supplied by SPI |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have donated 1 3KW laser and 3 500 W lasers to the Centre to enable us to do this work. They have now provided further lasers and have supported our successful programme grant application NEWAM |
| Impact | Software that can be used commercially based on the power factor concept has been offered to SPI. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Laser texturing of steel for improving the mechanical strength of the dissimilar metal laser spot welded joints of steel to aluminium |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Department | School of Engineering & Physical Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A seedcorn project for 4 months has been performed to evaluate the applicability of laser surface texturing, in order to improve the surface energy, towards joining of highly dissimilar alloys |
| Collaborator Contribution | The researcher from HW was involved in forming the textured surface with the application of laser and researchers from Cranfield University were engaged in dissimilar joining |
| Impact | A technical paper has been submitted and in future this may form part of greater proposals in the area of joining of dissimilar materials |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Laser welding of Al to Mg |
| Organisation | Nanjing Tech University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This project specifically investigated the application of the latest generation fibre pulsed lasers and continuous wave lasers in dissimilar joining of aluminium to magnesium for electronic applications. At Cranfield University all the experiments were performed using CW and pulsed lasers. Different interlayers were experimented with to understand their suitability in forming a robust joining solution for these two alloys |
| Collaborator Contribution | At Nanjing University, all the characterisations were performed. The researcher is a PhD student from the collaborating University |
| Impact | Not as yet but journal articles are being written |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Title | Additive manufacture |
| Description | Method of producing a 3D article by additive manufacture, comprising the steps of; i) forming a meltpool in an already-existing part of the article and moving the meltpool relative thereto; ii) feeding a directed feedstock (which may be a wire or tape) into the moving meltpool to deposit and fuse a layer of material on the already-existing part; and iii) repeating the forming and moving and feeding steps to build up successive layers of material, and thereby produce the 3D article, wherein, in performance of the forming and moving step; a) a first energy source (which may be a plasma transferred arc) is directed onto the already-existing part, the first energy source impinging at a first region which moves with and leads the meltpool, whereby the first energy source initiates the formation of the meltpool and b) a second energy source (which may be one or more lasers) is directed onto the already-existing part, the second energy source impinging at a second region which moves with and follows the first region, whereby the second energy source grows the lateral width of the meltpool before the feedstock is fed therein. A third energy source may be used to melt the feedstock. |
| IP Reference | GB2569673 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | None so far |
| Title | Improvements in or relating to laser based machining |
| Description | New approach for laser micro-machining of glass that provides for more significantly higher material removal rates than the conventional laser micro-machining technique |
| IP Reference | GB2569798A, US2019193198A1, EP3511106A1 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | This techniques has been exploited in the machining of glass microfluidic devices |
| Title | Laser beam amplification by homogenous pumping of an amplification medium |
| Description | Apparatus 10 for amplifying a laser beam using a pump beam, comprised of a plurality of source beams 22, through an amplification medium 14; the amplification medium is pumped via a pump module 16 having a laser diode bar 18 and an optical assembly 30; the optical assembly has a first lens acting as a fast axis collimator 34 (Figure 3b), an array of second lenses acting as slow axis collimators 42 and a third focusing lens acting in both the fast and slow axis 36; the lenses are spaced so that the individual source beams from the emitters are imaged upon a facet of the amplification medium, are sized to fill the facet and overlap on the facet. In one embodiment the amplification medium is rectangular and has a long edge and a short edge oriented parallel to the slow axis and fast axis of the laser diode bar respectively. In another embodiment the source beams are directed so that peripheral source beams undergo total internal reflection on entering the amplification medium. In one embodiment several pump beams are imaged onto the amplification medium. |
| IP Reference | GB2518794 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | n/a |
| Title | MARKING METHOD AND SYSTEM |
| Description | The present disclosure describes a method and system for forming a holographic structure (14) in a material (12). The holographic structure (14) is configured to project a selected target image (22) in the far field under illumination of the holographic structure (14) by a laser (16). The method calculates a modified design (28) for the holographic structure 14 that encodes a unique identifier within the holographic structure (14) for projecting the target image (22). The method modifies the material (12) by mapping features corresponding to the modified design (28) into the material (12) so as to form the holographic structure (14). A basic check of the authenticity of the material (12) is performed by checking whether a projected replica (20) of the target image (22) is as expected. A more detailed check of the authenticity of the material (12) is performed by directly inspecting the features in the holographic structure (14). |
| IP Reference | WO2019077329 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | This process has been incorporated into laser marking machines manufactured by Sisma SpA, for use in the jewellery industry, for demonstration to their customers. |
| Company Name | CAMBRIDGE TECHWORKS LIMITED |
| Description | Technology company, providing both state-of-the-art scientific hardware (ultrafast holographic camera) and consultancy to solve design and business problems. |
| Year Established | 2014 |
| Impact | The ultrafast holographic camera technology developed as part of the Centre for Laser-based Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes has been successfully commercialised. |
| Website | http://cambridgetechworks.com |
| Description | "Application of High-Power Lasers in Industrial Processing", EPSRC CDT Photonics Systems, University College London, Invited talk, BIll O'Neill, Krste Pangovski |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | discussion on possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | "ORC Southampton ""Applications of Ultrafast Holography for Diagnostics of Light-Matter Interaction"" - Invited talk Bill O'Neill, Krste Pangovski |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | discussion round possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | - Laser welding of steel to aluminium: Thermal modelling and joint strength analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Journal article- Laser welding of steel to aluminium: Thermal modelling and joint strength analysis by Cranfield University/Sonia Meco; Supriyo Ganguly; Stewart Williams |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 18th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM), Toyama, Japan: "Fabrication of three-dimensional micro-structures in glass by picosecond laser micro-machining and welding" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 18th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM), Toyama, Japan: "Fabrication of three-dimensional micro-structures in glass by picosecond laser micro-machining and welding" K Wlodarcyzk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 2nd Additive Manufactured Metallic Materials Properties & Structures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 2nd Additive Manufactured Metallic Materials Properties & Structures presentation aimed at UK academia and industries plus people involved in deciding on manufacturing strategy for UK by Dr Shahin Mehraban/Nick Lavery (Swansea) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 7th SU2P Symposium, Edinburgh, Invited Talk, "Laser device technology for laser-based manufacturing" Daniel Esser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | invited talk led to discussion on possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | A lab tour and demonstration of laser marking will be part of the event "Festival of flight 2016" held in Cranfield University. Souvenirs and a demonstrator will be produced for the event.(Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A lab tour and demonstration of laser marking will be part of the event "Festival of flight 2016" held in Cranfield University. Souvenirs and a demonstrator will be produced for the event.(Cranfield). Promotion of the CIM LbPP. Dissemination of the projects investigated within the CIM aimed at public including children |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | A talk given before the industrial laser users association on the fundamentals of laser metallic powder interaction by Wasiu Ayoola |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Wasiu Ayoola is a PhD student in the Cranfield University and he presented his research work on fundamental laser- metal powder interaction before the industrial laser users |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | A visiting researcher from Brazil came to Cranfield to investigate the feasibility of using laser plus wire additive manufacturing for repairing of turbine blades |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A visiting researcher from Brazil came to Cranfield to investigate the feasibility of using laser plus wire additive manufacturing for repairing of turbine blades. Collaborative research on application of laser plus wire to build worn turbine blades. Discussion of possible collaboration. Promotion of the CIMlbPP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | A visiting researcher from China came to Cranfield to investigate laser welding of magnesium to aluminium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A visiting researcher from China came to Cranfield to investigate laser welding of magnesium to aluminium. Collaborative research on application of laser to weld thin sheets of magnesium to aluminium. Promotion of the CIMlbPP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | AILU Steering Committee Meeting (HWU) - invited talk - Duncan Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AILU Steering Committee Meeting (HWU) invited speaker Duncan Hand. Update on National Strategy to AILU Steering Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | AILU event: Additive Manufacturing, Invited Talk, "Open-architecture system for in-situ x-ray imaging during selective laser melting (SLM)" Andrew Moore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | discussions on possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | AILU workshop (HWU) - sponsored event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AILU workshop (HWU) - sponsored event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | AILU workshop hosted by Cranfield University including walking tour of Laboritories - Stewart Williams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | existing dialogues continued, new dialogues begun, possible further opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | AWE UK/US visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | AWE UK/US visit, Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Additive Manufacturing Seminars organised by Centre for Industrial Photonics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Additive Manufacturing Seminars organised by Centre for Industrial Photonics, seminar series designed to connect various research centres aiming to provide a more connected AM academic landscape |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Arrangement to include the laser lab into the interactive map of Cranfield University campus - 360° pictures of the laser lab and videos showing the lasers in operation. (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Arrangement to include the laser lab into the interactive map of Cranfield University campus - 360° pictures of the laser lab and videos showing the lasers in operation. (Cranfield). The virtual open day platform will enable prospective students and companies to explore the laboratory and see examples of laser processing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Article in Association of Industrial Laser Users title "Dissimilar metal joining using a 8 kW fibre laser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Received queries related to laser processing The Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Center (WELP) of Cranfield University is a more familiar name to the wider laser processing community and the center is submitting more proposals in the area of advancing laser processing of materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Attendance at Leeds Photon16 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Leeds Photon16. CIM laser hosted session involving partner universities and industrial partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Attended the UK Manufacturing Professors' Forum 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Promoted the centre and it's work to other academics working in Manufacturing. Networking and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/mpf2014/ |
| Description | BBC Radio Scotland interview with Duncan Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio Scotland interview with Duncan Hand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Belgian welding society talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture at Belgian Welding Society 75 year celebration workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CIM Annual Conference 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CIM Annual Conference 2018, Cranfield University hosting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival 2017 aiming to increase public awareness of manufacturing technologies and impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival (March 2018), Public demonstrations of manufacturing technologies, aimed at increased public awareness of manufacturing technologies and impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CIM-Laser Strategic Advisory Group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CIM-Laser Strategic Advisory Group meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CPI visit to CIM-Laser (Arun Harish & Tom Harvey) (HWU) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CPI visit to CIM-Laser (Arun Harish & Tom Harvey) (HWU) - possible future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Centre and AILU event to develop a UK Roadmap for Laser-based Manufacturing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Activity provided the basis for the document 'UK Roadmap 2014 - Laser-based Manufacturing Application' leading to a National Strategy Consultation with community about direction of research and application of laser-based production processes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/roadmapping-event-marks-beginning-national-strategy-laser-based-prod... |
| Description | Centre attended launch of Photonics Public Private Partnership and new H2020 programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participated in discussion influencing research and innovation priorities for H2020. Discussions influenced the content of future H2020 calls. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Centre sponsorship of AILU 'Power beam delivery and manipulation' conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sponsorship, networking, presentations networking, profile raising |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ailu.org.uk/laser_technology/events/2013-12-03/131203ailuevent.html |
| Description | Centre sponsorship of SMAS National Manufacturing Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Centre sponsorship for and stand at SMAS national conference. networking, profile raising, information sharing, publicity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.scottishmasconference.co.uk/ |
| Description | Chris Sutcliffe article in The Conversation, 'The printed face is just the beginning of a 3D revolution' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Article published in online publication 'The Conversation' Increase in awareness of potential of 3D printing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://theconversation.com/the-printed-face-is-just-the-beginning-of-a-3d-revolution-24386 |
| Description | Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CIM-Laser One Day Conference (Conference held on site at HWU) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference - CIM_L one day coference at the Heriot Watt University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This conference enables networking with industrial and professional practitioners in this area. Work performed in different areas were presented and future projects discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference - Europhoton 18 - Invited talk on Fundamentals of material interaction in laser processing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk on Fundamentals of material interaction in laser processing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference - Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with industry to explain them the latest research findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference - LPM 2018 - Application of state-of-the-art fibre lasers in dissimilar joining and processing of structural alloys for innovative and new applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two presentations were made on Laser joining and processing of structural alloys for novel and innovative applications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference - LSP 2018 - Application of laser peening in improving fatigue life and application of laser peening to redistribute residual stress state and induce grain refinement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two presentations were made at the LSP 2018 conference at Singapore on the following topics; - Application of Laser peening to induce grain refinement in wire plus arc additive built structures - Application of laser peening in improving fatigue life of aircraft fuselage structural joint |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference - Open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Masters programme - Group project presentation day - Project reported on "Dissimilar welding of thin metallic sheets using fibre pulsed laser" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference - Open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | PhD Poster presentation day at Cranfield University to "Promote the CIM Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference - Open day - Display of Masters programme - Group project presented on "Dissimilar welding of thin metallic sheets using fibre pulsed laser" plus contributions made in PhD poster presentation day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Group worked on a project sponsored by SPI Lasers on dissimilar joining of thin structural alloys. The project led to further projects and ongoing collaborative activities in this area and finally in a KTP project in 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference - Photon 2018 - Invited talk on Fundamentals of material interaction in laser processing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The relevant research and industrial community engaged with the latest findings on laser metal interaction |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference - Plenary lecture at the opening of the Chinese National Innovation Institute for Additive Manufacture (NIIAM), Xi'an China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture at the opening of the Chinese National Innovation Institute - these resulted in huge surge in research and academic collaboration with Chinese industries and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference - Plenary opening lecture at ICWAM conference in Metz France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Outreach in the areas of laser processing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference ILAS 2017 - The 5th Industrial Laser Applications Symposium - (Cranfield/HWU) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on laser processing and additive manufacturing. Display of posters, demonstrators and banner |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference Session Laser-based Manufacturing: Towards a National Strategy for UK Growth Hand, Williams, Lipton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the process, progress and outputs of the Centre's National Strategy work. Audience were invited to contribute to consultation process. Contributions to consultation process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.ukmanufacturing.org/index.php |
| Description | Conference and Lab tour on the National Apprentice Day, National Manufacturing Debate plus regular lab tour within Manufacturing theme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is an occasion when the Manufacturing resources and facilities were displayed before a general audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Conference and lab tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | National Apprentice Day, Lab visit and stand in conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference presentation - LPM 2018 - Keynote presentation on Application of pulsed fibre lasers in dissimilar joining of ultra-thin alloys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speaking on application of latest generation fibre lasers on joining of very thin structural alloys |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference presentation Picosecond Laser Welding of Similar and Dissimilar Materials Carter, Chen, Shephard, Thompson, Hand. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation prompted questions and discussion. Networking, communicating scientific results, promoting the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Conference: Presentation at International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Energy, Kyoto, Japan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Audience was informed on the latest development of laser-laser hybrid processing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference:Invited speaker in "Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation"- Mecasens 2017,Skukuza, South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented on application of neutron strain scanning on analysis of residual stress state in WAAM built titanium structures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Contributing author on article in Laser Systems Europe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributing author on article in Laser Systems Europe - this article will be in the next edition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Contribution to report - http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/developing-effective-strategies-for-emerging-technologies/ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to report - http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/developing-effective-strategies-for-emerging-technologies/ by Prof D P Hand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | EPIC/IMAPS UK International Conference (HWU |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EPIC/IMAPS UK International Conference (HWU) Sponsored event by CIM-Laser |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | EPSRC Strategic Delivery Plan Engagement workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | EPSRC Strategic Delivery Plan Engagement workshop - attendance by DPH |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker Chris Sutcliffe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker - Chris Sutcliffe. Presentation regarding the use of AM technologies in veterinary applications: INNOVATIONS - '3-D printing' in metal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker Chris Sutcliffe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker Chris Sutcliffe. Presentation regarding the use of AM technologies in veterinary applications: Techniques in Clinical Research - Finite element analysis for dummies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | ICALEO 2018 - Conference presentation on latest developments on laser processing on dissimilar joining and advanced alloys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Two presentations were done on application of laser for novel and dissimilar joining |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ICWAM talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture at ICWAM 17 conference Metz |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ILAS 2017: The 5th Industrial Laser Applications Symposium - (Cranfield/HWU) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on laser processing and additive manufacturing, posters, demonstrators and banner at ILAS 2017: The 5th Industrial Laser Applications Symposium - (Cranfield/HWU) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | India visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to various industrial companies and research institutions in India (IIT Bombay, IIT Indore and CMTI Bangalore) - presentations given and applications of the technology discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Industrial Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Industrial Advisory Board Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Industrial Advisory Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting of the Industrial Advisory Board for CIM-Laser |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Industrial engagement workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industrial Engagement works hosted by University of Cambridge chaired by D P Hand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Industrial tour and visit by AWE, UK and US delegates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The current/finished projects with AWE and their future requirements discussed - Two visits by AWE one with UK and US delegates and the other one solely with UK delegates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Industry visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by BAE for tour of labs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Symposium on Additive Manufacturing @ Taiwan, 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Organised by the British Trade & Cultural Office (BTCO), Additive Manufacturing Association of Taiwan (AMAT) and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), the 1st Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing International Conference was held at NTUST in Taipei on 3 March 2014. This conference convened international academic representatives and AM vendors together to present the most up-to-date technology, application and market trends. The UK Additive Manufacturing Mission of 5 academic and industrial speaking delegates including Dr Chris Sutcliffe, from the University of Liverpool, key partner in the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes, and a technical representative for Renishaw UK - a major global AM vendor. Organised by the British Trade & Cultural Office (BTCO), Additive Manufacturing Association of Taiwan (AMAT) and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), the 1st Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing International Conference was held at NTUST in Taipei on 3 March 2014. This conference convened international academic representatives and AM vendors together to present the most up-to-date technology, application and market trends. The UK Additive Manufacturing Mission of 5 academic and industrial speaking delegates including Dr Chris Sutcliffe, from the University of Liverpool, key partner in the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes, and a technical representative for Renishaw UK - a major global AM vendor. International collaborations, links to trade delegations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/international-symposium-additive-manufacturing-taiwan |
| Description | International conference on Digital Optical Methods, Switzerland, Invited Talk, "Sub-surface stress measurements using GHz and THz radiation" Andrew Moore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | discussions on possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited Talk, China, LPM2016 Microstructured optical fibres provide flexible delivery of high power ultrashort laser pulses for micromachining - Duncan P Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk led to discussion on possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited Talk, Photonics West 2016, "Ultrafast laser inscription of 3D components for spatial multiplexing" - Robert R Thomson |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sharing of project outputs sparked discussion with event attendees |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited presentation at The Welding Institute, Kent Branch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of associated project investigated within CIM LbPP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited speaker in "Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation"- Mecasens 2017,, Skukuza, South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker in "Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation"- Mecasens 2017,, Skukuza, South Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference. - Stewart Williams |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited talk in TWI, Kent Branch, "Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding" Supriyo Ganguly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited talk, D.P. Hand, First steps in producing a UK Roadmap |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at AILU (Association of Industrial Laser Users) workshop, Innovations for economical growth: The UK uptake of Laser Materials Processing, 8th July 2014, MTC Coventry. Update on Centre progress on UK Laser Manufacturing Roadmap 2014. Part of consultation process on Roadmap which will inform National Strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.ailu.org.uk/laser_technology/events/2014-07-08/140708ailu_meeting.html |
| Description | JLR - Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Jaguar Land Rover technical people from Power Train Division and Chassis division to see resources, facilities, present research activities and discuss their future needs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Jaguar Landrover (chassis division) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Jaguar Landrover (chassis division), Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators then discussions to highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield Discussion about collaboration " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Jaguar Landrover (power trains division) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Jaguar Landrover (power trains division), Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Joanna Cherry MP, tweet re HWU and photonics industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Joanna Cherry MP, tweet re HWU and photonics industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Joint Meeting with Selex and local HWU MP Joanna Cherry QC - Duncan Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To highlight the importance of university STEM research such as CIM-Laser are essential support for high technology companies such as Selex |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | LANE: 9th international conference on Photonics Technologies, Furth, Germany, Invited Talk, "Picosecond laser welding of optical to structural materials" - Duncan Hand,Richard M.Carter, Jianyong Chen, Ian ELder, Robert R Thomson, Daniel MJ Esser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | discussions around possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | LPM Conference - Xi'an China, invited talks, Duncan Hnad, Richard Carter, Amiel Lopes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | LPM Conference - Xi'an China attendance and invited talks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | LPM2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | LPM 2018, first time event had been held in Scotland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lab Visit by Prof Peihua Gu, VC (Shantou University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The intended purpose of the visit is academic collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lab demonstration of laser welding, marking, test bench for fibres and laser beam characterization at Cranfield's laboratory (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lab demonstration of laser welding, marking, test bench for fibres and laser beam characterization at Cranfield's laboratory (Cranfield). Dissemination of the CIM LbPP The students learnt about laser processing and its advantages, limitations and applications, and techniques for laser beam characterization |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Lab tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Manufacturing department monthly tour |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lab tour - University of Sheffield, Brinkley Propeller Ltd, Ottoway Thermal Hazard Technology Ltd, Turnell & Odell Precision Engineers Ltd, Anota Ltd, Cranfield University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lab tour - University of Sheffield, Brinkley Propeller Ltd, Ottoway Thermal Hazard Technology Ltd, Turnell & Odell Precision Engineers Ltd, Anota Ltd, Cranfield University - Goncalo Pardal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lab tour and visit by Babcock international |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Babcock technical people to see our laboratory facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lab tour for 207 Cranfield Squadron |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The 13 to 18 year old puplils visited the laboratory of the welding centre and learn about the most recent research projects on laser processing and additive manufacturing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lab tour for Clare Temple-Heald (Product Discovery Manager at Oilfield Specialities Innospec Inc.) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lab tour for Clare Temple-Heald (Product Discovery Manager at Oilfield Specialities Innospec Inc.) those involved CIM-Laser RAs (Krystian Wlodarczyk and Richard Carter) Academic staff (Bill MacPherson) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lab tour for The Applied Photonics CDT annual conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lab tour for The Applied Photonics CDT annual conference Jianyong Chen HWU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lab tour of visitors (tour organised by Prof Iain Gray) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lab tour of visitors (tour organised by Prof Iain Gray) , Lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lab tours of CIM-Laser labs - HWU after conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lab tours of CIM-Laser labs - HWU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lane Conference, Nuremburg (HWU) - Duncan Hand, Wojciech Gora, Rainer Beck |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lane Conference, Nuremburg (HWU) - Duncan Hand, Wojciech Gora, Rainer Beck. Presentations highlighting CIM-Laser projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker Rainer Beck |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker Duncan P Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker Duncan P Hand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Laser Munich 2017 - stand within UK pavilion at Laser Munich World Trade Fair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Laser Munich 2017 - stand within UK pavilion at Laser Munich World Trade Fair - Emma Williams HWU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Laser World of Photonics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition stand for CIM-Laser at the World of Photonics Exhibition. There was significant interest in the stand and the work we were presenting. This allowed us to engage more broadly with industry, in particular those people who would not normally attend conferences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/cim-laser-laser-world-photonics |
| Description | Lasers for the Future (Daniel Esser Inaugural Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Inaugural lecture by Daniel Esser, pitched at a general scientific audience, and open to the public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/daniel-esser-lasers-future-inaugural-lecture |
| Description | Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) conference, Munich, Germany: "Tamper-proof holographic markings for high-value goods" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) conference, Munich, Germany: "Tamper-proof holographic markings for high-value goods" K.L. Wlodarczyk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lecture - Invited lecture on additive manufacture and laser processing at Southampton University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture delivered on the latest developments on additive manufacture and laser processing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Manchester University/AWE meeting generated from previous CIM meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Manchester University/AWE meeting. Meeting at a CIM LbPP meeting generated discussion/further meetings/experiments between Manchester and & AWE with possibility of future project being undertaken |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Material response aspects during hybrid laser welding of thick sections steel - talk given in Euromat conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk was given by Dr Wojciech Suder on laser arc hybrid welding of pipeline structural steel for improved productivity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Meeting and Lab tour by Petronas group, Malyasia - to see facilites |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit of laboratory to discuss research programme for future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting and lab tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | "Visit of RR (Rolls-Royce) directors: Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems " Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting and lab tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lab tour - Prof. Peihua Gu (Vice Chancellor, Shantou University) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with AWE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with AWE - Promotion of CIM & future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting with MTC to discuss areas of common interest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Members of the Centre and it's industrial partners met with members of MTC staff to identify areas of commonality and discuss strategy. Better understanding of how the Centre can work with the MTC in future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Meeting with Veski (Melbourne - Australia), Duncan Hand, Daniel Esser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Veski (Melbourne - Australia) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Mid Term Review of CfIM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mid Term Review of CfIM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Mixing of filler wire in deep penetration hybrid laser welding - presentation before the industrial laser users association in the industrial laser application symposium 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Application of laser arc hybrid process to improve productivity in the pipeline structural welding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NIIAM opening |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation at formal opening of the National Innovation Institute for Additve Manufacture (NIIAM) in Xian China |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | National Manufacturing Debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Manufacturing Debate workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | National Manufacturing Debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Manufacturing Debate - Supriyo Ganguly Cranfield University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | National Manufacturing Debate, May 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Centre presence at and participation in National Manufacturing debate. information sharing, debate, networking, profile raising |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.national-manufacturing-debate.org.uk |
| Description | National Strategy Kick-off Meeting at MTC Coventry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Kick off meeting forming National Strategy Working Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Organising Committee for ILAS 2015, including sponsorship of visit by Prof Craig Arnold Princeton University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ILAS is an industrial-academic conference held every 2 years, with the primary organiser being the Association of Industrial Laser Users. CIM-Laser helped with organisation of this event, and sponsored a high profile speaker from Princeton University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://ilas2015.co.uk |
| Description | Participation in AILU workshop 'Metal Additive Manufacturing: opportunities in applications and improvements in process technology' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research dissemination and discussion at an Industry Association workshop. Networking, career development, information sharing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.ailu.org.uk/laser_technology/events/2014-04-01/140401ailu_meeting.html |
| Description | Participation in TWI Workshop 'Additive Manufacturing Clustering Event', Rotherham, 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Networking, career development, information sharing Information sharing, networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - BAE Systems (Manchester) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - BAE Systems (Manchester) . Meeting to discuss interest in laser peen forming |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - Rolls Royce (Manchester) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - Rolls Royce (Manchester) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Plenary lecture at AMS Pressure and Pipe Welding Conference Hawaii |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture at AMS Pressure and Pipe Welding Conference Hawaii July 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Plenary lecture in ASME pressure vessel and piping conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture given in the ASME pressure vessel and piping conference on WAAM related activities. This activity resulted in making WAAM process more popular to a large and global audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Poster presentation on "Welding of dissimilar metals" in AWE- Cranfield strategic alliance showcase event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation in the showcase event helped in outreaching the research outcome to a wider audience and decision makers (higher management) in AWE plc. Such activity reinforced the strategic alliance between Cranfield and AWE and presently Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre is having more than one collaborative project with AWE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | PowderMET 2017 - Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | PowderMET 2017 - Presentation by Alfred T Sidambe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presence at Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service - Promotion of the CIM LbPP by RES colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation at International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Energy, Kyoto, Japan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Energy, Kyoto, Japan, aimed at Academia, industry and fusion energy community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at the Liverpool Enterprise Forum - Prof Chris Sutcliffe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Liverpool Enterprise Forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation before the Industrial Laser Application Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation given and a paper published in the ILAS 2015 proceeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentations and lab visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NEWAM open day to discuss the activities related to additive manufacture with industrial and academic partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presented before the industrial laser user association on the "Science underpinning: the route to laser based manufacturing success" by Prof Stewart Williams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk was given before the industrial laser users association in the Industrial Laser Application Symposium 2015 with the aim of increasing the application of laser for different metal processing activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Public lecture hosted by the Royal Scottish Society of Arts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public lecture hosted by the Royal Scottish Society for the Arts, on 26 March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.rssa.org.uk/20180326.shtml |
| Description | RAEng visit to HWU including CIM-Laser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RAEng visit to HWU - promotion OF CIM-Laser |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | RR - Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting and presentation of our work on laser processing before Rolls Royce which led to a research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Reporting Scotland Interview/STV interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | media interviews given by Duncan Hand and Krystian Wlodarcyzk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Representative of CIM-Laser at Photonics Leadership Group meeting at House of Commons - Duncan Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Representative of CIM-Laser at Photonics Leadership Group meeting at House of Commons by Duncan Hand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Represented CIM-Laser at EPIC annual meeting, Zurich by Duncan Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Represented CIM-Laser at EPIC annual meeting, Zurich by Duncan Hand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Residual Stress: Measurement, temperature and performance, London, Invited Talk, "Residual Stress in powder bed laser melting" - Chris Sutcliffe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | invited talk led to discussion around possibility of future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Rolls Royce visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Rolls Royce visit, Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project - Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Rolls Royce visit to our laboratory and discussion of future projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Rolls Royce visited our facilities in order to discuss future projects Clive Grafton Reed specialist laser processing in RR visited and met for future research programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SPI Lasers visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SPI Lasers visit, Presentations, lab visit and discussion on further collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SPIE Conference (HWU) - invied talk - Richard Carter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SPIE Conference (HWU) invited speaker - Richard Carter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | SRPe - Digital Manufacturing Conference/ Stand at Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SRPe - Digital Manufacturing Conference/ Stand at Exhibition AFRC Renfrew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SU2P Annual Symposium(held at HWU) particpation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DPH chaired session at SU2P Annual Symposium(held at HWU) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SU2P Conference, invited talk by Daniel Esser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SU2P Conference invited talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | School seminar in University of Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | School seminar in University of Manchester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SciVal UK User Group (HWU) - invited talk - Kirsty COllinge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SciVal UK User Group (HWU) - Kirsty Collinge - Promotion of CIM & it's Metrics - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Science Festival participation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Cambridge Science Festival Lab Demonstrators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sheduled Evening Lecture, Institute of Engineering Technology, London, Invited Talk, "Travels in Additive Manufacture/3D printing: a decade of UK Innovation" Chris Sutcliffe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | invited talk led to discussions on possible future projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Soundbites from Westminster Debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Soundbites from Westminster Debate , Promotion of CIM, specific name dropping of members |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Stand in Mach show 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | stand in Mach2016 show engaging all public but aiming for those within manufacturing sector |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Strategy meeting on future of laser processing in the UK industry - MTC Coventry - Duncan Hand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with experts from different sectors about barriers and opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Stress engineering of multi-pass weld metal to enhance structure integrity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is a highlight talk before the Materials society attended the Euromat 2015 conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Talk at EU HiLASE facility on diagnostics of high power processes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk in Prague discussing advances in industrial diagnostics with a view to identifying future partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk at ICALEO 2016 conference (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk at ICALEO 2016 conference (Cranfield) . Promotion of the CIM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Ted-X talk, Ultra Fast Laser Processing, Richard M Carter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | TedX talk to wide ranging audience from children to adults |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | The Origin and Effect of HAZ Banding in large Scale Wire-Arc Additive Manufacture with Ti-6Al-4V, Invited Talk Phil Prangnell |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | discussions on possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Tour of University of Liverpool's Additive Manufacturing Facilities given to delegation from Sci-Tech Daresbury(Science and Technology Facilities Council funded research innovation campus in Cheshire) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Tour of University of Liverpool's Additive Manufacturing Facilities given to delegation from Sci-Tech Daresbury(Science and Technology Facilities Council funded research innovation campus in Cheshire). Discussions round Possible future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | UK Launch Event -Lasers for Productivity, A National Strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | UK Launch Event -Lasers for Productivity, A National Strategy, led in Portcullis House, Westminster and attended by industrial partners and MP's and hosted by AILU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UKRI Roadmap workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKRI Roadmap workshop - attended by DPH |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UN Global Compact LEAD Symposium - (Chris Sutcliffe invited speaker Liverpool) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | UN Global Compact LEAD Symposium - (Chris Sutcliffe invited speaker Liverpool). Promotion of AM technologies/CIM projects to large industry leaders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | University of Liverpool Healthcare Branding Day - Lab tours and demonstration. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | University of Liverpool Healthcare Branding Day - Lab tours and demonstration.- Ian Ashton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | University of Liverpool Physics Departmental Visit (Liverpool) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | University of Liverpool Physics Departmental Visit (Liverpool). The physics department at the University of Liverpool has a large research portfolio regarding the design of detectors for nuclear physics applications. They are interested in manufacturing components in Tungsten due to its ability to block X-rays. Interest arose due a CIM project which is developing this material for additive manufacturing. Looking at future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Video of CIM-Laser activities/projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Video of CIM-Laser activities/projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by BAE Systems Submarines (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by BAE Systems Submarines (Cranfield) - future engagement with the CIM discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by BEIs members - tour of CIM-Laser labs at HWU |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by BEIs + tour of CIM-Laser labs involving Prof Richard A. Williams, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Dr Gillian Murray, Deputy Principal (Enterprise & Business) Prof Steve Mclaughlin, Head of School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Dr Alicia Greated, Director of Research & Enterprise Services, Carolyn Brock, Impact Manager Prof Verena Rieser, MACS, Prof Lindsay Beevers, EGIS, Dr Aine Ryan, Research Development Advisor, Craig Landt, Research Development Advisor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit by CCFE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lab visit by CCFE, Culham - discussed on possible projects related to remote operation by multi-layer hybrid processing of pipelines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - presentation of CIM laser projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Clive Grafton Reed - lead laser processing specialist RR (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Clive Grafton Reed - lead laser processing specialist RR (Cranfield) Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Dr Ho Yin Chan, Southampton University, Compact, High-Energy, Picosecond MOPA for Material Processing Applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Dr Ho Yin Chan, Southampton University - "Compact, High-Energy, Picosecond MOPA for Material Processing Applications" Presentation and lab tours relating to CIM laser projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Fiona Dennison to CIM-Laser/Duncan Hand (HWU) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Fiona Dennison to CIM-Laser/Duncan Hand (HWU). Promotion and possible new funding opportunity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Gen. Walker (Head of Darpa, USAF) to Centre for Industrial Photonics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Visit by General Walker (Head of Darpa, USAF) to Centre for Industrial Photonics with the result in significant funded project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit by Jeremy Murry Research Programme Manager, Pyreos - industry visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Jeremy Murry Research Programme Manager, Pyreos - industry visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Joanna Cherry MP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Joanna Cherry MP Promotion of the CIM LbPP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Kate Voisey (Nottingham University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Kate Voisey (Nottingham University) to Discuss collaborative opportunities with the CIM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Ruth Meyer - Universities of Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Ruth Meyer - Universities of Scotland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by SPI Lasers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by SPI Lasers Marketing and Research team to discuss on our research activities and further how can we collaborate |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Visit by University West Sweden (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by University West Sweden (Cranfield) - future Opportunities for collaboration on laser wire processing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit by Viktor Shuetz, LG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Viktor Shuetz, LG initial meeting through attendance at Laser Munich 2017 in June. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit by funding authority in Nigerian Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit of Lab by Tete funding authority, Government of Nigeria |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by the Hammermen of Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Visit by the Hammermen of Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit form Industry partner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Geoff McFarland Renishaw, Group Engineering Director |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Bedfordshire councillors (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit from Bedfordshire councillors (Cranfield) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit from CCFE (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit from CCFE (Cranfield). Promotion of the CIM Discussion about use of lasers for manufacturing of parts for Demo reactor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit from Pipeline Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit of industrial people to discuss research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from Pipeline Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit from Pipeline Technology, Meeting and lab tour followed by Discussion about future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from SPI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit from SPI, Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators to "Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield Discussion about collaboration in future projects" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit of Labs by National Manufacturing Debate participants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit of Labs by National Manufacturing Debate participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit of RR directors - Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes,Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design, Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems, Richard March - head of welding, Dan Clarke - lead technologist welding, Helen McGloin- University liaison Visit of RR directors - Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes,Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design, Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems, Richard March - head of |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit of RR directors - Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes, Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design, Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems - • Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit of lab by Singapore National Additive Manufacture Center |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delegates from Singapore National Additive Manufacture Center visited our facility and discussed for future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to CIM-Laser labs y Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to CIM-Laser labs HWU by Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission by prospective partner university and government body |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Central Laser Facility, STFC at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford to discuss on Laser peening project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To collaborate on laser peening activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Centre by Member of Parliament |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A visit to the Centre at Cranfield University was made by Iain Wright MP, Shadow Minister for Industry. He was given a tour around the Centre facilities and met Centre researchers. The impact of the centre on industry was discussed. The impact of basic science and the centre on industry was discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Visit to HiDepAM partner in India to promote CIM LbPP and exchange knowledge in laser plus wire additive manufacturing (Cranfield) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to HiDepAM partner in India to promote CIM LbPP and exchange knowledge in laser plus wire additive manufacturing (Cranfield). Researchers and students from the universities Visit to IIT Bombay, IIT Indore and CMRI Bangalore, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit to RAL to discuss collaboration on laser peening |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to RAL to discuss collaboration on laser peening |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Robert Bloomfield Academy - Electives Feb 2021 - Careers and 3D printing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The NEWAM team (including academics, researchers, students and administrative staff) visited the Robert Bloomfield Academy to talk about their career paths and 3D printing. The main goal of the visit was to promote the STEM curriculum and encourage the future generation to study STEM subjects. The pupils were very interested in 3D printing and asked many questions about the subject. The pupils will visit Cranfield University as soon as the Covid-related restrictions are lifted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit to Stryker Orthopaedics Cork Ireland - Prof Chris Sutcliffe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Stryker Cork is the worlds largest metal AM facility. The presentation given detailed the work that has been done in the centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Tampere University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about possible collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visitors from Petronas Group, Malaysia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentations and lab visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Walking Tour of Cranfields Laboratory |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Walking Tour of Cranfields Laboratory - members from General Electric |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory by uk manufacturer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory by Christ White MP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | promotion of CIM LbPP to Chris White MP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory was part of the "IMTMA CEOs Technology Mission to Aerospace Industries in Europe" conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory was part of the "IMTMA CEOs Technology Mission to Aerospace Industries in Europe" conference. Indian delegation (CEOs, managing directors, senior advisor or Vice president) representing different organizations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Workshop in London - lessons learnt from strategy like initiatives (CF) (HWU) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop in London - lessons learnt from strategy like initiatives (CF) (HWU). Duncan Hand invited to chair session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Workshop on laser processing and additive manufacture held at Cranfield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of the CIM LbPP; Dissemination of the research done within the Centre's theme for fusion-based processes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Workshop to develop proposals for H2020 High-throughput Laser-based Manufacturing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to initiate discussions on H2020 proposals for calls in High-throughput Laser-based Manufacturing. Submissions to H2020 calls likely. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/centre-partners-su2p-horizon-2020-workshop |
| Description | invited Presentation : BORS British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) - Prof Chris Sutcliffe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | invited Presentation : BORS British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) to audience of medical (surgeons) delegates. Presentation then panel discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | visit by Industry partner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to CIM-Laser/HWU by Will Lee new CEO Renishaw & Geoff McFarland Gobal Engineering Director Renishaw |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | visit by ex KTN colleague |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Anke Lohmann - AnchoredIn |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | visit by funding body EPSRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by EPSRC Engineering Team to HWU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | visit from industry partner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit from Brian Smith Renishaw - Design Manager Spectroscopy Division |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |