Establishing a smart factory architecture
01 July 2021
An open-access digital architecture for manufacturing shop floors has simplified the way data can be handled across an organisation, showing how manufacturers o …
Putting South Yorkshire on golf’s world stage
19 May 2021
The ‘thoroughbred, highly educated, expert approach’ of the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is helping a South …
Robotic drilling: sofa, so good
30 March 2021
A family-run furniture maker has become an industry leader with the help of digital manufacturing experts at the University of Sheffield AMRC who proved that ro …
AMRC at forefront of innovative recycling technology and circular economy development
02 March 2021
Engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) used their simulation capabilities to support a metal processing business …
ATI funding for industry-defining ‘smart factory’ production line
10 February 2021
LISI Aerospace (BAI UK) and the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have jointly secured £975,000 in funding from the Ae …
Robotics makes magnet placement 60 times faster
03 February 2021
A labour-intensive process to position powerful permanent magnets onto large generators for offshore wind has been made 60 times faster by automation expe …
Machine learning making light work of AM aerospace alloys
15 January 2021
Machine learning technology will be used to make the additive manufacturing (AM) process of metallic alloys for aerospace cheaper and faster, encouraging produc …
Revolutionising the rail industry with augmented reality
12 January 2021
Trackside maintenance at one of the UK’s busiest railway stations is being revolutionised with the help of engineers in South Yorkshire who have worked wi …
Lancashire will be ‘innovation leader’ says regional growth minister as construction starts on AMRC North West
30 November 2020
Lancashire will be a leader in manufacturing innovation and sustainable economic growth, the UK’s regional growth minister said as he welcomed constructio …
Rail maintenance on track for digital transformation
24 November 2020
A powerful suite of smart technologies is harnessed to rail maintenance innovations in a new lighthouse demonstrator at the AMRC to drive digital transformation …