Bidding farewell - rotatives lead retires from AMRC
08 April 2016
AMRC Machining Group technical lead for rotatives and CAD/CAM engineer, Roger Wallis has retired after six and a half years with the organisation.Roger joined …
Latest developments in grinding technology
01 February 2016
Tuesday 8th March 2016 at the AMRC KTCGrinding and surface finishing operations can account for 20-25 per cent of cost on all machining operations.In the pa …
Machine tool simulation will be reinvented by means of the European project Twin-Control
18 November 2015
In October the AMRC became one of 11 European partners that formed an alliance to collaborate on a new project, Twin-Control. The project aims to design a new …
Tap-testing with the Machining Dynamics team
22 September 2015
 My name is Michael Caley and for the past three months I have been on an internship with the Machining Dynamics team in the AMRC's Process Technology Gr …
CNC marking breakthrough to speed production, cut waste and free up workshop space
17 September 2015
World leading component marking, identification and traceability specialist Pryor Marking Technology has unveiled a new technological breakthrough - with help …
Robin Hartley - SELA Placement Student
16 September 2015
 I am currently completing a ten week placement within the Process Monitoring and Control group at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with …
Early success for attempt to model robot milling dynamics
28 August 2015
Attempts to find a low cost, rapid method for optimising the operation of robots used for milling are achieving some early successes, researchers attending a …
AMRC hosts 8th CIRP Research Affiliate Workshop
03 August 2015
Research affiliates from The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), travelled to the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research C …
New AMRC Catapult Fellowship to help companies maintain accuracy without losing production time
18 June 2015
 New research to help manufacturers cut production time lost checking and setting up machine tools has been launched following the award of a prestigious …
Modelling and monitoring combine to cut aerospace costs while boosting quality
21 August 2014
Advances in process modelling and monitoring at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing could open the way to rapidly dev …