Improving end-to-end manufacturing for businesses
In a world of increasingly unstable global supply chains and rising operational costs, manual and repetitive assembly processes are a major bottleneck. Relying on slow, menial tasks doesn't just drain budgets — it stifles workforces and leaves businesses vulnerable to external disruption.
At the AMRC, we don’t just make things — we use the latest reconfigurable manufacturing tools to make them smarter, faster and more sustainably.
Assembly and disassembly are all about making manufacturing processes better for people. Using our 20-plus years of expertise and a big network of industrial partners, we translate the latest research into real-world production improvements that you can feel on the shop floor.
The place to come for assembly and disassembly
From aeroplane wings to modular housebuilding, we work with industry to improve assembly and disassembly processes.
- Reduce dependency, increase circularity: For industry leaders, we demonstrate how automation reduces dependency on fragile global networks by increasing circularity and local resilience.
- Reassurance and accessibility: For smaller businesses, we de-risk the transition to automation. We show you how to revolutionise your processes - turning 60-second tasks into five-second wins - without the corporate jargon or high-risk guesswork.
- Free up your people: We believe automation should free your people from menial, repetitive work so they can focus on what matters and help you build a more productive and satisfied workforce.
We have optimised wing assembly for Airbus, sped up the manufacture of vital jet engine parts, and developed tools and processes to help Rolls-Royce SMR make small nuclear reactors.
Alongside these industry-changing projects, we work with small and medium-sized businesses every day, using automation to revolutionise their assembly and disassembly processes.
Key capabilities
We are developing automated assembly solutions for manual assembly operations to improve manufacturing efficiency and quality.
When changes to your product or unexpected disruptions happen, it can affect your ability to manufacture your products quickly enough to meet demand. Our researchers are developing a framework for adaptable and flexible production cells, with modular hardware and software that can be quickly reconfigured — so you can keep supplying your market efficiently.
We all know businesses need to become more sustainable to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Refurbishment, reusing and recycling are crucial elements of the product life cycle that are key to achieving greater sustainability. We are researching how automation can deal with high volumes and variance of products for cost-effective assembly and end-of-life disassembly for circularity.
We are researching and advancing assembly methods for aerostructures to improve assembly rates of aircraft.
We are developing optimised solutions for battery assembly to improve battery pack design and to maximise the power density of battery packs.
Make automated assembly work for your business
We help companies throughout the supply chain. For SMEs, we can de-risk automation, offering free engineering time to test and refine processes in our factory. We can develop bespoke tools to conduct a specific process, such as applying sealant to a steel structure. And we can design a full end-to-end assembly process, from the initial design to the factory build.
Through our partnerships with hardware and software providers, we trial the latest technologies. It means we can see where the industry is moving next, and offer you solutions you may not have heard of yet.
We can also transfer innovations from one sector to another. For example, we took technology from the food sector and applied it to construction. As a result, a tool that was making cakes in one factory now applies cement in another.
From reducing a process from a minute to five seconds to using smart workbenches to train your staff, everything we do is about using advanced manufacturing to better meet your production demand.
Find out what automated assembly can do for you
Speak to our experts about your manufacturing challenges.