£4.7m project aims to give manufacturers more 5G choices
25 March 2024 A consortium of UK organisations has embarked on a year-long £4.7m project to explore ways that manufacturers could benefit from a 5G mobile network architecture… Read More
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AUTOMATION FOR MANUFACTURING
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UK project uses robots to embed wiring in components
5 May 2023 British researchers have been working on a £1.7m project to accelerate automation in the aerospace industry by using a novel robotic system to embed wiring… Read More
Smart workbench shows technologies for future factories
1 March 2023 A next-generation smart workbench designed to showcase and experiment with the latest production technologies has been installed at the AMRC Cymru centre, near Chester, UK. Read More
£20m manufacturing r&d centre aims to keep UK ahead
15 March 2022 A £20m applied research and development facility intended to help the UK’s advanced manufacturing sector to stay at the forefront of global developments, has been… Read More
UK 5G sensors are first to connect to factory devices
9 September 2021 Engineers at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) North West have designed and built a native 5G sensor designed to unlock the… Read More
Start-up brings analytics to machines for under £180
9 June 2021 A UK start-up claims to have slashed the cost of entry to Industry 4.0 machinery analytics to less than £180, with the launch of a… Read More
Robots slash magnet placing times from one hour to 55s
11 February 2021 UK engineers have used robots to cut the time it takes to place powerful magnets in electrical generators from one hour to just 55 seconds. Read More
Industrial robot sales plunged by 15% in the UK during 2018
11 February 2019 The number of new industrial robots sold in the UK plummeted by 15% last year compared to 2017, according to figures released by Bara, the… Read More
Reconfigurable cell will allow SMEs to test technologies
31 August 2017 Smaller British manufacturers will soon have access to a “reconfigurable factory” research cell where they can test machining and assembly technologies before building their own… Read More
