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ASTUTE 2020Working with the Welsh Manufacturing Industry

Dr Fawzi Belblidia, Senior Technical Manager

Embedding Advanced and SustainableTechnologies into Welsh Manufacturing throughCollaboration between Industry and Academia

ASTUTE 2020 Partnership

• Blaenau Gwent• Bridgend• Caerphilly• Cardiff• Carmarthenshire• Ceredigion• Conwy• Flintshire• Denbighshire• Gwynedd• Isle of Anglesey• Merthyr Tydfil

• Monmouthshire• Neath Port Talbot• Newport• Pembrokeshire• Powys• Rhondda Cynon Taf• Swansea• Torfaen• Vale of Glamorgan• Wrexham

Multi-University partnership (Swansea, Cardiff, Aberystwyth, University of South Wales and University of Trinity Saint David) supporting Welsh manufacturing industry across Wales:

Key Principles of ASTUTE 2020

ASTUTE 2020 Focus

University Research Portfolio

Research Institute

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Pre-commercial Development

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DeploymentDemonstrations

Research and Development

TRL 1-3Fundamental research

TRL 3-6Technology development and scale up

TRL 6-8Component and system development

TRL 8-9Commercial

implementation

Doctoral TrainingCentre

PUSH PULLPULL THROUGH

Industry Support

ASTUTE 2020 enables greater levels of business innovation in future manufacturing processes through:

• Industry demand-led collaborations to de-risk new technologies.

• Driving and supporting cutting-edge Research, Development and Innovation.

• Increasing competitiveness and future proofing.

• Encouraging stimulation of ideas and challenges to foster knowledge exchange.

Manufacturing Focus

Industry projects focusing on the research challenge with world-class expertise in the areas of:

• Advanced Materials Technology

• Computational Engineering Modelling

• Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Work collaboratively with Welsh industry to jointly developing and embedding Advanced and Sustainable Technologies into High Value Manufacturing across Wales.

Collaboration Benefits

Industrial project can provide access to:

• World-class academic expertise combined with highly qualified researchers and technical experts.

• Provides unique access to state-of-the-art facilities and experimental equipment.

• Stimulates growth through applying intelligent systems, advanced techniques and bespoke software.

High speed camera

State-of-the-art facilities

Hot isostatic pressX-ray machine

Electron microscopyThermo-Mechanical Fatigue

Metal ALM machineRenishaw AM400 (245x245x300)

Plastic 3D printer1000 x 800 x 500Visual & thermal imaging drone

High speed camera

Industrial Projects = Collaborative Projects

Enterprises and ASTUTE 2020 share:

• Inputs in form of e.g. staff time, materials, equipment etc.

• Outputs in form of e.g. IP, know-how etc.

• Risk

• Outputs are being shared in proportion to inputs

• No cash changes hands

• Proposals for collaborative RD&I projects will be developed by the industrial partner together with a dedicated ASTUTE 2020 technical manager.

OutputInput

Impact of Collaborations

Impacts realised as a result of ASTUTE 2020 projects:

• Attracting private investment• Job creation / Jobs safeguarded• Incorporation of spin out companies• Development of products, process and services• Investment in new equipment• Reduction in cycle time on machines• Reduction of weight in components• Environmental Impacts – reduction of power consumption

Who Can ASTUTE 2020 Support?

Manufacturing companies in Wales across a variety of sectors, including:

• Marine• Aerospace, • Automotive, • Energy generation, • Oil and Gas, • Medical Devices, • Electronics and • Food etc.

Companies outside of Wales can be considered if the economic benefit of the RD&I project is realised in Wales in a bigger partnership.

Marine Industry Collaborations Jibran Haider, ASTUTE 2020 Research Officer

Marine Industry Collaborations

Current ASTUTE 2020 (2015 – 2020) marine industry collaborations:

1. Divemex Ltd. & CSM Pressing Ltd.

Three ways collaboration: ASTUTE 2020 + Divemex + CSM

• Anchor Dragging Evaluation

• New maritime tidal anchor, assisting with the evaluation of the innovative new product

• Highly commended in the European Commercial Marine Awards

Marine Industry Collaborations

2. Camplas Technology Ltd.

• Wave generator flotation device

• Teamed up locally with Marine Power Systems Ltd. to manufacture a custom GRP tank to be used as a floater in a novel marine power system to be used to harvest wave energy.

• The proposed floater has to sustain high level of external pressure when immersed in sea water and take the loads imposed by the dynamic anchoring system.

Material characterisation

Filament winding process

3. Marine Power Systems Ltd.

Three ways collaboration: ASTUTE 2020 + Camplas + MPS

(a) Experimental study:

• Ultimate tensile strength

• Young’s modulus

• Inter-laminar shear strength of laminates

• Peel strength

Marine Industry Collaborations

3. Marine Power Systems Ltd.

(b) Hydrodynamic study

Material characterisationSpatial positionWave data

Marine Industry Collaborations

3. Marine Power Systems Ltd.

(c) Structural analysis

DeformationStresses in supportStresses in float Optimisation

Marine Industry Collaborations

ASTUTE 2020 Event – North Wales

Find out how ASTUTE 2020 can support your manufacturing company through RD&I to enhance your manufacturing.

Visit the ASTUTE 2020 website for further information and to register astutewales.com/news

Advanced Manufacturing Survey

Complete the Survey here: www.tinyurl.com/SwanseaSIAPurpose: This survey seeks to understand how businesses in Wales currently use smart manufacturing technologies across

their manufacturing activities.

Background: The UK Government industrial strategy identified the need for industry and academia to collaboratively develop,

demonstrate and accelerate the uptake of smart manufacturing technologies in order to maintain competitiveness.

Summary: Smart Manufacturing is essentially the convergence of advanced manufacturing techniques with information

technology, data, and analytics, in a real time integrated fashion, to achieve the most efficient methods of production,

creating value in new and different ways:

Advanced Manufacturing + Industrial Digital Technologies => Smart Manufacturing

Smart Manufacturing + Energy Technologies => Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Smart Manufacturing

Thank you / Diolch

www.astutewales.comTel: +44 (0)1792 606378 | Email: info@astutewales.com

Dr Fawzi Belblidia Tel: +44 (0)1792 606977 f.belblidia@Swansea.ac.ukOffice: A114, Engineering Central; Swansea University Bay Campus; SWANSEA SA1 8EN

This presentation is available in Welsh upon request.

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