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Cross‐Industry Technology Exploitation in Clusters

300 collaborative R&D projects in Midlands Engine supply chains to accelerate innovation for emerging industries, new industrial value chains and world markets

These slides are baseline 2017 version

Midlands Engine Cluster Partnership

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Systems integration

Digital technologies and data

Advanced manufacturing and 

engineering

Next generation transport

Medical technologies and pharma

Future food processing

Energy and low carbon

Focus on intersections of sectors and competencies

Midlands Engine Science and Innovation Audit market driven priorities and enabling competencies

Midlands Engine Science and Innovation Audit “innovation ecosystem”

Build on Midlands Engine Science and Innovation Audit

Cross‐Industry Technology Exploitation in Clusters (CITEC) 

• mobilises this ecosystem  . . .

• to accelerate cross‐industry technology exploitation . . . 

• in supply chains  . . .

• for world markets . . .

• via business‐led clusters

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Apply open innovation model to supply chain clusters

FORMING PROJECTS

Market‐facing sectors Market‐facing sectors

Midlands Engine  CITEC Technology 

Hopper

Capability injection Tech Road‐mappingBusiness Planning

Market Opportunities

Capability injectionCollaborationNetworking/ 

Bidding

Capability InjectionProject managementTechnical expertise

Lots of unexploited technology concepts & capability

Future State Big portfolio of collaborative R&D projects producing exploitable technologies with a clear route to market; supply chain businesses with enhanced sustainable capabilities

Funnel projects from idea to market via cross‐industry projects

Clusters form projects and guide them

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Illustrative case studies of cross‐industry projects

Partnership: Applied Tech Systems (Lead)

Hitex

Arrowsmith Engineering (End user)

Project overview:

Creation of the “Digital Factory” at a price UK supply chain SMEs can afford

Development of Machine Connectivity Modules (MCM) to wirelessly connect machine tools to a manufacturing / maintenance host network

Installation and commissioning of a demonstration system in a Midlands SME factory

Machine Connectivity and Manufacturing Intelligence

Machine MCMMobile Device

Wireless Information

Advanced Manufacturing Aerospace

Rail 

Automotive 

Digital Technologies and Data

Systems Integration

GereralManufacturing 

Cross-industry technology exploitation

Key Enabling Technology Potential Application Actual Application

AMSCI

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Enterprise Biointeriors

Development of a safe, bio-based replacement for phenolic resin prepregs suitable for aerospace interior applications.

Use of a ‘Hot Melt’ process and modified formulations to give improved surface finish and material properties over market standard phenolic prepreg materials

Manufacturing and testing of composite panels using bio-based resin

Partnership: SHD Composites (Lead)

AIM Composites

Ipeco Composites (End user)

Project overview:

Advanced Manufacturing

Aerospace 

Rail

Automotive

Food Processing

Cross-industry technology exploitation

Key Enabling Technology Potential Application Actual Application

AMSCI

Inhibiting Delamination in CFRP Composites

Partnership: M Wright & Son (Lead)

Composite Innovations

GKN Aerospace (End user)

Project overview

Quantifying the benefits of the through-thickness reinforcements in 3d Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic composites, in particular their effect ondelamination and crack propagation

Manufacture of sample composite parts and undertaking comparison tests against 2d woven equivalents

Advanced Manufacturing& Engineering

Aerospace 

Medical

Automotive

Textiles Rail

Cross-industry technology exploitation

Key Enabling Technology Potential Application Actual Application

AMSCI

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Partnership: Meggitt (Lead)

Ashton & Moore

GE Aviation (End user)

Project overview:

Development of a gas turbine Bleed Air Valve by additive layer manufacture which is optimised for weight, reliability, acoustic emission and manufacturing method

Development of design rules and post processing techniques for additive layer manufacture of high integrity critical application parts

Additive Aero Valve Optimisation (AAVO)

Aerospace AutomotiveAdvanced Manufacturing

Energy

Medical

Cross-industry technology exploitation

Key Enabling Technology Potential Application Actual Application

AMSCI

Configurable Double Sided Cooled Integrated Power Module

Partnership: Semelab (Lead)

Pre-Met

Rolls-Royce (End user)

Project overview:

Development of a new power module concept having improved reliability and performance, coupled with reduced size, weight and cost.

Manufacture and demonstration of a configurable power module that incorporates double-sided cooled plug-in single switch elements and an integrated gate driver, which provides maintenance flexibility.

Aerospace

Energy

Advanced Manufacturing

Rail

Automotive

Cross-industry technology exploitation

Key Enabling Technology Potential Application Actual Application

AMSCI

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3D Moulded Circuits

Partnership: Laser Optical Engineering (Lead)

Moulded Circuits

MBDA UK (End user)

Project overview:

Development of a laser writing system capable of producing 3D copper tracks or circuits on 3D aerospace lightweight structures.

Provision of the means to produce fully functional circuitry directly integrated into product components, allowing significantly greater functionality together with reduced size, weight and cost.

Aerospace 

Automotive

Cross-industry technology exploitation

Advanced Manufacturing

Systems Integration

Rail

Consumer goods

Medical

Key Enabling Technology Potential Application Actual Application

AMSCI

Midlands Engine asks government for funding for CITEC, September 2017

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Our vision