The Future Metrology Hub An EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub
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Welcome
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EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hubs
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Key Achievements
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Why Metrology is important
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Developing Talent
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Developing Impact with Industry
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Developing Metrology Networks
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Developing the UK Metrology Community
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Hub Management
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Industrial Metrology Forum (IMF)
Dear friends, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the first annual report for the EPSRC Future Metrology Hub. The Hub was established in 2017 and builds on the success of the previous EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology. It is one of ten Future Manufacturing Research Hubs created by the EPSRC to help manufacturing industries respond to future opportunities and contribute to a prosperous UK. This has been an eventful year for us as we have worked to establish the Hub and develop our relationships with the research spokes at the Universities of Bath, Loughborough and Sheffield.
Our research team has expanded significantly as we have recruited new academics and enrolled our first cohort of PhD students. We have also been working hard to build relationships in the wider metrology community. We launched our first call for research feasibility projects and created the Industrial Metrology Forum, both of which have received a great amount of interest. I hope that you will find this report both interesting and informative. Professor Dame Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang, Hub Director
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EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hubs
The EPRSC Future Manufacturing Hubs exist to help manufacturing industries respond to future opportunities and drivers and contribute to a prosperous UK. There are currently ten Hubs: Future Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation Research Hub University of Strathclyde
Future Metrology Hub University of Huddersfield
Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes University of Sheffield
Future Composites Manufacturing Hub University of Nottingham
Future Vaccine Manufacturing Hub Imperial College London
Future Manufacturing Hub in Targeted Healthcare University College London
Future Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub University College London
Future Liquid Metal Engineering Hub Brunel University London
Future Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Hub Cardiff University
Future Photonics Hub University of Southampton
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Vision The Future Metrology Hub aims to transform the UK’s manufacturing performance by delivering significant improvements in the speed, accuracy and cost of measurement. The vision is driven by the need to develop and deploy new and more effective measurement solutions and practice. This encompasses a wide range of disciplines with a mixture of fundamental and applied research.
‘Grand Challenge’ research themes are focussed on the development of new technologies that will enable a step-change in the application of embedded metrology solutions in the manufacture of high-value geometric products, in readiness for deployment within autonomous manufacturing systems. This includes the development of new sensor/instrument technologies across a range of scales that can deliver high speed, high accuracy and affordable real-time measurement of product geometry (size, shape, form, surface texture), as well as new software/systems.
Research Spokes
The research will resolve two key challenges: a) the integration of metrology/verification into the design process b) smart data analytics systems to accurately and efficiently extract and exploit large metrology data sets from multi-scale sensor networks. Applied research programmes are running in parallel to underpin the Hub’s vision, stimulate new areas of research and support the progression of fundamental and early-stage research towards industrial deployment.
Innovation Spokes
NPL
University of Sheffield (metrology informatics)
AMRC
Loughborough University (large scale measurement)
MTC
The Future Metrology Hub
University of Bath (large volume and control)
CPI
Huddersfield
Research spokes can be added during the lifetime of the Hub
Innovation spokes can be added during the lifetime of the Hub
Grand challenge research
Underpinning research
Research applications
Deployment
Next generation embedded sensors Real time control systems Smart knowledge systems Metrology data analytics
Reference algorithms Calibration methodology Traceability systems Frontier characterisation
Additive/hybrid Healthcare Large area electronics Composites
Knowledge transfer Industry training Standards Public engagement
Instruments
Aerospace
Automotive
Electronics
Healthcare
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Key Achievements
13 keynote speeches
11 new PhD and EngD starts across the consortium
£0.35 million worth of new commercial projects and consultancy
57 publications
£1.6 million leveraged Research Funding
70+ interactions with companies
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Consortium The Hub is made up of four key university partners who are responsible for delivering the vision and research. The core activity is based at the University of Huddersfield, which has research strengths in mathematics for metrology, optical sensors/instruments, surface metrology and machine-tool metrology. These are complemented by research in large-scale/volume measurement systems (Loughborough and Bath Universities) and manufacturing data analytics (University of Sheffield).
Huddersfield The Centre for Precision Technologies (CPT) based at the University of Huddersfield has an unrivalled track record of world class metrology research and has a team of over 35 researchers supplemented by technicians and support staff.
The team has a wide ranging expertise in surface metrology techniques and applications, mathematics for metrology, optical instrument development, machine tool metrology and X-Ray Computed Tomography. The CPT has state-of-the art lab facilities and equipment including a specialist optics lab, a class 10,000 cleanroom and an ultra-precision machining lab.
The CPT has an excellent reputation for collaborations with industry and has successfully delivered projects across a broad spectrum of sectors. Huddersfield is also the location of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) North of England regional hub which has its own lab facilities and specialises in dimensional measurement of complex components and assemblies.
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Loughborough
Sheffield
The University of Bath brings significant expertise in large volume metrology, actuation and control technology to the consortium. They are recognised for their experience in interdisciplinary research both within academia and industry and have a strong track record of translating research into industrially beneficial outputs.
The team from Loughborough has a world-leading reputation for its research in optical engineering/automation and has previously been recognised for its excellence in optical engineering and high value manufacturing. They are contributing significant expertise in large scale/volume measurement technologies which can be embedded into manufacturing platforms.
The University of Sheffield’s Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) brings a wealth of experience in data science and analytics which is critical to delivering the Hub’s vision of enabling beyond state-of-the-art optimisation of the manufacturing process, system validation and product monitoring. This is further enhanced by the expertise in manufacturing technology at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) which is recognised as an exemplar of collaborative R&D and partnership with industry.
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Why Metrology is Important Metrology is the science of measurement and it underpins manufacturing technologies. If you can’t measure, you can’t manufacture.
Metrology is fundamentally important to the UK’s manufacturing industry and each year £622bn worth of goods are sold on the basis of the measurement of their quality according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Metrology is especially important in high-value manufacturing and the UK must remain at the forefront of metrology capability if it is to differentiate itself from low-cost overseas competition. Precision is paramount and metrology is a key element of product verification for established high-value manufacturing sectors such as bio-engineering, optics and the aerospace industry.
In emerging sectors, such as additive manufacture, new metrology techniques are required to enable more economical processes which are capable of greater accuracy and throughout. Improvements in metrology practice and capability, for instance the development of metrology technology embedded in the production process rather than post production inspection, will have a dramatic impact on verification costs and productivity by reducing defect/scrap rates and eliminating time consuming and costly additional processes.
“Product verification activities account for between 10% and 20% of the cost of finished products” NPL
“Over 60% of British Standards involve measurement or testing” UK Measurement Strategy 2017
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A survey of measurement in industry was carried out by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). This examined the use of measurement throughout the manufacturing lifecycle and found that:
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of companies test bought components to ensure suppliers meet quality standards
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of companies test that the final product meets quality standards
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Developing Talent Developing new talent is key to the Hub.
The Surface Metrology School The Hub has established a new surface metrology training school targeted at new researchers or professionals working in metrology, quality or related fields. The School aims to provide attendees with the fundamental knowledge necessary to begin working in the field. This year’s course included demonstrations of two different optical profilers; the S Lynx 3D by Sensofar Metrology and the Contour LS-K by Bruker. The School is delivered by members of the Hub’s research team over two days and covers the following topics: • Introduction to surface measurement • Non-Contacting instruments • Contacting instruments • Surface texture areal parameters • Mathematical filtration • The future of surface metrology • Interactive practical demonstrations.
Over the last year the Hub has recruited 11 PhD and EngD students to undertake research projects across a variety of fields and linked to the key research themes or specific applications of metrology.
Student profile Yue Liu PhD Supervisor Professor Liam Blunt University Huddersfield What is your PhD about? My project looks at a rapid 3D testing technique for 3D powder printing using structured light projection. In 3D printing, improvements to the quality of the powder bed affect the quality of the finished part so this is a really valuable area of study. The powder bed used in 3D printing is relatively thick so there is a need to increase the accuracy and resolution beyond what is currently available. To achieve this, we will need to develop the next generation of surface fitting and sub-pixel resolution algorithms.
Why did you want to study at the Hub? In 2016, I completed a Masters degree in instrument science and technology from Hebei University. The research team within the CPT has a very strong reputation internationally and I was attracted by the ability to access equipment and knowledge that are not widely available elsewhere. What do you enjoy about working in the Hub? The quality of the facilities and equipment are very good and there is a great environment for carrying out interdisciplinary research. I’ve found it very easy to build relationships with the PhD community and everyone is really friendly.
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Student profile Rob Ward EngD Supervisors Dr Bryn Jones/ Dr Tom McLeay University Sheffield/AMRC What is your EngD is about? My research involves applying the use of adaptive control and iterative learning to machining processes with and aims to significantly improve production speed and performance. It will involve designing control algorithms that will enable machining processes to adapt in a beneficial fashion, in response to measurement data from existing sensors. In other words, it’s about improving the performance of existing hardware by improving the operating software.
Why did you choose to do an EngD rather than a PhD? After an interesting career as an Engineering Officer in the military, I decided to change career path and have embarked on the journey into research. The EngD combines the academic rigour of a doctorate whilst closely aligning the research to industry. I enjoy the freedom that conducting independent research brings and my background allows me to bring a different set of skills and experiences to the team.
What attracted you to work at the AMRC? The AMRC offers some of the best manufacturing research facilities in the world and the University of Sheffield has the only dedicated Automatic Systems and Control Engineering Department in the UK. The AMRC provides a gateway to many commercial resources not available in academia. In addition, there is support for extra-curricular learning and I have taken the opportunity to continue studying German.
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Developing Impact with Industry Research Impact A key challenge and priority for the Hub is to make sure that research outputs will lead to industrial impact and, ultimately, will deliver real and lasting benefits to UK manufacturing and the UK economy. The nature of our team and its research is that we always have end use in mind, and our strong relationship with industry partners and the Catapult Centres will be critical in maximising impact and the early adoption of new technology, methods and knowledge. Long-established relationships with key partners such as Renishaw, Taylor Hobson, Rolls-Royce and DePuy continue to flourish, building on research outputs from the past few years. Whilst the core research programmes are still in their early stages, significant progress has already been made in the Hub’s first year of operation in terms of developing new relationships with industry, strengthening those with our co-creating industry/catapult partners, and exploiting a number of specific opportunities to deliver early impact through new industry-driven projects. Growing relationships are being developed with companies including Hexagon Metrology, DigiSurf, Nikon, and Jaguar Land Rover,
as well as many smallerscale collaborations with companies across a range of industry sectors. These new relationships will significantly extend the depth and breadth of the Hub’s impact over the coming years. Industry led R&D Alongside the core programme, our researchers are working on a variety of industry-led research and innovation projects. A number of new collaborations have been established in the Hub’s first year of operation. These projects cross a wide variety of industry sectors subject disciplines, and benefit from the team’s knowledge and expertise in manufacturing metrology. Recent examples of Innovate UK funded projects include:
3-in-1 X-ray CT (Lead partner: X-Tek Systems, plus Synopsis, Hieta Technologies, MTC and University of Huddersfield).
X-ray CT is the only viable method for non-destructive imaging and measurement of metallic products with surfaces that are inaccessible to conventional inspection methods, which is a common feature of AM parts. This project is aiming to develop the world’s first system (hardware and software) to integrate advanced Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), dimensional inspection and high-fidelity surface topography extraction for complete post-build inspection.
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Other projects • New technology to significantly enhance the performance of forensic ballistics systems (Lead partner: Forensic Pathways Ltd)
• Intelligent (Internet of Things) tool holding for metal cutting machine tools (Lead partner: Craftsman Tools Ltd)
Metrology and Digital Manufacturing for Servitisation of Manufacturing Machines (Lead partner: Machine Tool Technologies, plus Newburgh Precision, AMRC, Cranfield University and the University of Huddersfield).
Servitisation of machine tools is a proposed new business model where a manufacturer purchases productive time available on a machine, rather than the capital asset. This project aims to develop advanced monitoring technology and analytics for both the machine and manufacturing process, with metrology and digital manufacturing being the heart of the solution.
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Developing Metrology Networks The Hub is working closely with the UK’s national measurement agency and the UK’s Technology and Innovation Centres (the Catapult Centres) to accelerate the early progression and adoption of our research outputs as well as being able to maximise the long term impact of the Hub.
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) NPL is the UK’s National Measurement Institute, and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology available. NPL and the University of Huddersfield have been collaborating for many years in the field of engineering measurement. As a result of this relationship and the specific expertise within the University’s Centre for Precision Technologies (CPT), NPL chose to open a Measurement Services Laboratory on campus, the only laboratory outside of its London base and the first of its kind of any university in the UK. In 2014, NPL opened their new facilities at the University of Huddersfield’s 3M Buckley Innovation Centre and a strategic partnership was developed. NPL is a key partner of the Hub and by pooling our expertise together, we are developing joint measurement research projects that will meet the needs of local industry. The Hub is also a member of the NPL Manufacturer Measurement Network which aims to help regional SMEs to optimise productivity and increase confidence in their products, keeping their businesses at the forefront of measurement and validation technology.
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The research team has a close working relationship with a number of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centres, most of whom were co-creators of the Hub and its vision. We are actively involved in the Catapult’s Metrology Special Interest Group and currently have ‘Researchers in Residence’ at two of the Catapult centres. The scheme aims to increase the connections between the UK research base and the Catapults, accelerate the impact of funded research, increase knowledge exchange and develop new collaborations between academia and Catapult centres.
Professor Andrew Longstaff, Researcher in Residence at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), is working on measurement strategies, technologies and practical methods to significantly reduce the time taken to calibrate machine-tools. “I’m delighted to receive this prestigious fellowship, which will not only help companies to be more productive but will also help them to correctly diagnose what is causing problems if they arise. “The results of the research will be spread among the wider manufacturing community through the Catapult, enabling companies to reduce the time they take to calibrate machine tools and giving them more confidence that they will to produce components accurately.”
Dr Shan Lou, Researcher in Residence at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), is working on surface measurement methods for manufacturing, functioning and metrology of additively manufactured products. “This project is investigating and developing a set of bespoken surface topography measurement and characterisation methods for additive manufacturing (AM). “By measuring AM surface topography accurately and reliably, the project will contribute to the optimisation of AM process, facilitate the functional evaluation of complex AM components, and benefit the geometry metrology of AM products. This will result in an increased uptake of AM technologies into a wider range of applications.”
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Developing the UK Metrology Community To help build a strong network for metrology research in the UK, the Hub launched the first in a series of planned research feasibility study calls. These feasibility studies are primarily targeted at early career researchers and aimed at identifying and developing potentially valuable new areas of research which are currently at low Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). For projects where feasibility is demonstrated there is the potential to seek additional funding and for further collaboration.
The first call focussed on three topics which are closely linked to the Hub’s research themes: • Photonic integration for metrology sensors • Novel methods for automating metrology • Measurement in challenging environments. The call generated significant interest and in total twenty-five applications were received from eighteen universities. Following a rigorous review and selection process, four applications were selected for funding:
Immersive Metrology System (IMS) PI: Dr Vimal Dhokia Mixed reality is an emerging technology that blends the real and virtual to create new environments where physical and digital objects interact and co-exist in real time. The full integration of mixed reality and metrology technologies for complex assembly inspection has not been previously investigated. In this ambitious project, IMS, mixed reality technologies will be used to increase productivity within industrial, metrology-led inspection by enabling hands free measurement whilst also minimising the adverse effects of environmental factors (temperature and vibration).
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High-temperature, highly integrated, aerosol printed metrology sensors on-a-chip
Compact tailored scatterings spectrometer
Automating process optimisation from a metrology digital twin
PI: Dr Jon Willmott
PI: Dr Martynas Beresna
PI: Prof. Jörn Mehnen
Modern optoelectronics centres on manufacturing techniques of CMOS electronics and CNC grinding for optics. These are very expensive to produce, with long lead times and lead to bulky instruments that are difficult to integrate into an industrial process. This project aims to resolve these problems by ‘Spray Printing’ optoelectronics on-chip: by creating aerosols of metal particles, dielectrics and organic semiconductors, before depositing them onto just about any stable substrate. Specifically, this project will address the feasibility of printing an optoelectronic spectrometer.
Scattering spectrometers offer possess a number of advantages. However, unlike conventional spectrometers, these systems lack a one-to-one spectral-to-spatial mapping. This leads to poor signal to noise ratio limiting the applications of such scattering spectrometers. This project tackles this shortfall by replacing the random disordered media with an engineered, man-made, spectral scattering chip, fabricated using direct laser writing. This will be tailored to retain a near one-to-one spatial to spectral mapping, thus exhibiting a far better signal to noise ratio.
Manufacturing processes have variation of input conditions and environmental and operational disturbances such as material properties or equipment condition changing the behaviour of machining processes. This means that existing models cannot take the next step of in-process control without being dynamic, adapting to the specific conditions of each part. The aim of this project is to investigate new dynamic process models that act as a “digital twin” for forming and machining processes. Every part that passes through the manufacturing process will then carry its own unique set of model parameters derived from metrology data.
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Hub Management The Hub is managed by two boards, the Hub Executive Group (Hub Exec) and the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) with a dedicated team of support staff assisting with the day-to-day running of the Hub. Hub Executive Group The Hub Executive Group is comprised of the Hub director and Hub operations director, research spoke leaders and senior co-investigators responsible for managing research topics. The group meets quarterly and is responsible for monitoring the progress of research activities, allocation of resources and determining the strategic direction of the Hub.
Prof. Dame Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang DBE Hub Director, University of Huddersfield
Professor Dame Jane Jiang holds a UK Royal Academy of Engineering/Renishaw Chair in Precision Metrology. She is the Director of the EPSRC Future Metrology Hub and leads the teams researching optical instrumentation techniques. Jane received a Damehood in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to manufacturing and engineering. She has published more than 400 journal papers; was awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2006 and the Sir Harold Hartley Medal in 2014.
Prof. Liam Blunt
Prof. Paul Scott
CPT Director and Hub Co-Investigator, University of Huddersfield
Hub Co-Investigator, University of Huddersfield
Professor Liam Blunt comes originally from a materials science background and spent his early career focussed on metallurgy before developing an interest in tribology and then surface metrology. Liam has published over 250 papers in the field of surface metrology, tribology and precision engineering and has been project leader on a large number of major grants supported by RCUK, EU and Industrial sponsors. His research is based around functional surfaces and understanding their interactions in service, covering applications ranging from aerospace to biomedical applications.
Professor Paul Scott leads the team working on Mathematics for Metrology. Paul is very active in National and International Standardisation for Geometrical Product Specification and Verification (GPS). He is a core member of the BSI Committee TDW4 and convenor of one of its sub-committees TDW4/-/9. He is also a leading member of ISO Technical Committee TC/213. In 2001 Paul became the Taylor Hobson Visiting Industrial Professor and in 2013 he was awarded an EPSRC Industrial Fellowship.
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Prof. Andrew Longstaff
Prof. Jon Huntley
Prof. Patrick Keogh
Hub Co-Investigator, University of Huddersfield
Spoke Lead, Loughborough University
Spoke Lead, University of Bath
Professor Andrew Longstaff leads the machine tool metrology research teams. His research career has been focussed on evaluating and improving the performance of machine tools in terms of their build-geometry, control and response to external influences, such as temperature.
Professor Jonathan M. Huntley was Royal Society university research fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge from 1989-1994, Reader at Loughborough University from 1994-1999 and Professor of Applied Mechanics at Loughborough since 1999.
Professor Patrick Keogh has worked at the University of Bath since 1990 and is currently professor of machine systems. Before joining the university he spent eight years at the Engineering Research Centre of Alstom.
Andrew’s research group has a strong history of collaboration with industrial partners, from machine tool and instrument manufacturers to end-users, helping to tackle their everyday problems, while also undertaking a parallel research plan to overcome the perceived problems of the future.
He is author of 120 journal papers and his research interests include full-field optical metrology, speckle interferometry, tomography and associated numerical inversion techniques. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
In 2010 Patrick was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering for his contributions to the design of high speed rotating machinery through his fundamental studies of thermoelastic contact dynamics, control and tribology.
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Hub Management Hub Executive Group
Prof. Visakan Kadirkamanathan
Dr Tom McLeay
Prof. Sam Turner
Co-Investigator, AMRC
Co-Investigator, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Spoke Lead, University of Sheffield
Professor Visakan Kadirkamanathan is a Professor in Signal and Information Processing at the University of Sheffield and is also the Director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (RR-UTC) for Control and Monitoring Systems Engineering at Sheffield since 2012. He is a Founder Member of the University’s Centre for Signal Processing and Complex Systems. He was awarded the prestigious PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA) Cozzarelli Prize in 2013 for his pioneering paper on modelling the dynamics of conflicts.
Dr Tom McLeay is the Head of Machining Research at the AMRC. Tom leads a team of 50 researchers covering a range of machining research subjects in the aerospace sector, though his own research focus is that of process monitoring and control, including sensor-based monitoring and fault identification in machining, machine tool health monitoring, cutting tool performance and life monitoring systems. He is Co-Director of the Industrial Doctorate Centre in Machining Science, which currently holds over 25 EngD and PhD students working on aerospace manufacturing problems.
The Hub Executive Group is assisted by a dedicated team of support staff which includes an Operations Director, Manager and administrative and financial assistants.
Professor Sam Turner assumed the role of Chief Technical Officer of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre in 2017, prior to which he was the Chief Technology Officer at the AMRC. He has a PhD in titanium machining from the University of Sheffield and became Professor of Machining Practice in 2015. Sam is also a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Council.
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Scientific Advisory Board The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) offers independent guidance and support to the Hub Executive Group by providing advice on areas such as strategic direction and research themes. The board is composed of a group of international experts in metrology technology and applications and meets twice per year. Chair
Professor David Delpy
Board Professor Ken Young
Professor Hans Nørgaard Hansen
Technology Director, Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Professor Isobel Pollock-Hulf OBE
Andrew Blackmore
Visiting Professor in Engineering and Design, University of Leeds
Materials and Electrical Sciences Department Lead, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Optics, University College London
Professor David Whitehouse
Lynne McGregor
Emeritus Professor of Engineering Science, University of Warwick
Innovation Lead in the Manufacturing and Materials Sector, Innovate UK
Professor Vijay Srinivasan
Dr Agnieszka Dzielendziak
Chief of the Systems Integration Division of the Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Portfolio Manager, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
“The Scientific Advisory Board with their enormous breadth of expertise and experience are there to support the Hub Executive in managing this ambitious and world leading programme” Prof. David Delpy, Chair – Scientific Advisory Board
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Industrial Metrology Forum (IMF) The Future Metrology Hub holds an annual Industrial Metrology Forum (IMF) which is free to attend and open to all companies who utilise metrology. The IMF is a full day event with over half of the day devoted to a series of elective workshops and networking opportunities. The topics for these workshop are suggested by attendees in advance of the event and address the current technical and functional challenges in metrology. The aim of the event is to facilitate two-way dialogue and to provide an open forum for academics and industry to interact and share ideas.
25 companies and industrial associations attended the first IMF and the event received very positive feedback with 100% of attendees saying they would like to attend future events and would recommend the event to a colleague.
“Polished, Professional & Appropriate” Derrick Jepson, Aerotech Ltd.
“The open discussion approach was better than multiple presentations” Daniel Emsley, Craftsman Tools
“Great, short sharp and to the point” Mark Irving, Renishaw
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Partners The Hub is supported by over 40 partners from industry and academia who provide us with expertise, access to resources and work with us on a wide variety of projects.
Reliance Precision Limited
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Airbus Defence and Space Airbus Operations Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) AWE BorgWarner British Standards Institutions (BSI) Carl Zeiss Ltd Campden BRI Cummins Turbo Technologies
Delcam plc DePuy Synthes DMG Mori DRTS LtdFuture Photonics Hub GKN Aerospace Holroyd PTG IBM ISO TC213/Danish Standards ISO TC39 Jaguar Land Rover Leeds City Region
Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) MeDe Innovation Moog Controls Limited National Composites Centre (NCC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Product Verification Programme (NPVP)
Newburgh Engineering Co Ltd Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) PTC Rolls-Royce plc SIMTech Stuttgart University Taylor Hobson Ltd United Grinding University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC)
For more information please contact: Mr Christian Young Hub Manager
EPSRC Future Metrology Hub Centre for Precision Technologies University of Huddersfield Huddersfield HD1 3DH Tel. 01484 473709 Email. metrology@hud.ac.uk Website. www.metrology.org.uk Twitter. @HudMetrology
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