Supply, Installation, and Commissioning of Hybrid Machine Tool for AMRC Process Technology Group

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The University of Sheffield awarded a contract to DMG Mori UK Ltd for the supply, installation, and commissioning of a hybrid machine tool for practical research into additive and subtractive manufacture of complex components such as gears.

The equipment, valued at AUD 1,000,000, will be used to demonstrate novel and emerging methods of additive manufacture and ultrasonic assisted subtractive machining on a single platform, with flexibility to manufacture components for the aerospace, automotive, and other high-value manufacturing industries, including gears, shafts, casings and housing, disks, and blades.

The equipment will also support the AMRC's fundamental research into technologies such as machinability, dynamics, and process monitoring, particularly regarding novel processes of additive manufacture and ultrasonic assisted subtractive manufacture.

As the equipment will be utilised for research projects rather than production, its usage will be subject to frequent change to suit different projects, and the solution is required to be readily and rapidly changeable to enable work in a new mode of operation.