UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · Awarded contract
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Supply of Two Industrial Robots to University of Sheffield's AMRC

Awarded 01 Mar 2020

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Awarded01 Mar 2020
Value£78,966.00
SupplierKUKA
RegionYorkshire and The Humber
CategoryManufacturing & Industrial
Ended 5y 10mo ago10mo term
Awarded 1 Mar 2020Expired 31 Dec 2020

The University of Sheffield awarded a contract to KUKA for the supply of two kinematically-linked medium payload, six-axis industrial robots for the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) IMG Group.

The robots will be used in a research cell dedicated to the automated winding of coils for electrical machines at the AMRC Factory 2050 facility in Sheffield.

The contract, valued at £78,966, was procured through an open procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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