Tender: Supply and Integration of Autonomous Tool Room Cell (Phase 1) – AMRC, University of Sheffield

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The University of Sheffield is seeking a supplier for the supply, installation, commissioning, integration and lifetime support of an Autonomous Tool Room (ATR) Cell for the AMRC Castings Group at Catcliffe, South Yorkshire. Phase One focuses on a reconfigurable tended subtractive manufacturing cell centred on a three‑axis mill CNC (a DNM6700 is envisaged and will be sourced separately), incorporating a seven‑axis robot on a rail, part/vice/pallet/tool storage and handling, grippers, a safety cell and a central cell controller/HMI. The Cell must deliver an end‑to‑end digitally connected manufacturing system from CAD to final part inspection, implement cyber‑secure digital infrastructure, support cloud and high‑performance computing with 5G connectivity, enable an integrated CAD/CAM environment, utilise Generative AI and Digital Twin systems for real‑time process improvement, provide multi‑model machine tool connectivity, and be designed with a fundamentally modular architecture to allow future expansion to additional machine tools, AGV/AMR and metrology equipment. The Cell will be installed on the AMRC Factory of the Future shopfloor and will require rerouting of physical services (air and power), data connectivity and sustainability monitoring solutions; this tender covers Phase One only and integration of metrology equipment is outside the scope of this tender.