Keith Ridgeway
AMRC with Boeing
Applying
Technology
Applying Technology
AMRC with Boeing
AMRC
Rolls Royce
Factory of the
Future
Composite Centre
Assembly
Structural Testing
Partners
What is the AMRC?
A global Research Centre devoted to the Research and
Development of;
new means,
methodologies,
tools and
techniques to
advance Manufacturing Technology.
Case study: Titanium Fan Disk
• Original
– Time per slot = 54 mins
• Achieved
– Time per slot = 1.5 mins
14
Transferring Technology
“HPDM will halve the current value add time & double the
productivity at zero consumable cost difference and
achieve world class process capability”
AMRC
Pre-Prod.
Rolls-Royce Trent large civil engine family –
Fan disc
New UK High Value Manufacturing
Facility
The most important graph ever
Process Damping
Tombstone with Tuned-Mass
Damper
Machining fixture
Patented casing fixture
Machining Centre Anatomical View
Expandable Tool
Storage Modules
Rotary Table
Expandable
Pallet Storage
Stations
Tilting Spindle
Configuration
Siemens
840D CNC
Selection of Spindle
Power & Speed
Automatic
Work Changer
Off-Line Part Load/Unload Station
Large Component Machining
Large milling and boring
Novel Machining
Where and what next?
Development on the AMP
Nuclear AMRC
THANK-YOU