Industrial Doctorate Centre in Advanced Forming and Manufacture

先进成型与制造工业博士中心

• 批准号: EP/I015698/1
• 负责人: Jeffery Brooks
• 金额: $ 156.89万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FI015698%2F1
• 关键词: Industrial; Doctorate; Centre; Advanced; Forming

SummaryThis proposal is to establish an Industrial Doctorate Centre (IDC) in 'Advanced Forming and Manufacture' located in the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) of the University of Strathclyde. The proposed centre will bring together staff at Strathclyde with in depth expertise covering the metallurgy, forming and forging, computational simulation, micro-manufacture, automation, process control, measurement, operations management, quality control and sustainable manufacturing to create a Centre of learning and research with strong links to many of the UK's leading manufacturers. The 3000m2 AFRC will create a stimulating environment for the EngD students in a purpose built facility created specifically to support manufacturing research which makes the latest process simulation and modelling software available alongside a wide range of industrial manufacturing hardware and supporting materials and metrology laboratory facilities. This proposal aims to put the IDC at the core, of an internationally leading group in Advanced Forming and Manufacturing technology and so draw on strong links to EPSRC, EU and TSB funded research activity. To meet the interdisciplinary research demands of manufacturing industry a substantial centre bringing together all the relevant skills on a single site is essential. This requires a critical mass of staff and early stage researchers of the sort that this proposal can deliver. It is also clear from Government and other reports that a vibrant high value manufacturing industry in the UK, and elsewhere, will be limited by a severe shortage of skilled engineers unless the universities dramatically increase the scale of their activities in this area.Research at the proposed IDC will be based in the Advanced Forming Research Centre but with a wider scope covering all aspects of manufacturing technology and its application: from the forging of turbine blades in exotic alloys to the low cost fabrications of micro-components. Fundamental technology issues to be addressed by the IDC will include computational simulation, condition monitoring, control systems and tool life: the manufacturing systems issues will include analysis of performance data, demand management, whole system simulation (from warehouse to microstructure) and a design of experiments approach to process improvement. The teaching elements of the centre will be developed and delivered by the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Management. The driver behind the activity of the IDC will be to meet the challenges arising from the rapid growth in overseas competition and the need for low energy processes and systems to meet the UK's targets for carbon emission reduction. The major themes for the proposed IDC are the following: - Forging technology - Advanced Materials - Process Improvement Micro-system Manufacture - Information Management - Operations Management - Process DesignThe total student numbers are 32 with 8 studentships supported by industry, 6 by the AFRC and 8 by the University with funding requested from EPSRC for a further 10 studentships. The planning for the proposed centre has assumed a seven year period with an initial intake of 6 rising to 10 by year four. The student numbers associated with both industry and the University will provide strong support to the EPSRC studentships requested. Thus the actual funding window of the centre will span a period of 84 months with each cohort spanning 48 months with a total cost for the centre of 3.136M of which 1.231 is requested from EPSRC.

摘要的建议是在Strathclyde大学的高级成立研究中心（AFRC）建立一个工业博士学位中心（IDC）。拟议的中心将与Strathclyde的员工汇集在一起​​，并具有深入的专业知识，涵盖了冶金，成型和锻造，计算模拟，微型制造，自动化，工艺控制，测量，运营管理，质量控制，质量控制和可持续制造，以建立与英国许多领先制造商的牢固联系和研究中心。 3000平方米的AFRC将为Engd学生创造一个刺激性的环境，专门为支持制造研究而创建，该设施使最新的流程模拟和建模软件与广泛的工业制造硬件以及支持材料和计量实验室设施一起提供。该提案旨在将IDC置于高级成型和制造技术领域的国际领先小组的核心，因此借鉴了与EPSRC，EU和TSB资助的研究活动的牢固联系。为了满足制造业的跨学科研究需求，一个实质性的中心将单个站点上的所有相关技能汇集在一起​​至关重要。这需要大量的员工和早期研究人员可以提供的那种。 It is also clear from Government and other reports that a vibrant high value manufacturing industry in the UK, and elsewhere, will be limited by a severe shortage of skilled engineers unless the universities dramatically increase the scale of their activities in this area.Research at the proposed IDC will be based in the Advanced Forming Research Centre but with a wider scope covering all aspects of manufacturing technology and its application: from the forging of turbine blades in exotic alloys to the low cost fabrications of微型组件。 IDC将要解决的基本技术问题将包括计算模拟，状况监控，控制系统和工具寿命：制造系统问题将包括分析性能数据，需求管理，整个系统模拟（从仓库到微观结构）以及实验方法的设计方法。中心的教学要素将由制造和工程管理部开发和交付。 IDC活动背后的驱动力是应对海外竞争迅速增长以及低能能过程和系统以满足英国减少碳排放目标的挑战。提出的IDC的主要主题如下： - 锻造技术 - 高级材料 - 流程改进微型系统制造 - 信息管理 - 运营管理 - 过程设计总学生人数为32，由行业支持8个学生，由AFRC支撑的8个，由University的8个学生提供，由EPSRC要求提供10个学生的资金。拟议中心的计划假定为七年，最初的摄入量为6年，到第四年的10年。与行业和大学相关的学生人数将为所要求的EPSRC学生提供大力支持。因此，该中心的实际资金窗口将跨越84个月，每个队列跨越48个月，总成本为313.6万，其中EPSRC要求1.231。