Keith RidgewayAMRC with Boeing

Applying Technology

Applying Technology

AMRC with Boeing

Rolls Royce Factory of the

Future

Composite Centre

Assembly Structural Testing

AMRC

Partners

A global Research Centre devoted to the Research and Development of;

new means,methodologies,tools andtechniques to

advance Manufacturing Technology.

What is the AMRC?

Case study: Titanium Fan Disk

• Original – Time per slot = 54 mins

• Achieved– Time per slot = 1.5 mins

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.

New UK High Value Manufacturing FacilityRolls-Royce Trent large civil engine family –

Fan disc

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The most important graph ever

Process Damping

Tombstone with Tuned-MassDamper

Machining fixture

Patented casing fixture

Off-Line Part Load/Unload Station

Siemens 840D CNC

Tilting Spindle Configuration

Selection of Spindle Power & Speed

Rotary Table

Expandable Tool Storage Modules

Automatic Work Changer

Expandable Pallet Storage

Stations

Machining Centre Anatomical View

Large Component Machining

Large milling and boring

Novel Machining

Where and what next?

Development on the AMP

Nuclear AMRC

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