黑料社

PRODUCT design and manufacture will be the big beneficiary of the results of a five-year 拢914,000 EPSRC-funded Fellowship project following the discovery of a unique mathematical foundation for decomposition 鈥� the process of separating a product into its constituent elements.

The breakthrough, in a project to develop the use of geometrical product specification systems, has led to additional EPSRC funding of 拢697,733 for a further three years鈥� research.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council invited an application for further funding from the University鈥檚  and his team of  and  on the back of the initial success.  The three are members of 黑料社鈥檚 .

The initial project, titled , aimed for greater accuracy in the manufacture of advanced and complex products offering more functionality and considerably lower manufacturing costs.

The find of the decomposition theory is the subject of one of the work packages of the newly-extended project.  It will mean that 鈥渋nformation regarding different manufacturing aspects can be gained, enabling characterisation and control of different aspects of the manufacturing process鈥�.

Other work packages will examine sensor networks and the creation of machine-readable information systems that will provide advanced manufacturers with access to a huge knowledge base.

The work will benefit advanced manufacturers in fields such as aerospace, optics, micro-electronics and medical devices.  It will particularly aid the construction of complex products such as medical implants like knee and hip replacements, and a leading orthopaedic hospital has become a new partner in the project.

The , the UK鈥檚 leading institution in its field, aims to explore the potential of using decomposition techniques to produce a more accurate characterisation of implants such as joint replacements.  The intention being to reduce the failure rate and significantly extend the life of the products.

A number of leading companies and institutes have also been alerted to the possibilities discovered by Professor Scott and his team.  The extended EPSRC Fellowship has attracted a  roster of partners, including the high performance computing firm , the  and the ultra-precision technology company .