Machine Tool Technologies Limited

The Advanced Machinery & Productivity Initiative will enable invention, realise innovation, and adoption of new machinery and robotics through UK equipment manufacturers. The programme enables economic prosperity through the design, development and manufacture of intelligent machinery, robotic and cooperative systems demanded by existing and emerging indu...

Laser interferometry is commonly used to measure machine axis accuracy but has one major flaw in that it cannot be used to monitor axis dynamic performance while the machine is cutting. Laser measurements are typically made in static mode in fixed positions along the machine axis meaning the axis is stationary when each measurement is made so potentially ...

Servitisation of machine tools is a proposed business model where a manufacturer purchases productive time available on a machine, rather than the capital asset. Servitisation has been implemented successfully in areas such as production lines, tooling supply and most notably Rolls-Royce aero engines who supply engines almost exclusively to their clients ...

To define and adopt an object-oriented approach to PLC programming to allow maintenance and reuse of code across multiple projects.

At least 25% of the process time for high value manufactured components arises from machining. CNC machine tools are programmed to produce geometry to a nominal form and surface finish, sources of error in the machining system impact on the cost, quality and delivery. These sources are split into those induced by the condition of the machine tool system a...

to design and embed a new machine tool thermal error assessment capability.