Magna Parva Limited

"Manufacturing in space has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement parts and tools, which could reduce existing logistics requirements for the International Space Station (ISS) and future long-duration human space missions. In-space manufacturing could enable space-based construc...

Drilling for oil and gas is a costly activity (around £1M/day). The drills are complex robotic machines, capable of autonomously controlling their steering using attitude sensors while working in some of the most extreme and challenging environments (up to 3000psi - 200 atmospheres - and 120C, and operating in drilling "mud" - heavy liquid designed to pre...

Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing (AM), known as cladding, where a metal powder or wire feed is melted using electron/laser beam or electric arc, has significant advantages over powder bed fusion AM. Cladding offers very high deposition rates, material flexibility, and can be used in a hybrid approach, enabling complex features or differen...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has the potential to revolutionise the design, production and supply of parts, but exploitation has been limited. A major challenge for industry is to understand the true capability of the new techniques - especially making comparisons between machine platforms. The ANVIL project will overcome this issue, by bringing together k...

This project will inspire new design freedoms for Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM), in particular Selective Laser Melting (SLM), to create advanced lightweight structures and products. A major constraint of MAM is the requirement of support structures for building overhanging geometries. This will be overcome by an innovative CAD/CAM solution which util...

This project is concerned with the development of a fully integrated, low test cost, sample to result medical device that will enable a histopathologist (or a technician) to perform multiplex genotyping and tumour staging & profiling, within minutes, from formalin fixed &/or fresh tissue samples, providing a molecular adjunct to a histopathologist's stand...

A novel Net Shape Manufacturing process will be developed which enables precise complex parts to be created without the need for extensive machining. The process is based on isostatic pressing of powder in a mould (canister) to produce a fully dense, high integrity part. One key benefit of the HyNIP process over Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) of powder is t...

The project is to develop and then demonstrate the feasibility of a technology (FREEAIR) that will dramatically reduce the carbon footprint and energy costs of beverage can factories. When applied the FREEAIR system will have the net effect of reducing the annual CO2 output of each factory to the equivalent of 100 homes usage. For the Can Maker, FREEAIR w...

Sepsis is a life threatening condition that arises when the body's response to an infection injures its own tissues & organs. An estimated 18 million people worldwide are affected by sepsis annually and In the UK the economic burden is huge with sepsis being responsible for more deaths than breast & bowel cancer combined. No clinically useful diagnostic f...

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The Integrated Processing System (IPS) project aims to develop a portable, disposable modular sample processing system to pre-production level. The system is intended to be deployed in locations where the laboratory facilities required to process biological samples for analysis do not exist, such as at crime scenes, factories and in environmental monitori...