Epoch Wires Limited

The classical design and manufacturing paradigm in aerospace leads to a high buy-to-fly ratio because almost 90% of raw materials are turned into scrap, through subtractive machining from forged billet. This is the case even for costly, advanced engineering Ti-alloys where traditional manufacturing routes are employed. Scrapping most of the raw material t...

Airframe fabricators use large machined titanium components but their manufacture methods makes inefficient use of material. Most (typically more than 80%) of the high value, pedigree material purchased to make a part is machined away into low-value swarf, that has to be scrapped, or recycled through energy intensive and environmentally costly processes. ...

COVID-19 has caused significant disruption to many markets and has created a need for flexible and adaptable manufacturing methods that can offer significant economic advantages to cope with the disruption. Additive manufacturing (AM) is an obvious candidate that has already seen some industrial success especially in the aerospace, medical and power gener...

Europe's Flightpath 2050 vision and NASA's Fixed Wing Project aims to achieve a 75% reduction in CO2 emissions and 70% reduction in aircraft fuel-burn. The UK Aerospace Technology Institute has recently launched its equally ambitious targets to develop aircraft with efficient propulsion technologies. Future aircraft will redefine tomorrow's aviation lands...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique that is able to produce high-resolution images of the interior of the body. It is most commonly used to exam the brain, abdomen and the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems, where its ability to distinguish the structure of soft tissues assists in the diagnosis of conditions such as hea...