Business Weekly - Cambridge, UK

Cranfield University says it is set to revolutionise intelligent manufacturing systems through Ready to Use Additive Manufacture (RUAM), a £2m project funded by the Cranfield Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC) and supported by a range of industrial collaborators.

RUAM aims to integrate the processes of additive manufacturing and multi-axes grinding and will look at the industry’s ability to manufacture high precision, ready-to-use functional parts for a range of applications from turbine blades to medical devices.

Additive manufacturing is a technique which generates robust 3-D metal objects where new materials or hybrid structures can be produced, and multi-axes grinding generates high precision free form surfaces. Their integration allows for manufacturing of high precision 3-D geometries which cannot be produced using conventional techniques.

RUAM will focus initially on turbine blade repair and parts generation for the aerospace industry, but if successful, will look to expand into a wider range of industries such as medicine and microstructures.

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