Introducing the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centres Andrew Mayfield Head of Strategic Growth Manufacturing Technology Centre 24 June
Jan 15, 2015
Introducing the
High Value Manufacturing
Catapult Centres
Andrew Mayfield
Head of Strategic Growth
Manufacturing Technology Centre
24 June
Market failure Bridging the Valley of Death
Many innovations fail here
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Academia and Early Stage Research
Industry and Commercialisation
HVM Catapult Overview
AFRC Advanced Forming
Research Centre
CPI Centre for
Process
Innovation
NCC The National
Composites Centre
NAMRC Nuclear
Advanced
Manufacturing
Research Centre
AMRC Advanced
Manufacturing
Research Centre
MTC Manufacturing
Technology Centre
WMG Warwick
Manufacturing
Group
What we do
Drive growth of manufacturing Help companies of all sizes incubate and
develop new technologies to commercial reality
Take the risk out of innovation Give business access to
World class open sourced equipment
The UK’s best relevant research knowledge
At elbow support from engineers, scientists, technicians
An environment of collaboration and open innovation - Cross sector
- Cross technology
- Whole supply chain
- Even among direct competitors
How are Centres Funded?
The funding model draws
equally from 3 sources
Collaborative R&D projects
funded
Core public
funding
Business funded R&D contracts
Manufacturing Technology Centre Coventry
Key competencies • High integrity fabrication
• Advanced tooling & fixturing
• Intelligent automation
• Net shape & additive manufacturing
• Metrology & non-destructive testing
• Operational efficiency & process
modelling
AMRC Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Rotherham
Key competencies • High performance machining
• Advanced structural testing
• Hybrid and metallic composites
• High value assembly
• Advanced machining & materials research
AFRC
Advanced Forming
Research Centre
Strathclyde
• Die Life
• Forging
• Residual stress
• Thermal processes
• Material characterisation
• Superplastic & Incremental sheet forming
Key competencies
Centre for Process Innovation Wilton & Sedgefield
Key competencies • Printable electronics
• Bioenergy and Biorefinery
• Biologics
• Formulations
• Industrial Biotechnology
• Anaerobic digestion
NAMRC Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Rotherham
Key competencies • Large-scale welding and cladding
• Fabrication of civil nuclear components
• Innovative machining & tool optimisation
• Robotic machining using metrology
• Near Net Shape (NNS) manufacture
NCC
The National Composites Centre Bristol
Key competencies • Design, analysis & simulation of
advanced composites applications
• Product & process development
prototyping and validation
• Manufacturing, inspection & testing
• Knowledge transfer & training and
• Collaborative working environment
Warwick Manufacturing Group Coventry
Key competencies • Metrology and visualisation
• Battery characterisation and development
• Modelling and physical verification of all-
electric and hybrid drives
• Modelling & fabrication of lightweight
structures and automotive composites
Businesses working with HVM Catapult
Over the past 12 months, HVM Catapult exceeded its performance targets
Headline achievements
• 1263 private sector clients involved in 914 projects
• 40% contribution from Industry
• Over 1750 SME engagements in 12 months
• SME’s accessing £60m of annualised project value
• HVM Catapult sales order book over £218m
• Over 50% of order book is collaborative R&D
• £3.90 of industry and collaborative funding attracted for
every £1.00 of core funding from TSB
• 1200+ engineers, technicians and support staff employed
by HVM Catapult supporting industry