1. Keith Ridgeway
AMRC with Boeing
Applying Technology

2. Applying Technology

3. Rolls Royce Factory of the Future
AMRC with Boeing
Rolls Royce Factory of the Future
Composite Centre
Assembly
Structural Testing
AMRC

4. Partners

5. What is the AMRC?
A global Research Centre devoted to the Research and Development of;
new means,
methodologies,
tools and
techniques to
advance Manufacturing Technology.

7. Case study: Titanium Fan Disk
Original
Time per slot = 54 mins
Achieved
Time per slot = 1.5 mins

8. Transferring Technology14
Transferring Technology
“HPDM will halve the current value add time & double the productivity at zero consumable cost difference and achieve world class process capability”
AMRC
Pre-Prod.
New UK High Value Manufacturing Facility
Rolls-Royce Trent large civil engine family –
Fan disc

9. The most important graph ever

10. Process Damping

11. Tombstone with Tuned-Mass
Damper

12. Machining fixture

13. Patented casing fixture

14. Machining Centre Anatomical View
Expandable Tool Storage Modules
Tilting Spindle Configuration
Rotary Table
Expandable Pallet Storage Stations
Siemens 840D CNC
Selection of Spindle Power & Speed
Automatic Work Changer
Off-Line Part Load/Unload Station

17. Large Component Machining

20. Large milling and boring

21. Novel Machining

22. Where and what next?

23. Development on the AMP

26. Nuclear AMRC

31. THANK-YOU