Economic impact and influence: why the AMRC matters to UK manufacturing
07 July 2022
Some of the biggest private sector investments into UK advanced manufacturing over the last 15 years ‘would not have happened without the AMRC’, acc …
AMRC the key to better accuracy for life-saving fire doors
25 November 2021
A Lancashire door manufacturer has invested in a 3D printer and is seeing ‘massive productivity gains’ after engineers from AMRC North West showed t …
At the cutting edge of knifemaking
10 March 2021
Engineers from the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) helped the ‘Aston Martin of the knife world’ explore new cu …
Project Aladdin
11 January 2021
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), has become part of an EU consortium for a H2020 Erasmus+ grant called ALADDIN. This i …
Lancashire will be ‘innovation leader’ says regional growth minister as construction starts on AMRC North West
30 November 2020
Lancashire will be a leader in manufacturing innovation and sustainable economic growth, the UK’s regional growth minister said as he welcomed constructio …
Making 3D printing an accessible tool for architects
25 November 2020
An innovative 3D printing firm has secured £100,000 in funding from Innovate UK to build an automated online platform that will drastically cut the time i …
Cutting wasted product development time for knife maker
21 October 2020
Engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have saved a knife manufacturer valuable time and wasted energy by simula …
AM nanosatellite fuel tank design could be ‘game changer’
28 April 2020
A lightweight fuel tank for small-scale satellites has been designed and developed by metal additive manufacture engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanc …
Protective face shields 3D printed for NHS workers
16 April 2020
Thousands of protective face visors to help keep Sheffield’s frontline NHS workers safe in the fight against Covid-19 are being made by a team at the Univ …
SAS partners AMRC to drive manufacturing innovation
29 January 2020
Analytics and software solutions company SAS has become a tier one partner at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).T …