TWI Innovation Network

In case you missed the TWI Innovation Network-hosted SafeXtend webinar: Transforming Construction Industry Productivity - Training through Artificial Intelligence (AI) Powered Virtual Reality Platform, last month - or attended but would like to catch it again - a recording of the webinar is now available on YouTube. Tune in to hear from consortium representatives Abiodun Ayodeji of Brunel Innovation (Brunel University of London-TWI partnership) Edgar Segovia and Azhar Nalakath of V-LAB, and Paul Bass of Tricore Technical Services as well as see a preview of the #artificialintelligence powered, #virtualreality platform user experience, as being designed and built, initially, for the #construction industry. #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN Youtube link to webinar: https://lnkd.in/etcAS5i9

Are you seeking a new #careeropportunity?! If "yes", the Brunel Composites Centre (BCC) is currently recruiting for two roles based in Cambridge, UK - a Research Assistant/Fellow and a Research Fellow. These exciting roles involve simulation and modelling, acting as a technical leader in the delivery of research outputs, representing BCC at conferences, collaborating with stakeholders and partners, and more. Applications for both positions close on 24 January 2025. For full information on each role and how to apply: 🌟 Research Assistant / Research Fellow: https://lnkd.in/eJWBcWmX 🌟 Research Fellow II: https://lnkd.in/etMDM8Rx  #mechanicalengineering, #electricalengineering #materials science #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN

As you would expect, TWI-university Innovation Centres are all about... #innovation! So today, we would like to tell you about a current project by the Joining 4.0 Innovation Centre: #J4IC - a Lancaster University-TWI partnership - and consortium partners Pinweld Ltd, ATS Applied Tech Systems Ltd and RAINBOW ENGINEERING UK LTD - called DIGIPIPWELD which is aimed at achieving defect-free plastic #pipes #welding. The #technology at the heart of R&D activities is based on PinWeld, a first-of-its-kind process for joining plastic pipes that was invented by project partner Pinweld Ltd. The consortium will further develop the technology into a more advanced Pinweld system, controlled by #digital intelligence using advanced sensing, #dataprocessing and #machinelearning #algorithms. Application of #artificialintelligence #ai will enable real-time monitoring and control of essential welding parameters. Read more about DIGIPIPEWELD, initially targeting the reduction of leakages in #water #pipelines, via the following link: https://lnkd.in/emirYi5S #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN

We are delighted to bring you, hot-off-the-press news that The University of Huddersfield and TWI have formed a new partnership to establish two new Innovation Centres, namely, the Precision Engineering Innovation Centre and the Applied Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre. The Precision Engineering Innovation Centre will focus on machine tool #technologies, the design and control of #manufacturing machines, dimensional and surface metrology, and precision manufacturing at different scales. The Applied Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre will target the development of new technologies in relation to autonomous systems, planning and decision making, #machinelearning, visualisation and the application of #artificialintelligence #ai. Photograph below shows, left to right: Dr James Kern, Business Development Manager at TWI, Professor Andrew Longstaff, Director in the Centre for Precision Technologies and Professor Parik Goswami, Director of RIKE, both of the University of Huddersfield, Warren Bath, Associate Director at TWI, Professor Tim Thornton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Huddersfield, Chris Milligan, Section Manager, Research & Innovation Operations at TWI and Professor Simon Parkinson, Director, Centre for Cybersecurity at the University. Read more about the ambitions and plans for these new Innovation Centres via the following link: https://lnkd.in/gtAcKNQh #engineer #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN

#congratulations! To the partners on the EMPHASIZING Project: Enhancing Material Properties of recycled glass fibres through SIZING - on the successful conclusion of their innovative research and development (R&D) programme. EMPHASIZING aimed to introduce low-cost, high-quality and yield reclaimed fibres into #automotive production, as well as develop a viable value chain to exploit the resulting upcycled glass fibres for subsequent lifecycles. Follow this link: https://lnkd.in/d6GSCY7y - for a summary overview of this two-year, multi-award winning project by partners Brunel Composites Centre (BCC): a TWI-Brunel University of London partnership), EMS-CHEMIE AG, Ford Motor Company, Gestamp and Gen2plank Ltd. #recycling #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN

TWI was delighted to welcome representatives from long-standing partner the University of Leicester (ULEIC) to its headquarters in Cambridge recently, to discuss support for the University’s new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), an initiative enabled through successful application to an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding opportunity, with the support of TWI. The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Transformation of Metals Industry (DigitalMetal) is led by the University’s Professor Hongbiao Dong, under the 'EPSRC primary theme of relevance' Manufacturing and the Circular Economy. Crucially, DigitalMetal will provide postgraduate training that combines #metals and #alloys #engineering with #digital #technology and #artificialintelligence #ai skills, to help the UK metals and #manufacturing industries reap the benefits of #data. Photograph below shows, left to right: Dr Bo Tian, ULEIC, Michael Dodge, Team Manager – Materials Performance and Characterisation, TWI, Prof Hong Dong, ULEIC, Paul Woollin, Research Director, PHILIP WALLACE, Group Manager – Non-destructive Testing and Nithin Amirth Jayasree, Group Research and Technology Officer – Materials Business Development, TWI and Shiladitya Paul, Director of the Materials Innovation Centre (MatIC: a University of Leicester-TWI partnership). Read more about DigitalMetal and the visit to TWI via the following link: https://lnkd.in/evMwDxky #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN

The partners responsible for the RESURGAM project: Robotic survey, repair and agile manufacture for #shipbuilding, have recently celebrated its successful conclusion, following three years of research and development (R&D) activity. Working collaboratively, the project partners achieved a new solution for the EU shipbuilding industry that enables steel structures to be friction stir welded underwater during the fabrication and repair of ships. As part of the project, TWI’s Friction Stir Welding (FSW) team investigated the feasibility of the concept for the manufacture of new ships using a block building technique that makes use of FSW’s high strength and low distortion capabilities, and the underwater repair of damaged hulls to alleviate the need for dry docking of ships. The team also developed the underpinning FSW technology. Also on RESURGAM, the Joining 4.0 Innovation Centre (J4IC: a Lancaster University-TWI partnership) team drew on Industry 4.0 infrastructures and techniques to build a bespoke digital platform for the FSW system that incorporates different tools for #machinelearning, design, information sharing support and more, aimed at connecting the European ship building community and promoting collaborative production #engineering. In addition, J4IC equipped the FSW robot, developed by consortium partner Fourth Engineering, with dynamic control and real-time quality assessment mechanisms. The RESURGAM consortium is: AISLAMIENTOS TERMICOS DE GALICIA SA, ASOCIACION CLUSTER NAVAL GALLEGO, ELEMENT SIX (UK) LIMITED., ESI Ltd. Engitec Systems International Ltd. , the European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting (EWF), Forth Engineering (Cumbria) Ltd, NED-Project Sp. z o.o. , STIRWELD, Delft University of Technology, Turkish Shipbuilders’ Association (GISBIR), the University of Limerick, TWI and J4IC. Read more about RESURGAM and its technical achievements via the following link: https://lnkd.in/eC9nzhcM #shipping #steels #robots #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN

New animation introducing TWI Innovation Centres! If you have ever wondered what TWI Innovation Centres do, who is responsible for them, what impacts they deliver, and how they can be of benefit to those involved, wider industry, society and the environment - then this short animation will explain it all in a couple of minutes! Strategic partnerships, based on shared goals, and collaborative working are at the heart of TWI Innovation Centres - delve into this and more by pausing from your busy day to watch below (or expand via YouTube) #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN

Introducing Technovative Solutions LTD (TVS) - a #technology incubator turning innovative ideas into reality, backed by R&D - who is also committed to delivering a sustainable future. TVS is also the Coordinator for PowerPath, a social #innovation project for rural Africa that aims to produce the next generation of #solar #technologies, incorporating a smart #energy management system and using a unique business model to facilitate local value creation. Specifically, for PowerPath, TVS is developing a #data acquisition system for remote monitoring of the nano-grids deployed by consortium partner Nanoé - Madagascar 💡, helping to eliminate engineers’ travel time for data collection and enabling continuous optimisation of nano-grid performance. Read more about TVS and their role in PowerPath via the following link: https://lnkd.in/e2zVstU3 #solarphotovoltaics #renewableenergy #collaboratetoinnovate #TWIIN