Research and Development

The huge spar was designed by Cranfield MSc students to test the capability of the new WAAM machine - image courtesy of Cranfield - metal 3D printed part

The largest metal 3D printed part ever made?

AFRC Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 28.2.14 The Advanced Forming Research Centre Picture Copyright: Iain McLean, 79 Earlspark Avenue, Glasgow G43 2HE 07901 604 365 photomclean@googlemail.com www.iainmclean.com All Rights Reserved No SyndicationInchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 28.2.14 The Advanced Forming Research Centre Picture Copyright: Iain McLean, 79 Earlspark Avenue, Glasgow G43 2HE 07901 604 365 photomclean@googlemail.com www.iainmclean.com All Rights Reserved No Syndication

Global machining leader renews AFRC partnership

L to R: Austrian trade commissioner, Dr Christian Kesberg; UAR CEO, Dr Wilfried Enzenhofer; Upper Austria deputy governor, Thomas Stelzer; MTC operations director, Paul Markwick, & Austrian Ambassador to the UK, Dr Martin Eichtinger.

MTC forges a path for post-Brexit Britain

Microscope R&D Innovation Research Institute for Manufacturing

New advanced materials centre sets out blueprint for the future

Rolls-Royce Trent 700 Engine

Funding to boost UK’s most promising new technologies

Autonomous Vehicle - The Pod Zero is being showcased for the first time - image courtesy of RDM - Autonomous Vehicles

RDM to debut its driverless pods ‘down under’

Future of British Manufacturing Initiative

IET reveals next generation of STEM jobs

Offshore Wind Pic (L) UK oil and gas

£210bn pipeline on offer to UK oil and gas firms

Introducing the Mine Kafon Drone, an airborne drone for detecting land mines - image courtesy of Mine Kafon Foundation and Kickstarter

De-mining drones aim to rid the world of land mines within 10 years

A CG rendering of MarchantCain’s prototype for new lightweight window regulator system – image courtesy of MarchantCain.

MarchantCain plugs into the electric car sector

A D-Wave quantum processor chip. Image courtesy of D-Wave.

D-Wave Systems releases most powerful quantum computer