JPG PDF PNG ? zip

Aerospace Manufacturing Magazine

  • Articles
    • News
    • Features
    • Products
  • Video
  • Magazine
    • Digital Editions
    • Subcontractor sourcing guide
    • Latest Newsletter
    • Editorial Programme
  • Literature
  • Events
  • Associations
  • Subscribe
  • Advertising
    • Readership
    • Editorial Programme
    • Digital/eMarketing
    • Rates & Specs
    • 2021 Media Pack
  • Contact us

Okuma joins up with the AMRC

24 April 2019 • In News
Okuma joins up with the AMRC

The MU-8000V-L offers complex operations and high precision

Okuma, represented in the UK by NCMT, is now a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield.

The cooperation offers several benefits for researchers, the aerospace industry and Okuma. It will further expand Okuma’s long-time expertise in this sector.

From April 2019 on, Okuma is now a tier 1 member for the next five years. With the new membership, Norbert Teeuwen, president of Okuma Europe and Stefan Vielsäcker, senior manager, Okuma will sit on the AMRC management and technology board respectively.

As a member of the AMRC, Okuma provides know-how and support for the latest research in form of a MU-8000V-L including all options. The versatile CNC machine tool combines turning and 5-axis multitasking machining, making it ideal for highly complex aerospace components. In cooperation with their UK distributor NCMT, a tier 2 member of the AMRC, Okuma will also accompany the research with constant application support and service free of charge. Having used a MULTUS U3000 in the past, the AMRC could already experience the reliability, precision and versatility of Okuma solutions first-hand.

In the field of materials science, Okuma will participate by developing machining applications for new types of material that will most likely become standards within the industry. Other research focuses on new components for more efficient drives like future solutions for conventional drive arrangements in fields like electro, hybrid or gear-driven systems. For Okuma, advanced manufacturing processes like skiving for new materials and other cutting-edge gear manufacturing technologies will be objects of research as well. The overall goal of these research projects is to increase the efficiency of aircraft drives while reducing noise and CO2 emissions.

The AMRC is a network of world-leading research and innovation centres

The cooperation offers several benefits to all collaboration partners. While the AMRC expands its research capabilities with the new CNC machine tool and technical support by Okuma, Okuma gains access to all research data and Intellectual Property Rights. Being at the forefront of new developments, Okuma will also be able to further develop its extensive aerospace expertise. One benefit of being part of the research projects is the fact that Okuma machines will be used for certifying innovative materials and manufacturing processes. This allows Okuma to immediately offer solutions that are recommended and licensed by the process developers when a new material or manufacturing process becomes ready to go into production. In addition, the cooperation will bring researchers, aerospace manufacturers and machine tool builders closer together at an early stage.

Okuma will be exhibiting at the International Paris Airshow in hall 4, booth E51 and invites aerospace experts to visit and discuss the latest trends and topics with the Okuma team.

www.okuma.eu

Mike Richardson

Tags

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre NCMT Okuma 5-axis cnc machine tools Paris Airshow

Share This Article

Tweet

Share

Share

Share

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter

Related Articles

Keeping the space industry at the cutting edge

7 months ago Mike Richardson
news

The survival of the agile

8 months ago Mike Richardson
features

Award-winning apprentices fly out to Boeing

1 year ago Mike Richardson
news

Most recent Articles

Sintavia acquires three additional GE Additive printers

2 hours ago Michael Tyrrell
news

Aeroforma expands sheetmetal aerospace parts production

4 hours ago Michael Tyrrell
news

Meggitt signs another 737 MAX contract

6 hours ago Michael Tyrrell
news

Share This Article

Tweet

Share

Share

Share

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter

January 2021

Subscribe to our FREE Media Network

INFORMATION

    • Contact us
    • Privacy
    • Cookie Policy

CATEGORIES

  • Features (1,791)
  • Literature (38)
  • News (5,343)
  • Products (358)
  • Video (91)

TAGS

  • stainer
  • Cobham Aviation
  • graphene
  • government funding
  • standards

OUR OTHER MAGAZINES

Aerospace Manufacturing Logo Composites in Manufacturing Logo

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Aerospace Manufacturing Magazine
  • MIT Publishing
  • Featherstone House
  • 375 High Street
  • Rochester
  • Kent
  • ME1 1DA
01634 830566

Back To Top

1998 - 2021 © MIT Publishing
Site designed & developed by TJC