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Recipient Sector:
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Production
and Manufacturing Industries |
Donor
Sector: |
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Instrumentation
and analysis |
Technology:
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Web based instrumentation |
Project
Start Date:
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01/07/01 |
Project
End Date:
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30/06/04 |
Duration:
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3 years |
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Lead
Organisation:
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University
of Exeter |
Contact
Name: |
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Lee Bridger
(Project & Technical) |
Mail
To:
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l.g.bridger@ex.ac.uk |
Tel
No:
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01392 263617 |
Address:
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School Of Engineering
And Computer Science, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QF |
Project
Summary
The project has a dual aim – to provide an INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS
LINK from UK manufacturers’ machines to assist in increasing their
manufacturing processes and to help in providing an ON-LINE MONITORING
SYSTEM for the UK plastic injection moulding sector.
Data will
be taken from a specially instrumented injectionmoulding machine and used
to optimise its performance. Internet communication will be used to provide
an interactive link between plastic manufacturers, material suppliers,
technical / processing help and service support. This will improve productivity,
quality and reproducibility, thereby increasing competitiveness.
The instrumentation
will be developed and marketed as both retrofit and OEM packages world-wide.
It will give the UK entry as a specialised supplier into a market where
there are no current UK manufacturers. This market will be a continuous
support market as new software packages are developed.
Project Partners:
Battenfield UK Ltd
Bruker Ltd
Kontor Moulding
Mantracourt Electronics
NPL (Dissemination)
Beta Testers:
Celestion Limited
Crown, Cork & Seal Company Limited
Inject Plastics (Devon) Limited
JBD Plastics Limited
Manpus Moulding Limited
PTS Europe Limited
Disseminators:
Plastics Faraday Partnership
Scottish Polymer Technology Network
Warwick Manufacturing Centre
GTMA
Materials Engineering Research Laboratory (MERL)
Rapra
Bradford University
British Plastics Federation
Institute of Materials
Need: UK Manufacturers are losing out to foreign competition
because of the difficulty in gaining access to setting staff and other
expertise.
Benefits: Allows companies of all sizes to gain access
to test, analysis and production facilities via the internet.
Solutions: POL reduces the need for in-house expertise
and provides a mechanism for real-time troubleshooting. |
