#UKManufacturing #FridayGOODnews Compilation 1st December‘23 ????

Autumn Budget 2023: Here’s what manufacturing experts think – DPA Magazine. https://tinyurl.com/yh788d84

UK battery strategy released. https://tinyurl.com/5xxddfje

UK government unveils Advanced Manufacturing Plan to boost British industry – The Manufacturer magazine. https://tinyurl.com/598uny9m

￡60 million joint Irish government, UK government and Northern Ireland Executive funding announced for two new research centres on climate and sustainable food. https://tinyurl.com/52ntybs7

Funding for HVM Catapult’s industrial transformation in Autumn Statement. https://tinyurl.com/9cxcrbhw

October sees significant rise in UK car production. https://tinyurl.com/2u2nzx6x

UK automotive industry attracts ￡20bn of private investment in 2023. https://tinyurl.com/8cbzpuv6

North East Automotive Alliance secures share of ￡5m to support Sunderland SMEs. https://tinyurl.com/365max8f

￡47 million investment to supercharge space infrastructure across the UK. https://tinyurl.com/4zrsna8f

￡38m upgrade for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. https://tinyurl.com/yc9amu64

Engineering AI startup PhysicsX raises ￡25.3m. https://tinyurl.com/22p22r6k

￡23m investment for EV motor manufacturer Advanced Electric Machines. https://tinyurl.com/3wja5r8s

Eakin Healthcare invests ￡19m in new R&D centre. https://tinyurl.com/yknskxsy

Forth Green Freeport to deliver ￡7bn as it targets offshore wind manufacturing. https://tinyurl.com/379sn4d2

From London to New York: First transatlantic trip on 100% sustainable fuel takes off. https://tinyurl.com/35zy4tbu

Cullompton-based metal roofing supplier United Roofing Products to expand into new facility. https://tinyurl.com/4n2v7ya9

Sisters transform loss-making cheese business into near ￡100m giant. https://tinyurl.com/ywcnynzm

Zero-emission aviation company ZeroAvia raises $116m in funding round. https://tinyurl.com/mr2rb35j

Charge ahead with ‘EV-olution’ to close gigafactory gap, MPs urge Government. https://tinyurl.com/2p9yp5kf

Telford’s ESH Trace Heating plans expansion to meet growing demand. https://tinyurl.com/mryu74mh

British satellite tech to combat food insecurity and climate change in Kenya. https://tinyurl.com/5ctd5a2x

Schaeffler UK partners with homelessness charity Centrepoint. https://tinyurl.com/2bnzn775

Growth sees AP Racing create new jobs. https://tinyurl.com/yza4wfyp

Articles related to Inclusion, Apprenticeships, STEM & Education

Academy launches Culture+ – a self-help tool for engineering startups and scaleups. https://tinyurl.com/cy6dtm7t

UK automotive industry pledges to address diversity shortfall. https://tinyurl.com/2b9udsnx

FANUC celebrates student success in Industrial Robotics contest finals. https://tinyurl.com/zfdspkfu

Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering relaunches with ￡6m expansion. https://tinyurl.com/yu5ce8ht

Warwick Uni plan for science and engineering campus. https://tinyurl.com/2s4apk7c

Digital Skills training programme helps JLR troubleshoot Global supply challenges. https://tinyurl.com/53ym9et4

An Application Story from PLUS Automation about sensors (aka My Day Job)

Contrinex Inductives?? Identify???♂? Vehicle?? Body Types

An automotive manufacturer uses simple, low-cost inductive sensors to identify which style of chassis it receives in the body shop, to define what further processing should take place.

CUSTOMER APPLICATION

The customer manufactures a wide range of vehicles and so as each body arrives at the body shop, operators use pulleys and clamps to lift it onto the line. Since the same body shop handles more than one type, reliable confirmation is required before any work takes place.

?The customer, therefore, wants identification to take place as soon as the metal body is clamped into the lift at the reception point. There are two variations of the chassis. Identifying them confirms that the model corresponds to the operator's production order.

Since the process involves the movement of large metal parts, the sensor used for identification should be rugged enough to withstand heavy impacts. The loading process is performed manually by an operator, so movements and positions are imprecise, while mechanical shocks to the sensor can be expected. A long sensing distance is required.

Contrinex’s DW-AS-703-M30-002 inductive sensor is ideal for this application. The 700 Series sensor’s long sensing distances (20 mm in this case) detect equally well on both steel and aluminium, which is often called ‘factor 1’ sensing. The sensor selected detects the absence or presence of a model-dependent metal part that identifies the model. If the wrong model is identified, an alarm is generated to warn the operator.

The Condet detection technology protects it from environmental and material influences. and its all-metal, AISI 303/V2A stainless-steel housing and sensing face protect it from corrosion and water ingress.

The 700 series of inductive sensors are much more resistant to mechanical stresses than conventional sensors which makes them ideal for this application since the process involves the movement of large metal parts.

The sensor used for identification should be rugged enough to withstand heavy impacts as the loading process is performed manually by an operator, so movements and positions are imprecise, while mechanical shocks to the sensor can be expected and a long sensing distance is required.

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