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NATEP Show centre ETPS Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6FD Directory of 020 7091 4543 [email protected] www.natep.org.uk NATEP Projects Peregrine Semi-conductors UK 42 SHD Composite Materials Limited 15, 19, 20, Unilathe 9 Perfect Bore Manufacturing Ltd 38 24 University of Bath 7, 33 Photon Fire Limited 21 Showcase Graphics 12 University of Bedfordshire 33 Plessey Semiconductors Ltd 45 Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd 27 University of Bristol 8, 15 PNLD 13 Sigmatex 16 University of Central Lancashire 19, 42 Poeton Industries 4 Silcoms Ltd 14 University of Coventry 18, 20 Powerkut Ltd 18 SKF 32, 47 University of Exeter 35 Pre-Met 12 Snelflight Limited 22 University of Manchester 16 Pressavon 16, 47, 51 South West Metal Finishing 40 University of Oxford 8 Prion Cutting Edge 46 Sovereign Global(UK) Ltd 41 University of Southampton 7, 50 ProFlight UAV Suppliers 42 Spirit AeroSystems 7 University of the West of England 45 Prosig 15 SR-Technic 32 University of York 41 Stainless Plating Ltd 6 Starrag UK Ltd 13 Stirling Dynamics 7 Strain Solutions Ltd 52 R V National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme Ramp Industries Ltd 48 Valuechain.com 6, 50 Rapita Systems Ltd 8, 41 Vortex Exhaust Technology Ltd 46 Raytheon 18, 33, 42 T VTOL Technologies Ltd 22, 26, 38 Reliance Precision Ltd 26 Funding new technologies and new manufacturing Remvox Limited 6 TBG Solutions Ltd 45 productivity in the aerospace supply chain Renishaw 32, 40 TCS Micropumps Ltd 4 Resinex UK Ltd 34 Technical Fibre Products Ltd 10 Retrac Composites Ltd 13 Technicut Ltd 25 W Rinicom Limited 16, 19 Techni Grind Machining 50 Walter GB Ltd 13 RLC Engineering 51 Technoset 39 Welwyn Components Power & Hybrid 36 RNC Avionics Ltd 6, 13 Techteam Development LLP 44 Wesco Aircraft 44, 52 Rockwell Collins 38 Teer Coatings Ltd 15, 50 West Country Tools (WCT) 41 Rolls-Royce plc 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 41, 45, 47, TEKEVER Ltd 41 West Midlands Fire Service 22 48, 52 Ten Cate Advanced Composites 30, 47 West Yorkshire Police 13 Rolls Royce (Precision Casting Foundry) 34 Test and Verification Systems Ltd 8 Winbro Group 18 Rotite Technologies 16 THALES 16, 48 WMG HVM Catapult 32 Rotron Group 20, 44 The AMRC with Boeing 14 ROTRON Power Ltd 41, 48 The Great Circle Ltd 19, 42 Rule IQ 46 The National Composites Centre 47 delivered by Theta Technology Ltd 48 Third Dimension 21 Tiab Limited 47 Trackwise Designs Ltd 24 S Trimvale Aviation 16 TT Electronics 25 S2 Aerospace Ltd 45 SAFRAN Labinal Power Systems 8 Saher (UK) 13 Sandvik Coromant 14 Advanced Manufacturing Scotia Gas Networks 22 U Selex ES 33 Supply Chain Initiative Semelab Ltd 12 UK Council for Electronic Business 12 Sensor Coating Systems Ltd 46 Ultra Electronics Controls 19, 50
www.natep.org.uk 55 Foreword
Welcome to this directory of over 100 exciting R&D projects supported by NATEP, the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme. The NATEP programme came about through the Aerospace Growth Partnership, a joint industry / government initiative dedicated to supporting the future of the aerospace sector in the UK. The programme, which commenced in October 2013 and runs until September 2017, has brought together more than 250 aerospace supply chain companies in technology collaborations. It continues to support their projects with grant funding and expert mentoring by experienced aerospace engineers. Most of these companies are micro, small or medium sized. These technologies will be used on current and new aircraft programmes, and will increase productivity, create jobs and inject new R&D capabilities into the supply chain. NATEP supported companies will be better able to win work with existing customers and with new customers, particularly in export markets as well as in new cross sectors markets such as the automotive, energy or rail sectors. Their experience of NATEP will also better equip companies to apply for support from other UK or European grant funded programmes in the future. I hope that you will be interested to read about these exciting projects. If you would like to learn more about them, please contact the companies directly through the contacts given.
Jeff Taylor NATEP Programme Director
www.natep.org.uk 3 Project Project Project
3D Moulded Circuits A20X Surface Active Rapid Treatments Thermal-Transfer Supply chain partnership Development System (ARTS)
• Laser Optical Eng. Ltd • Moulded Circuits Ltd Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • MBDA UK Ltd (industrial supporter) • Aeromet • TCS Micropumps Ltd Contact • Poeton Industries • Electrobase RP • Boeing (customer) • BAE Systems (customer)
John Tyrer [email protected] Contact Contact
Develop a laser writing system capable of Steve Ashworth – Technical Director Richard Weatherly – Director producing 3D copper tracks or circuits on [email protected] [email protected] 3D aerospace lightweight structures. Create the ability to produce fully The project will develop and verify The Innovative ART System (Active Rapid functional circuitry directly onto 3D parts, the performance on a range of metal Thermal-Transfer) provides a super- enhancing functionality and enabling finishing treatments (anodic and efficient method of transferring heat. them to become part of a larger product chemical conversion coatings) for Aeromets A20X family of casting alloys It can be fully integrated into electronic or system, thereby reducing size, weight systems and will help maximise electronic and cost. without using hexavalent chrome compounds (which have a limited performance for the aerospace industry. life under REACH legislation).
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£145,727 £35,000 £150,000
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Additive Aero Valve Advanced UAV Aerospacespecial Optimisations (AAVO) Thermal Imaging and processes.com Video Analytics for Supply chain partnership Search and Rescue Supply chain partnership
• Meggitt Aerospace Ltd Missions (TIVA) • Valuechain.com Ltd • Ashton & Moore Ltd • Stainless Plating Ltd • GE Aviation (customer) Supply chain partnership • Blackprint Ltd t/a “Alloy Heat Treatments” • Bombardier (customer)
Contact • Remvox Limited • RNC-Avionics Ltd Contact Scott Lathrope – Meggitt PLC Engineer • Lancashire Fire & Rescue (customer) [email protected] Tom Dawes – Director Contact [email protected] A program to design, manufacture and test a functional aircraft Aerospacespecialprocesses.com is a Steve Pearson – CEO Remvox Ltd component that is fully optimised cloud-based platform which aims to [email protected] for additive layer manufacture. develop a collaborative on-line platform that streamlines communication A standardised optimisation capability The overall objective of the project between aerospace manufacturers and will be generated by capturing is to develop and implement an all- special process houses by optimising process “lessons learned”. encompassing system to aid search complex planning variables, sharing and rescue missions by automatically 2-way information with customers and detecting body heat through the video co-operative partners and consolidated analytics of thermal imaging and the logistics planner providing intuitive incorporation of the analytics results decision support to improve service in conjunction with the on-board levels, productivity and therefore navigation system to deploy resources increase the competitiveness of directly to area of high potential for aerospace special process houses. rescue/retrieval of personnel.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£142,500 £150,000 £150,000
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Aircraft Ditching ALFLEX AssystMe Loads Prediction Tool Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • 3D Metal Printing Ltd • Assystem UK Ltd • University of Bath • Mosquito Digital Limited • Stirling Dynamics • AgustaWestland (customer) • Spirit AeroSystems • University of Southampton • Airbus (customer) • Bombardier (customer) Contact Contact Contact Alberto Casonato – Managing Director [email protected] Graham Younger – Head of Business Dr Simon Hancock – Research & Development UK - Aerospace Development Manager [email protected] [email protected] The objective of this research is to investigate the capability of manufacturing in ALM a Tail Driveshaft Flexible The AssystMe tool is a portable, This project will produce a method and Coupling for an AW helicopter. SMART tool that can be applied tool to predict the loads experienced in a manufacturing environment by an aircraft when ditching in water. The expected results are to improve to increase quality and reduce This will cover a range of aircraft damage tolerance, inspectability cost of non-conformance. configurations and could be used and eliminate the presence of by any aircraft manufacturer. fasteners and ultimately to reduce Providing route cause analysis and component complexity. manufacturing process trends in a closed-loop solution, it reduces Because this is a flight critical part, AW concessions and repairs utilising the will also be working with and supporting engineering skills from Assystem. the partners on a less critical Fan Impeller to enable more testing that will improve and influence the Coupling design.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£166,850 £88,200 £150,000
www.natep.org.uk 7 Project Project Project
asureSign Aero Automated Automated Testing of Manufacture of Slot SPARK Ada Contracts Supply chain partnership Liners (AMSL) (ATSAC)
• Test and Verification Systems Ltd • University of Bristol Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Rolls-Royce plc (customer) • MEP Ltd • Altran UK Ltd Contact • Jackson Design Ltd • University of Oxford • SAFRAN Labinal Power Systems • Rapita Systems Ltd (customer) • MBDA UK Ltd (industrial supporter) Dr Michael Bartley – CEO • Rolls-Royce plc (customer) [email protected] Contact Contact The funding supports the development of a tool (asureSign™) to support Phil Hart – Managing Director Requirements Based Verification for DO- [email protected] Stuart Matthews – SPARK development 178 & DO-254 compliance in aerospace team manager [email protected] software and hardware development. Aerospace power generators operate Both standards mandate that developers at high temperatures; moulded demonstrate key safety requirements components which act as insulators Software verification is an expensive have been fully tested and that test must cope with demanding electrical and time consuming activity. In this coverage targets have been met. output, stresses and strains. project, Altran, University of Oxford and Rapita will combine SPARK This technology delivers high quality, safe specifications with automatic test products whilst retaining manufacturing vector and test harness generation thus in the UK in the long term. reducing cost, risk and timescales for verification of aerospace software.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£92,000 £150,000 £150,000
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Biocomposites for BOXARR - Supply Collaborative Aerospace Interiors Chain Risk Analysis Knowledge (BAIT) Management for Supply chain partnership Aerospace Operations Supply chain partnership • BOXARR Ltd Improvement • i3 Works • Net Composites Ltd • P3ec • AIM Composites Supply chain partnership • Composites Evolution • AIM Cabin Interiors (customer) Contact • Agile Business Improvement Ltd • Pentangle Internet Ltd Contact Alasdair Pettigrew – CEO • Gardner Group Ltd (customer) [email protected] • Unilathe (customer) • Packaging Automation (customer) Elliott Fleet - Project Manager • Clwyd Compounders (customer) [email protected] The project is developing an automated supply chain risk alert system - further strengthening BOXARR’s industry Contact The project will develop pre-impregnated leading supply chain modelling, (“Prepreg”) composite materials analysis and optimisation solution. for aerospace interior applications Helen Jackson that are based on a novel 100% bio- [email protected] based fire-safe resin system that provides an alternative to conventional The development and deployment of petrochemically-derived phenolics persuasive technology (captology) to drive behavioural and cultural change supported by an innovative cloud- based collaborative problem solving platform to support UK aerospace supply chain companies disseminate best practice and embed standardised continuous improvement solutions. This is further supported by utilising semantic search capability and access to a shared collaborative knowledge repository with the aid of industry experts.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£146,570 £150,000 £150,000
www.natep.org.uk 9 Project Project Project
Combustion Chamber Composite Composite Pipe Process Innovation Electrostatic Transport Bending Elements (CompETE) Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Nasmyth Technologies Ltd • Sigma Precision Components Ltd • Hucknall Sheet Metal Ltd • e-Mould (UK) Ltd • GE Aviation Czech (customer) • AGC Aero Composites • Rolls-Royce plc (customer) • Element Materials Technology • Bentley Motors (customer) • ENL Ltd Contact • Technical Fibre Products Ltd • Airbus Operations (customer) Contact Adrian Hill – Engineering Manager [email protected] Contact Michael Andreae – Director of Technology and Improvement [email protected] Nasmyth Technologies Ltd will develop David Conway – Materials Technology innovative processes for the manufacture Director of combustion systems in aircraft engines [email protected] The composite Pipe bending project and support long term growth of jobs in will develop a repeatable, cost effective the high value-added aerospace sector. method to bend composite pipes The development of lightweight, shaped using CNC pipe bending equipment and damage resistant composite fuel pipe assemblies that by virtue of their tightly controlled electrical properties can be used safely in composite aircraft fuel tanks
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £131,090 £44,015
10 Directory of NATEP Projects “We find Airbus most helpful and very amenable to direct access to engineers and shop- floor personnel; this access and feedback has accelerated our development and test program. They are impressive in the way they structure testing and development in a very practical way; the feedback from the real end-user – the guys putting the wings together – has been invaluable. What has also impressed us with having Airbus as our NATEP end-user is the level of engagement and access to staff at all levels of their business: from shop floor, support engineers, through to senior management.”
Guy Williams, MD – FE Robinson
www.natep.org.uk 11 Project Project Project
Configurable Double Cooled Core Creating an Sided Cooled Die Blocks Understanding of ILS Integrated Power Specifications Module Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Gardner BTC Ltd Supply chain partnership • Material Solutions • Invest Tech Ltd (customer) • Aspect Supportability Consultants • Showcase Graphics • Semelab Ltd • UK Council for Electronic Business • Pre-Met Contact (customer) • Rolls-Royce plc (customer)
Keith Fulford – Project Manager Contact Contact [email protected]
Nick Coles – Technical Publications Julian Thomas Gardner BTC Ltd., manufacturer of Manager [email protected] Injection dies is developing new [email protected] technologies to produce core dies using Significantly improve power module alternative advanced manufacturing methods, specifically focused on Aspect Supportability Consultants reliability, performance and cost, Limited intend to investigate the use increase the options for standardisation providing better injected parts and reduced non-conformance. of complex data sets to model the and integration whilst significantly transition to the S-Series Integrated reducing the size and weight. Logistics Support standards Deliver a demonstration of a configurable power module that comprises a double sided cooled plug- in single switch element integrated with gate drive and control circuitry that allows for maintenance
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£127,200 £52,150 £149,750
12 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Cryogenic Research Cure Capable Detection, Neutralisation of Efficiency on Mandrels and Investigation of Structural Titanium Threat UAVs (DeNI of (CREST) Supply chain partnership Threat UAVs)
• CTES Ltd Supply chain partnership • Retrac Composites Ltd Supply chain partnership • GKN Aerospace (customer) • Hyde Aero Products Ltd • RNC Avionics Ltd • Starrag UK Ltd Contact • Saher (UK) • Walter GB Ltd • West Yorkshire Police (customer) • BAE Systems (customer) • Eurocontrol (customer) Liam Moloney – Director • PNLD (customer) [email protected] • Airbus DS Ltd (customer) Contact
To develop solutions for structural Contact Paul Mellor – Technical Director composite fibre placement tooling [email protected] that is cure-capable and CTE- matched to the component, for Natasha McCrone – Project Manager [email protected] The objective of this project is use in the automated production of to determine and understand composite wing spars and other large the benefits of Cryogenic rough composite aerospace structures The overall objective of the project is machining strategies when applied to to develop and implement a scalable prismatic Titanium Structural Airframe system capable of detecting, neutralising components in comparison to the and investigating threat UAV’s. traditional emulsion application The existing Duplex PTZ (dual optical and video) will be enhanced to include a novel detection, classification and tracking module enabling the police and relevant authorities to apply the appropriate countermeasures to neutralise the UAV and a framework of operational and legislative procedures will be implemented to support all high risk scenarios with the aim of identifying and prosecuting the perpetrator.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£101,670 £149,770 £150,000
www.natep.org.uk 13 Project Project Project
Developing a Digital High Distortion and compression moulding Performance Residual Stress process to reduce Servovalve Control for the cost of aerospace Manufacture components using Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership composites • Moog Controls • 4C Electronics • Silcoms Ltd. Supply chain partnership • Moog Inc. (customer) • Embraer Commercial Aviation • The AMRC with Boeing (customer) • Sandvik Coromant • Creative Composites Ltd • Craftsman Tools Ltd • Crossen Engineering Ltd • Rolls-Royce plc (customer) • Bombardier (customer) Contact Contact Contact Dr Phil Elliott – R&D Manager [email protected] Andy Morris – Engineering Manager Jonathan Holmes – Commercial Director [email protected] The execution of electronic closed loop [email protected] control within a small flight control serv valve has many benefits at the system The partnership is working on a Developing a compression moulding level including: digital interface, reduced collaborative project looking to utilise process to reduce the cost of aerospace internal leakage, faster dynamic response, the latest in FE analysis, residual and components using composites. higher accuracy and smaller size. distortion stress management to optimise the engineering of high value, thin walled aerospace components. The project is aiming to keep the UK at the forefront of this highly skilled and competitive market.
R&D Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£80,840 £134,700 £120,000
14 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Dry Drilling of Enhanced Safety for Enterprise Aluminium Alloys Small to Medium-Size Bio-Interiors Project Helicopters Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Teer Coatings Ltd • SHD Composite Materials Ltd • Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Ltd • AIM Aviation Ltd • Airbus (customer) • Helitune • Ipeco Composites (customer) • Prosig • University of Bristol Contact • Castle Air (customer) Contact • AgustaWestland (customer) • MD Helicopters (customer) Dr Kevin Cooke – R&D Technology Nick Smith – Technical Director Centre Manager [email protected] [email protected] Contact The innovative technology to be Dry, in-situ drilling of aluminium alloys, Peter Morrish – Technology Manager developed is a water based resin pre- with no significant loss of performance, [email protected] impregnated glass fibre composite will reduce costs while improving the material (prepreg) giving good Fire work place environment. The project Smoke and Toxicity (FST) properties facilitates dry-drilling with newly The goals of this project bring the safety for the aircraft interiors market. designed tools exploiting the latest high and cost-saving benefits of Health & performance solid lubricant coatings Usage Monitoring (HUMS) to the small and medium-sized helicopter market. New hardware and data processing technologies will be combined and applied, resulting in a cost-effective ‘Mini-HUMS’ prototype for exploitation through the UK aerospace supply chain.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£105,670 £150,000 £74,500
www.natep.org.uk 15 Project Project Project
EyeQuad-T (Miniature Fastener & Stress Fastening Forms in Thermal/Optical Attenuator Composite Technology Camera for UAV/UAS) Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Adhesion Technologies Ltd • Rotite Technologies • ENL Ltd • Sigmatex • Rinicom Limited • Dopag (UK) Ltd • University of Manchester • HW Communications • Loop Technology Ltd • Airbus Operations Ltd (customer) • Eurocontrol (customer) • Pressavon • Aircelle Ltd (customer) • THALES (customer) • AgustaWestland (customer) • Ejot UK Ltd (customer) • Trimvale Aviation (customer) • Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC • German Aerospace Centre (DLR) (customer) (customer) • ALTUS (customer) Contact
Contact Contact Caterina Silva – Technical Project Manager Colin Wood – General Manager [email protected] Natasha McCrone – Project Manager [email protected] [email protected] Lightweight structures and assemblies Adhesion Technologies Ltd is are essential for fuel efficiency and The overall objective of the project is to developing a ‘Fastener and Stress sustainable design. This project will produce a small, lightweight imaging system Attenuator’ to replace rivets and develop, for the first time, integrally with pan, tilt and zoom functionality that underperforming laminate in aerospace formed Rotite fasteners in composites, captures optical and thermal video. The structures. This will enhance payload providing structural and weight saving miniature camera will be able to support capability and lifetime operating solutions in contemporary materials. surveillance operations from small Unmanned costs across the aerospace sector. Autonomous Systems; potentially presenting a high market value, applicable to the robotics, security and defence markets. This is an opportunity to deliver the operational capabilities of more automated and intelligent Unmanned Autonomous Systems, through a novel offer in the area of on-board surveillance. EyeQuad-T will deliver enhanced capability to build basic situational awareness and detection that is essential for decision-making.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£149,810 £150,000 £139,500
16 Directory of NATEP Projects Representatives of the NATEP Team at the Midlands National Showcase
www.natep.org.uk 17 Project Project Project
Featherlite Aircraft Finite Measurement Flexible Air Seat distribution ducting Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Powerkut Ltd • Coventry University • Magnesium Elektron • Winbro Group (customer) • AVS-SYS Ltd • Mettis Aerospace • Arville Textiles • Kenard Engineering(Tewkesbury) Ltd • Raytheon (customer) • Geven SPA (customer) Contact Contact Contact Peter Everitt – Director [email protected] Andrew Whitehead – Engineering Martyn Alderman – Director of Technology Director [email protected] The project will build and market a new [email protected] machine that is capable of processing gauge block calibration in an automated Magnesium Elektron has joined forces environment. This will address a market The project is to design weight-saving with a forging company, machinist need for measurement results to and cost saving flexible aerospace ducts and aircraft seat OEM to develop a improve at the same rate as materials which will support the development of a lightweight forged magnesium aircraft technology in the aerospace sector new manufacturing facility in the North seat component. The object of the NATEP and meet an increasing demand for West of England providing employment project is to reduce the barriers to an consistent quality of results accessible opportunities and increased exports. OEM using UK sourced magnesium. This for the whole supply chain. will be achieved by optimising the supply chain value of the forged magnesium component by maximising the fly to buy ratio and to minimise the material cost through full economic recovery of all process scrap arisings. The project aims to produce a lightweight magnesium forged & machined demonstrator component in a finished condition that can be retrofitted to an existing design or incorporated in a newly designed aircraft seat that gives at least a 15% weight saving by component
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£134,500 £150,000 £127,850
18 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Flight Guardian GOCOM - Ground Graphene Composites Operations Control Evaluated in Supply chain partnership Monitoring Lightening Strike
• The Great Circle Ltd (GraCELS) • University of Central Lancashire Supply chain partnership • McLaren Applied Technologies Supply chain partnership (customer) • HW Communications Ltd • NEDEAS Ltd • Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd Contact • Rinicom Ltd • Airbus Operations Ltd (customer) • SHD Composites Ltd • Ultra Electronics Controls (customer) • Cobham Antenna Services Adam Berrington – Director • Airbus UK(customer) [email protected] • BAE Systems plc (customer) Contact
Flight Guardian is a first of a generation Contact disruptive cockpit technology to Michael Szczygiel – Research Projects improve the safety of aircraft. It uses Manager Gerry Boyce – Managing Director body worn sensors and computing [email protected] [email protected] devices to act, in many respects, as a virtual co-pilot, providing a pilot with GO-COM is a collaborative R&D an extra pair of eyes to monitor the project to identify airport impact The addition of functionalized graphene aircraft instruments, spotting and even incidents between aircraft and external nanoparticles into the epoxy resin matrix predicting problems before they occur. ground objects (aircraft, equipment of composite materials will greatly It will produce warnings for the pilot and and structures) using wireless sensor enhance the electrical conductivity offer advice on a course of mitigating networks on board the aircraft. Its aim is thereby making them much more action to take to prevent accidents. to immediately alert airline maintenance resistant to lightning-strike damage. and airport ground services that an impact has occurred: where, when and with what force. It will also provide visual evidence via airside cameras.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£126,800 £149,790 £150,000
www.natep.org.uk 19 Project Project Project
Graphene- Hands Free Inspection Heavy Fuel for UAVs Enhanced adhesive Interface Technology through Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Functionalisation • Rotron Group • General Engine Management Systems • Muretex Ltd • CybAero (customer) Supply chain partnership • University of Coventry • Cranfield Aerospace (customer) • Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd • Rolls-Royce (customer) Contact • SHD Composites Ltd • Element Materials Technology Hitchin Ltd Contact Alex Head – Group Technical Director • Aerospace Prime [email protected] • GE Aviation Systems (customer) Dr J T Platts – Managing Director [email protected] This project is to research and develop Contact novel methods for employing heavy fuels in high specification UAV rotary This project will develop an infrastructure engines. If successful, the project Dr Quentin Fontana – Collaborative R&D and delivery system based on an Manager will completely alter the market’s optical head mounted display to perception of this engine category. [email protected] reduce both the inspection time and the burden placed on inspection staff. Addition of functionalized graphene to epoxy adhesives will allow them to act as electrical conductors rather than as insulators allowing for an electrically unified structure
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £73,800 £150,000
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High Strength HoleGun+ Hot spot heat Aluminium Alloy detection system Failure Modelling Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Third Dimension Supply chain partnership • Insphere Ltd • Airbus (customer) • Photon Fire Limited • GKN Aerospace (customer) • Leigh Speciality Cables • Cabot Design Ltd • Meggitt PLC (customer) • Gingerneering Ltd • Airbus Operations (customer) Contact Contact
Contact Dr Tim Monks – Chief Technical Officer [email protected] Bill Shepherd – Managing Director [email protected] Mervin Davidson – Director [email protected] The development of Third Dimension’s “Optical Countersink Hole Inspection Development of an in-flight temperature monitoring system for aircraft - An advanced material model which Solution” will dramatically improve manufacturing of complex aerospace that localises hot-spots before an facilitates the accurate analysis of emergency incident occurs. high strength aluminium alloys under components by simplifying inspection, complex loading conditions, with reducing rework time, improving specific application to the prediction cycle time and significantly reducing of the initiation of failure under load. overall cost of manufacture.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £147,760 £85,480
www.natep.org.uk 21 Project Project Project
Hoversafe Hybrid Aircraft Thrust- Hydraulic Hand Tool Vectoring Propulsion Development Supply chain partnership System Supply chain partnership • Autonomous Technologies Limited • Snelflight Limited Supply chain partnership • Newcastle University School • F E Robinson Ltd of Agriculture, Food and Rural • Klauke UK ltd • V-TOL Technologies • Airbus Operations (customer) Development (customer) • Flow HD • West Midlands Fire Service (customer) • Beagle Technology Group Ltd • Scotia Gas Networks (customer) Contact Contact Contact Guy Williams – Managing Director Nick Gillett [email protected] [email protected] Ashley Bryant – Managing & Technical Director UK SME F.E. Robinson is leading the Hoversafe is a reliable, inexpensive [email protected] design and development of a range UAS that anyone can fly safely. It’s of light weight “Smart” Hydraulic hand tools tailored for use in the Aerospace being designed and built in the North This project will directly support the East and is a Great British product. sector. For the first time, the customer development of an optimised thrust- will be enabled in achieving substantial vectoring propulsion system targeted efficiency improvements in certain manual at delivering Beyond Visual Line Of operation wing production processes. Sight capabilities for the inspection of network industry based assets and infrastructure using a breakthrough Remotely Piloted Aerial System [RPAS] VTOL aircraft concept.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £150,000 £150,000
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Improved Harness Inhibiting Inkjet Printed Technology (IHT) Delamination in CFRP Graphene Composite Composites Materials Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Trackwise Designs Ltd • Boston Design Consultants • Fokker Elmo BV (customer) • M Wright & Sons Ltd • Applied Graphene Materials Limited • Messier-Dowty Ltd (customer) • Composite Innovations Ltd • SHD Composite Materials Limited • GKN Aerospace (customer) • The Boeing Company (customer)
Contact Contact Contact
Philip Johnston – Managing Director [email protected] Simon Marshall – 3d Development Dr Tim von Werne – Technical Director Manager tim.vonwerne@ [email protected] appliedgraphenematerials.com Trackwise has developed a means of producing length-unlimited multilayer flexible printed circuit boards. This Delamination is a primary source of This project seeks to produce lighter project will accelerate the adoption failure for composites, leading to over and more damage tolerant composites of this technology as a weight saving engineered parts. This project will by optimising the application of new replacement for conventional wiring investigate ways to inhibit delamination graphene materials and processing harnesses with associated carbon by three dimensional textile fibres techniques. Successful demonstration reduction benefits for aerospace in reinforced plastic composites will enable composites to achieve a platforms and payloads. step further towards their full potential. In practical terms: tougher composites means lighter composites which leads to significantly lower operating costs for the aerospace industry.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£84,000 £150,000 £150,000
24 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
In-loom splicing Innovative Aerospace Integrally Bladed for aerospace Transport Tooling Rotor (IBR) – Abrasive applications Barrel Milling Cutter Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Datum Tool Design • Fleet Maintenance • AVoptics • Bombardier Aerospace (customer) • ITP Engines UK Ltd • TT Electronics • Technicut Ltd • BAE Systems • Geo Kingsbury • MOD - UK Chinook project team Contact • Industria de Turbo Propulsores, SA (customer) (customer) Michael Maguire – Joint Managing Contact Director Contact [email protected]
Andrew Voizey – Managing Director Carlos Cenal – Project Engineer [email protected] The project is to gain understanding [email protected] of cost effective and re-configurable tooling to permit the manufacture To develop a simple to use, novel of multiple transport systems Industrial research to develop the in-loom mechanical splicing for aerospace assemblies capability to manufacture gas turbine technology to enable the repair of integrally bladed rotors (IBR’s) using fibre optic harnesses on aircraft. barrel milling tools thereby reducing manufacturing time and improving quality.
NATEP Grant R&D Grant NATEP Grant
£149,760 £47,640 £131,650
www.natep.org.uk 25 Project Project Project
Integrally Bladed Large Deployable Lead-Free Detonating Rotor (IBR) – Abrasive Antenna for Space Cords Flow Machining Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Oxford Space Systems • Chemring • Reliance Precision Ltd • Brunel University • ITP Engines UK Ltd • MDA Corporation UK Ltd (customer) • Martin Baker Aircraft (customer) • Extrude Hone Ltd • VTOL-Technologies (customer) • Brunel University • Industria de Turbo Propulsores, SA Contact (customer) Contact Andrew Bentley – BD Technology & Contact Mat Rowe – Project Manager Innovation Executive – Devices [email protected] [email protected] Carlos Cenal – Project Engineer [email protected] Oxford Space Systems will design The identification of suitable alloys and & develop a reflector surface for manufacturing processes to replace lead attachment to their existing scalable in the explosive detonating cords used Industrial research to model the large deployable antenna. in aircraft and space launch vehicles. effects of an Abrasive Flow Machining polishing process on aerofoil profiles and the development of predictive process controls which will lead to a reduction in manufacturing time and an improvement in quality.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£107,350 £150,000 £128,890
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Lightweight Pipe Long/continuous LoVar for aerospace End-Fittings Fibre Reinforced and space Thermoplastic (CFRTP) applications Supply chain partnership Composite Processing Supply chain partnership • Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd • 3T RPD Ltd Supply chain partnership • Customer • Aerospace Metal Composites Ltd • ExoTec Precision • CCP Gransden Ltd • NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre Contact • Comco • Bombardier (customer) Contact Mike Andreae – Director of Technology and Improvement Contact [email protected] David Tricker – Technical Manager [email protected] Robert McConnell – Director The Lightweight Pipe End-Fittings [email protected] project will design rigid pipe end- This project will develop a Fe-36Ni metal matrix composite (MMC) material. fittings for minimum mass, suitable This project will seek to develop a for additive manufacture technology Specifically this composite material will flexible and adaptive system for proof have reduced density and improved and test them in accordance with of concept processing continuously aero engine operating conditions. thermal expansion properties compared reinforced thermoplastic composites to more conventional Invar® type systems for aerospace applications.
NATEP Grant R&D Grant NATEP Grant
£143,000 £91,850 £120,000
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Auto Marine F1 Rail Med Nuclear P/Gen O/Gas G/Turbine General 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
NATEP Project technologies (some projects have more than 1 focus) 80 Graphene Finishing
70 REACH Software embedded ALM Composites 60 MRO & ground support On-board equipment/aircraft systems UAV Materials 50 Big Data Electrics/electronics 40 Software-system or business process Design, Modelling 30 Manfacturing Process Number of projects of Number 20 Productivity
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Low Mass Composite Machine Connectivity Metal Matrix Mould Tool (LMCMT) & Manufacturing Composites Intelligence for Helicopter Supply chain partnership Applications Supply chain partnership • KAMAN Tooling Ltd • KAMAN Composites Ltd Supply chain partnership • Hexcel Composites • ATS UK • Hitex Ltd • Ten Cate Advanced Composites • Aerospace Metal Composites Ltd • BAE Systems (customer) • Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd (customer) • Mettis Aerospace • AgustaWestland (customer) Contact Contact Contact Paul Barrett – Technical Director [email protected] Martin Kelman – Senior MES Consultant [email protected] Dr Stuart Godfrey – Business Development Manager The LMCMT project will revolutionise [email protected] Composite tooling strategies across The project will create a highly cost the Aerospace and Automotive sectors, effective Machine Connectivity Module (MCM) which connects and monitors This project will develop both an delivering lower cost, lower energy and aluminium and Silicon Carbide (SiC) metal lower carbon footprint tooling to all of manufacturing processes using the latest technology in the fields of; embedded matrix composite (MMC) material and the major aerospace manufacturers create a forging supply chain specifically making composite components. The sensors, wi-fi communications and android based data processing & display platforms for helicopter applications. The funding objective of this R & D project is to Design, will thus create a UK source (for the first manufacture and test 2 off Proof of concept time) for this high performance material Low Mass Composite Mould tools. which is required in the aerospace market.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£146,560 £150,000 £150,000
30 Directory of NATEP Projects www.natep.org.uk 31 Project Project Project
Metrology for Additive Modular Galley Mouldable Liners Manufacturing for Assembly Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • SKF • WMG HVM Catapult • Insphere Limited • Belfast Aircraft Stress Engineers Ltd • AgustaWestland (customer) • Renishaw • Moyola Precision Engineering Ltd • Airbus Group Innovations (customer) • Denroy Plastics Ltd • SR-Technics (customer) Contact Contact Contact Grant Dennis – Project Manager [email protected] Ben Adeline – Chief Executive [email protected] Peter Hinds – Strategic Business Director [email protected] This project will develop greater flexibility and customisation to plain This project will develop an innovative and bearings technologies, permitting them highly sought after metrology verification The project collaborators will meet the changing and demanding method for additive manufacturing develop a modular design concept requirements of the aerospace market. processes. This will enable unique for an aircraft galley. The modular techniques for additive manufacturing concept is to enable a simplified process control supporting the certification manufacturing and assembly process of AM parts for production aerospace use.
NATEP Grant R&D Grant NATEP Grant
£122,800 £95,025 £150,000
32 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Multifab- A New Muffler Ducting New Photonic Multifunctional for Air Distribution Architectures using composite fabric GaAs Modulators concept Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • AVS-SYS Ltd Supply chain partnership • Arville • Foam Techniques Ltd • aXenic Limited • Raytheon (customer) • University of Bedfordshire • Diversus Ltd • Selex ES (customer) • University of Bath • AgustaWestland (customer) Contact Contact
Contact Andrew Whitehead – Engineering Director Steve Clements – Managing Director [email protected] Chris Brill – Director [email protected] [email protected] The project is to design weight-saving The project will develop a novel photonic and cost saving aerospace muffler ducts architecture to allow hi fidelity, high The main objective of this project is bandwidth, remoting of microwave the development of a multifunctional which will support the development of a new manufacturing facility in the North sensing in harsh avionics environment. fabric to be embedded as an additional Photonic signal pre-processing will layer in conventional helicopter blades. West of England providing employment opportunities and increased exports. also be used to produce a better Intrinsic functionalities include anti and performance than from pure electronics. de-icing properties, damage detection and lightning strike protection.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£148,000 £123,320 £143,000
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Next Generation Novel contra-rotating Novel Miniature Single Crystal Helix propellers for electric Actuator aircraft Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Investment Casting Systems Ltd • CNR Services International • C&M Mould Tools Ltd • Midland Aerospace • Resinex UK Ltd • Hercules Propellers Ltd • BE Aerospace, Florida (customer) • Rolls Royce (Precision Casting • Contra Electric Propulsion Ltd Foundry) (customer) • Falcomposite Ltd (customer) Contact
Contact Contact Chris Reckless – Managing Director [email protected] David Granados Alcala – Programmes Rupert Wasey – Managing Director Manager [email protected] CNR have designed a concept self- [email protected] contained Novel Miniature Actuator This collaboration between a propeller (NMA) specifically for the aircraft Design and production of an innovative manufacturer and electric aircraft passenger seat actuation market. This feature which will increase the production innovator will investigate novel NMA is expected to provide cheaper yield of the casting process for single contra-rotating blade designs. manufacturing costs per actuator, crystal turbine blades & structures. lower mass, more reliability, greater efficiency and quieter and smoother performance than current seat actuators.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£142,600 £130,000 £148,500
34 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Novel training through Optical Brake Piezoelectricity- virtual reality Temperature Sensor enabled Aero Controls
Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership
• Invirt Reality • Oxsensis • Ionix Advanced Technologies Ltd • University of Exeter • Meggitt Sensing Systems • Linwave Technology • FlyBe (customer) • Airbus Operations SAS (customer) • Controls and Data Services (customer)
Contact Contact Contact
Mark Lewis – Technical Lead Conrad Langton – Engineering Director Dr Tim Comyn – Chief Technology Officer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
This project is a close collaboration Oxsensis is working with Airbus and Using novel piezoelectric materials between a leading software engineering Meggitt Sensing Systems to demonstrate integrated into engine components, Ionix company, a University and an airline. It that a novel fibre optic temperature and its project partners, supported by will seek to develop a novel, immersive sensor can monitor the temperature of NATEP aim to make a significant impact environment utilising the latest in aircraft braking systems. This is a truly on the fuel efficiency of gas turbine technology enhanced learning. harsh environment in which the aircraft engines through improvements to the mounted sensors will be exposed to cost, reliability, accuracy, and response temperatures in range of -55°C to 1300°C. time of electromechanical components operating in extreme environments.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £150,000 £127,170
www.natep.org.uk 35 Project Project Project
Plane Sight Plasma Cleaning Polymeric Additive in MCM Advanced Manufacturing for Supply chain partnership Manufacture Aircraft Interiors
• Blue Bear Systems Research • Createc Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • General Dynamics UK (customer) • Welwyn Components Power & Hybrid • Bristol Aero Ltd Contact • Accelonix • HiETA Technologies Ltd • Controls and Data Services (customer) • Ipeco Holdings (customer) • Jet Aviation AG (customer) Gavin Goudie [email protected] Contact Contact
Each year hundreds of aircraft are Billy Shaw – Engineering Manager damaged during ground manoeuvre [email protected] Brett Peterson – Head of Engineering due to limited view of the operator/pilot [email protected] when manoeuvring a large dynamic This project will demonstrate that system within a complex and cluttered an innovative cleaning process can The use of recently developed, environment. Blue Bear Systems be introduced into the manufacture cost effective, polymeric additive Research (BB), Createc and General of advanced MCM (multi-chip manufacturing materials with sufficient Dynamics (GDUK) have teamed together module) devices for avionic levels of fire retardancy for use in to develop a novel situational awareness engine controls, and automated to high value aircraft interiors and avionic system for commercial aircraft. improve both yield and quality. systems is investigated through a full design-manufacture-test cycle.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£67,200 £70,000 £145,500
36 Directory of NATEP Projects “If it had not been for the NATEP funding, we would not have been able to have assembled the expert consortium nor engage upon this critical propulsion system development programme, which is delivering breakthrough results. We had challenges identifying a viable composites partner and the NATEP mentoring team were excellent at providing a list of high- quality possible partners, from which we were able to identify the eventual “right” consortium partner.”
Ashley Bryant Managing & Technical Director VTOL Technologies Ltd
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Portable Pulse Oxygen Precision Back-up Precision Deep Hole Assembly (PPOCA) Navigation for UAVs Boring
Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership
• Avia Technique • Forsberg Services Ltd • Perfect Bore Manufacturing Ltd • Meditech Systems • VTOL Technologies Ltd • Dickinson Legg Ltd • Air Liquide • Rockwell Collins (customer) • Gemms Ltd • Airbus Operations (customer) • Locanis (customer) • Impcross Ltd (customer)
Contact Contact Contact
Barry Wood – Senior Design and Charles Forsberg – Director Jon Waghorn – Project Manager Development Engineer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Forsberg Services Ltd propose an PBML and DLL are collaborating to Using pneumatic pulse technology in enhanced air navigation system for produce more accurate, robust and on-aircraft portable oxygen cylinders. safe operation of UAVs during critical enhanced geometric tolerance bore parts of the flight envelop, in particular solutions to the aerospace industry landing and take-off. These phases of low-level flight are subject to object avoidance and safe navigation.
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£150,000 £150,000 £150,000
38 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Prep’ing Composite Process Control Process Optimisation Moulds with Lasers For Software Tool [PCST] for Aerospace Alloys Enhanced Productivity and Quality Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership
• Line Business Services • Ant Industries Supply chain partnership • Amfax Ltd • Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd • Cobham Mission Systems (customer) • Technoset • Advanced Laser Technologies Ltd • Pattonair Ltd (customer) • ITP SA (Spain) (customer) • Collaboration partner Contact • Cobham Antenna System (customer) • EPM Technology (customer) Contact Stewart Long – Projects Director [email protected] Contact Mark Harriott – Technical Manager [email protected] This project will develop a new process Roger Hardacre – Managing Director control tool targeted at SMEs which will [email protected] help ensure that agreed processes are The project will: followed systematically, consistently and transparently within projects to Iimprove manufacturing processes The project will develop an advanced on exotic metals that will system that can clean, polish and repair support the completion of manufacturing and development projects to agreed substantially increase capacity in moulds made of metal or composite the Aerospace supply chain. used to produce composite parts. The quality, time and budget parameters intention is that a successful outcome Utilise the expertise of the will lower supply chain costs & improve Manufacturing Technology Centre, productivity of skilled labour by Coventry, to undertake research into developing an automated technology for specific machining processes. cleaning composite material moulds The Optimise production methods system can be in a bureau format for low for machined aerospace parts frequency users, or for high frequency to secure UK supply chain users it can be a factory based solution. competitiveness and reputation for providing a world class service.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £100,130 £90,000
www.natep.org.uk 39 Project Project Project
Project Fusion Proof of Systems Pulse Passenger Assurance & Service Unit (PPSU) Supply chain partnership Certification Supply chain partnership • AVPE Ltd • South West Metal Finishing Supply chain partnership • Airbus Innovations(customer) • Avia Technique • Meditech Systems • Airbus Group (customer) • D-RisQ Ltd • Renishaw plc (customer) • Air Liquide • Abstract Solutions Ltd • Airbus Operations (customer) • LIMA (customer) • GE Aerospace (customer)
Contact Contact Contact
Barry Wood – Senior Design and Chris Steel – Chairman Nick Tudor – Business Director [email protected] Development Engineer [email protected] [email protected]
AVPE is an SME supplying directly This project seeks to provide an The project will use Pneumatic into Airbus’ MRO business. Project automated, highly assured, systems Fusion will develop Airbus certified Pulse Technology to deliver oxygen design analysis capability tool which will through the passenger service unit. “Class 2” components manufactured enable faster and more cost effective using ALM technology with modified development of constantly evolving post ALM machining, NDT and complex systems for aerospace surface treatment processes. and other associated markets.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £75,000 £150,000
40 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Rapid Development Risk Aware Mission ROCA: RapiTime Compressor Planning (RAMP) Object Code Analyser Component Manufacture Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership
• TEKEVER Ltd • Rapita Systems Ltd Supply chain partnership • ROTRON Power Ltd • University of York • Sovereign Global(UK) Ltd (customer) • Controls and Data Services (customer) • Centrax Turbine Components • European Maritime Safety Agency, • Airbus Defence and Space Madrid • Mettis Aerospace Lisbon (customer) (customer) • West Country Tools (WCT) • Rolls Royce plc (customer) Contact Contact
Contact Paul Webb – Managing Director Dr Guillem Bernat – CEO [email protected] [email protected] Josh Sansom [email protected] UAV market as applied to Search & ROCA is a collaboration between Rescue, civil surveillance, environmental Rapita Systems and the University of Providing a full commodity manufacturing monitoring. Maritime vessels, land York, developing the next generation solution to the production of HPC systems, planetary rovers. of software verification tools to reduce components to meet cost, quality and the cost and effort for current and delivery targets in a flexible design sphere future aerospace industry needs.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£149,340 £150,000 £150,000
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SafePilot Weather Secure Authentication Single Stage Isolated Watch & Flight Evidence AC/DC Power Supply Recorder (SAFER) Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Blue Bear • On-Systems Ltd • Met Office • Peregrine Semi-conductors UK • Hybrid Air Vehicles (customer) • The Great Circle Ltd • Raytheon UK (customer) • e-Go (customer) • Distributed Management Systems Ltd • University of Central Lancashire • ProFlight UAV Suppliers (customer) Contact Contact Contact Mike Harvey – Commercial Director Andrew Berry [email protected] [email protected] Adam Berrington – Director [email protected] This project will deliver a single stage SafePilot Weather Watch is an electronic AC to DC power supply with power decision aid for manned aircraft (and an factor, and conversion efficiency greater automated planning tool for unmanned Project SAFER (Secure Authentication than 95%. The power supply will work aircraft) that enhances tactical and & Flight Evidence Recorder) exploits with single phase or three phase input strategic route planning to make a number of recent innovations from 80VAC to 264VAC, frequency from operations safer and more fuel efficient in encryption and authentication 40Hz to 800Hz, and give a regulated, technology, together with the power of isolated output from 12VDC to 400VDC. the ‘cloud’ to create a novel UAV pilot authentication system, which logs and communicates flight hours and flight data.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£95,000 £146,780 £150,000
42 Directory of NATEP Projects www.natep.org.uk 43 Project Project Project
SkyBike Slave Fasteners for Small Rotary Engine Automation Technologies Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Rotron Group • Collaboration partner • Kwikbolt Ltd • A&M EDM Ltd • i2M • Techteam Development LLP Contact • Wesco Aircraft (customer) • ASNU Corporation Europe Ltd • A UAV customer Gilo Cardozo – Chief Technical Officer Contact [email protected] Contact Dean Carran – Operations Director This project will work to develop a [email protected] Tim Shires – Design Engineer UAV platform with crop spraying [email protected] capabilities. It will explore flight control systems and location integration with To align with the future of aerospace an experimental VTOL design. manufacture this project aims to Development of an innovative aerospace design and develop single sided standard engine architecture to support temporary fasteners and their production of small multi-fuel operation interfaces suitable for fully automated power units specifically aimed at the aerospace assembly processes. unmanned air vehicle (UAV) market.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £150,000 £95,000
44 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
SMART Racking SmartHUD Software Defined System Telemetry Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Artemis Optical • Plessey Semiconductors Ltd • S2 Aerospace Ltd • BAE Systems (customer) • TBG Solutions Ltd • University of the West of England • G2 Communications • Airbus Military UK (customer) • Rolls-Royce plc (customer) Contact Contact Contact Stuart Allan – Technology Director [email protected] Tim Shortman - Managing Director Neil Roddis – R&D Manager [email protected] [email protected] SmartHUD aims to use the recent proliferation in LED light sources and The funding supports the development design unique and novel thin film coatings Software controlled wireless of a SMART Racking System for high- to enable their use in Head Up Display communications system for reliable value aircraft wheels in the aerospace systems. The advantages sought are wide bandwidth remote monitoring of MRO and the introduction of new reduced weight, longer useful life of sensor data, initially aimed at improving development capability within S2 the light source and enhanced optical efficiency and cost-effectiveness of (currently “build-to-print”) for innovative performance of the overall module. aero engine development test engineering design solutions.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£154,750 £102,890 £150,000
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SPARCS Rotary Engine Supply Chain Temperature Excellence Data Indicating Paints for Supply chain partnership Streamlining (SCEDS) Aero Engines (TIPTOE)
• Advanced Innovative Engineering (UK) Ltd Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Vortex Exhaust Technology Ltd • Aero Composites Innovations, France • Prion Cutting Edge • Sensor Coating Systems Ltd (customer) • Rule IQ • Indestructible Paint Ltd • Assystem UK Ltd (customer) • MAN Diesel and Turbo (customer) Contact Contact Contact Nathan Bailey – Managing Director [email protected] Mark Cella – Business Developer PLM Dr Jörg Feist – Managing Director [email protected] [email protected] Design, development and testing of a SPARCS (Self-Pressurised- SCEDS is the new affordable technology Thermal History Paint records temperature Air Rotor Cooling System) enabled platform that shares aerospace project information by going through irreversible rotary engine propulsion system data, which is centrally located and changes which can be detected non- for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. secure, with an extended supply chain destructively using specialised hand- (SMEs), reducing the risk of costly held read-out equipment. This project design and manufacturing mistakes will support the development of the technology to demonstrate its applicability in aerospace engine development.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£130,000 £150,000 £122,500
46 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Textilub – a novel Thermoplastic TOGGLON a bonded self-lubricating liner Composite Fusion Fixings Installation Welding (CoFusion) System Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • SKF • Tiab Limited • AgustaWestland (customer) • AGC Aero Composites • Adhesion Technologies Ltd • The National Composites Centre • MEP Ltd • Ten Cate Advanced Composites Ltd • Pressavon Contact • Rolls-Royce plc (customer) • Loop Technologies • GKN (customer) Michael Colton – Local Product Contact Development Manager Contact [email protected] David Conway – Materials Technology Director Colin Wood – General Manager Textilub will deliver the next generation [email protected] [email protected] of novel plain bearings to the meet the changing and demanding requirements of the aerospace market The CoFusion project builds on The Togglon project enables us to previous development work to optimise deliver the world’s first installation the efficiency and applicability of an tool specifically designed to quickly, innovative, rapid, low cost and flexible accurately and consistently install thermoplastic composite welding composite bonded fastenings on process to aerospace standards. to most substrates at any angle.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£150,000 £137,000 £150,000
www.natep.org.uk 47 Project Project Project
Treatments Triaging through NDT UAV Engine Durability The Safe Way Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • Theta Technology Ltd • Rotron Power • Manufacturing Technology Centre • A&M EDM • Ramp Industries Ltd • Rolls-Royce plc • Boeing (customer) • NFF Ltd • Thales UK (customer) Contact Contact Contact Julian Wright – Managing Director Alex Head – Technical Director [email protected] [email protected] Derek Smith – Surface Coating Manager [email protected] This project will investigate a novel non- This project has been devised to linear acoustic non-destructive testing research novel methods for extending The development of a REACH compliant (NDT) method for instant triaging of the flying durability of UAV rotary alternative to Alocrom 1200 for Aluminium defective metal components in automated engines to a target of 1000 hours of alloys, with a compatible over–painting real-time go/no-go decision making. Time Between Overhaul (TBO). process, meeting the various aerospace The state-of-the-art is too slow and too technical requirements. Without these expensive for commercial applications new treatments it is possible that Ramp but without NATEP funding this will will not be able to continue as a surface remain an academic technology curiosity treatment provider, hence the large and industry will not benefit from the number of safeguarding jobs following anticipated reduction in inspection times. the project’s successful completion.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£130,000 £145,100 £150,000
48 Directory of NATEP Projects www.natep.org.uk 49 Project Project Project
Ultrasonic Assisted Ultrasonic Ice Valuechain.com Machining of Protection –connecting the Aerospace Composites Aerospace Supply (USAMAC) Supply chain partnership Chains
• Ultra Electronics – Controls Supply chain partnership • Southampton University Supply chain partnership • Morgan Advanced Materials • Teer Coatings Ltd • BAE Systems (customer) • Valuechain.com • Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Ltd • Techni Grind Machining • BAE Systems (customer) Contact • Hyde Coatings Ltd • Alcoa (formerly RTI Forming) (customer) Contact Simon Marsden – Marketing Manager [email protected] Contact Susan Field – Collaborative Research Coordinator This project is to further develop a [email protected] new concept for a Wing Ice Protection Tom Dawes – Director technology for smaller commercial [email protected] USAMAC will demonstrate a new business aircraft and unmanned generation of drills, where tool design air vehicles, and to demonstrate The Valuechain.com project provides and state of the art coatings will enable operation in an icing tunnel on a multi-tier connectivity and visibility the full benefits of ultrasonic assisted representative aerofoil sample. within the aerospace supply chain machining technology to be realised in through an integrated cloud-based the drilling of advanced composite stacks. collaborative platform to streamline inter-company operations and develop competitive high value manufacturing extended enterprises.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£137,600 £150,000 £150,000
50 Directory of NATEP Projects Project Project Project
Visual Inventory Volume manufacture Water Soluble Optimisation Software of a composite fixing Ceramics for and weight Reduction Aluminium investment Supply chain partnership system casting applications
• Consult Avila • CANDA Systems Supply chain partnership Supply chain partnership • RLC Engineering (customer) • Adhesion Technologies Ltd • Aeromet Intl. Ltd Contact • MEP Ltd • Adaptive Engineering Solutions • Dopag • Airbus (customer) • Formax Dudley Wood - Director • Pressavon [email protected] • Loop Technologies Contact • GKN (customer) This project will: Steve Ashworth – Technical Director [email protected] Develop a visual management software Contact tool to optimise inventory levels based The project will develop a water soluble on a proven best practice methodology, Colin Wood – General Manager ceramic material which offers significant including data visualisation and active [email protected] & dynamic inventory planning and improvement potential in the investment control, segmentation, mapping, trend casting industry. Once mature, this analysis, alerting, root-cause analysis This project provides a machine to prove technology will allow components to and forecasting. This software will be mass production of Fiba Spida fixings be manufactured with features which supported by an inventory management which will facilitate weight reduction and today cannot be produced, thus opening and control e-learning package and will revolutionise how composite aerospace up the product design space for parts be delivered via cloud technology. structures are designed, and constructed. count and component size reduction.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£64,000 £150,000 £148,000
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Wet Fit Slave Whole-field Xenon Pulse Fasteners simulated/ Technology in Fibre experimental data Placement Supply chain partnership comparison Supply chain partnership • Kwikbolt Ltd • i2M Supply chain partnership • Wesco Aircrafts (customer) • Heraeus Noblelight Ltd • GKN Aerospace (customer) • Hexcel Composites Ltd • Enabling Process Technologies Ltd • Rolls-Royce plc (customer) • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics • Strain Solutions Ltd (customer) • Airbus Operations Ltd (customer) Contact Contact Contact Martin Brown - Applications Manager [email protected] Mr Jan Niklewicz – Technical Director Dr John Philip Tyler – Director [email protected] [email protected] Heraeus Noblelight Xenon Flash technology offers potential cost and The project will design and develop, This project will develop a new method in collaboration, new innovative wet performance advantages in processing for the full-field comparison between of composite materials for aerospace fit slave fasteners to be used during experimentally derived digital image composite aircraft assembly. Providing applications. This research will take the correlation displacement/strain data technology closer to commercialisation. a more efficient and effective working and finite element simulation results environment as well as a more cost from aerospace structures, incorporating effective, environmentally friendly an innovative and fully automated and reliable method of production. coordinate transformation approach.
NATEP Grant NATEP Grant NATEP Grant
£145,000 £77,000 £145,500
52 Directory of NATEP Projects Autonomous Technologies Limited 22 Creative Composites Ltd 14 Company Index Avia Technique 38, 40 Crossen Engineering Ltd 14 AVoptics 25 CTES Ltd 13 AVPE Ltd 40 CybAero 20 AVS-SYS Ltd 18, 33 aXenic Limited 33 3D Metal Printing Ltd 7 3T RPD Ltd 27 4C Electronics 14 D
B Datum Tool Design 25 Denroy Plastics Ltd 32 BAE Systems 4, 13, 19, 25, 30, 45, 50 Dickinson Legg Ltd 38 A BE Aerospace, Florida 34 Distributed Management Systems Ltd 42 Beagle Technology Group Ltd 22 Diversus Ltd 33 Abstract Solutions Ltd 40 Belfast Aircraft Stress Engineers Ltd 32 Dopag (UK) Ltd 16, 51 Accelonix 36 Bentley Motors 10 D-RisQ Ltd 40 Adaptive Engineering Solutions 51 Blackprint Ltd t/a “Alloy Heat Treatments” 6 Adhesion Technologies 16, 47, 51 Blue Bear Systems Research 36, 42 Advanced Innovative Engineering (UK) Ltd Boeing 4, 14, 24, 48 46 Bombardier 6, 7, 14, 25, 27 Advanced Laser Technologies Ltd 39 Boston Design Consultants 24 E Aero Composites Innovations, France 46 BOXARR Ltd 9 e-Go 42 Aeromet 4, 51 Bristol Aero Ltd 36 e-Mould (UK) Ltd 10 Aerospace Metal Composites Ltd 27, 30 Brunel University 26 Ejot UK Ltd 16 AGC Aero Composites 10, 47 Electrobase RP 4 Agile Business Improvement Ltd 9 Element Materials Technology 10, 20 AgustaWestland 7, 15, 16, 30, 32, 33, 47 Embraer Commercial Aviation 14 AIM Aviation Ltd 15 Enabling Process Technologies Ltd 52 AIM Cabin Interiors 9 C ENL Ltd 10, 16 AIM Composites 9 Cabot Design Ltd 21 EPM Technology 39 Airbus 7, 10, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 32, 35, 38, CANDA Systems 51 Eurocontrol 13, 16 40, 41, 45, 51, 52 Castle Air 15 European Maritime Safety Agency, Lisbon 41 Aircelle Ltd 16 CCP Gransden Ltd 27 ExoTec Precision 27 Air Liquide 38, 40 Centrax Turbine Components 41 Extrude Hone Ltd 26 Alcoa 50 Chemring 26 Altran UK Ltd 8 Clwyd Compounders 9 ALTUS 16 C&M Mould Tools Ltd 34 A&M EDM 44, 48 CNR Services International 34 Amfax Ltd 39 Cobham Antenna System 19, 39 F Ant Industries 39 Cobham Mission Systems 39 Applied Graphene Materials Limited 24 Falcomposite Ltd 34 Comco 27 Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd 30, 39 F E Robinson Ltd 22 Composite Innovations Ltd 24 Artemis Optical 45 Fleet Maintenance 25 Composites Evolution 9 Arville Textiles 18, 33 Flow HD 22 Consult Avila 51 Ashton & Moore Ltd 6 FlyBe 35 Contra Electric Propulsion Ltd 34 ASNU Corporation Europe Ltd 44 Foam Techniques Ltd 33 Controls and Data Services 35, 36, 41 Aspect Supportability Consultants 12 Fokker Elmo BV 24 Craftsman Tools Ltd 14 Assystem UK Limited 7, 46 Formax 51 Cranfield Aerospace 20 ATS UK 30 Forsberg Services Ltd 38 Createc 36
www.natep.org.uk 53 G Ipeco Holdings 36 MD Helicopters 15 ITP Engines UK Ltd 25, 26 Meditech Systems 38, 40 G2 Communications 45 Meggitt Aerospace Ltd 6 Gardner BTC Ltd 12 Meggitt PLC 21 Gardner Group Ltd 9 Meggitt Sensing Systems 35 GE Aerospace 40 MEP Ltd 8, 47, 51 GE Aviation 6, 20 J Messier-Dowty Ltd 24 GE Aviation Czech 10 Met Office 42 Jackson Design Ltd 8 Gemms Ltd 38 Mettis Aerospace 18, 30, 41 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC 16 General Dynamics UK 36 Midland Aerospace 34 Jet Aviation AG 36 General Engine Management Systems 20 MOD - UK Chinook project team 25 Geo Kingsbury 25 Moog Controls 14 German Aerospace Centre (DLR) 16 Moog Inc. 14 Geven SPA 18 Morgan Advanced Materials 50 Gingerneering Ltd 21 K Mosquito Digital Limited 7 GKN Aerospace 13, 21, 24, 47, 51, 52 Moulded Circuits Ltd 4 KAMAN Composites Ltd 30 Moyola Precision Engineering Ltd 32 KAMAN Tooling Ltd 30 Muretex Ltd 20 Kenard Engineering(Tewkesbury) Ltd 18 M Wright & Sons Ltd 24 Klauke UK ltd 22 H Kwikbolt Ltd 44, 52 Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd 19, 20 Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Ltd 15, 50 Helitune 15 N Heraeus Noblelight Ltd 52 Hercules Propellers Ltd 34 NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre 27 Hexcel Composites 30, 52 L Nasmyth Technologies Ltd 10 HiETA Technologies Ltd 36 NEDEAS Ltd 19 Hitex Ltd 30 Lancashire Fire & Rescue 6 Net Composites Ltd 9 Hucknall Sheet Metal Ltd 10 Laser Optical Eng. Ltd 4 Newcastle University School of Agriculture, HW Communications 16, 19 Leigh Speciality Cables 21 Food and Rural Development 22 Hybrid Air Vehicles 42 LIMA 40 NFF Ltd 48 Hyde Aero Products Ltd 13 Line Business Services 39 Hyde Coatings Ltd 50 Linwave Technology 35 Locanis 38 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics 52 Loop Technology Ltd 16, 47, 51 O I On-Systems Ltd 42 Oxford Space Systems 26 i2M 44, 52 Oxsensis 35 i3 Works 9 M Impcross Ltd 38 Indestructible Paint Ltd 46 Magnesium Elektron 18 Industria de Turbo Propulsores, SA 25, 26, 39 MAN Diesel and Turbo 46 Insphere Limited 21, 32 Manufacturing Technology Centre 48 P Investment Casting Systems Ltd 34 Martin Baker Aircraft 26 P3ec 9 Invest Tech Ltd 12 Material Solutions 12 Packaging Automation 9 Invirt Reality 35 MBDA UK Ltd 4, 8 Pattonair Ltd 39 Ionix Advanced Technologies Ltd 35 McLaren Applied Technologies 19 Pentangle Internet Ltd 9 Ipeco Composites 15 MDA Corporation UK Ltd 26
54 Directory of Grant Funding Peregrine Semi-conductors UK 42 SHD Composite Materials Limited 15, 19, 20, Unilathe 9 Perfect Bore Manufacturing Ltd 38 24 University of Bath 7, 33 Photon Fire Limited 21 Showcase Graphics 12 University of Bedfordshire 33 Plessey Semiconductors Ltd 45 Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd 27 University of Bristol 8, 15 PNLD 13 Sigmatex 16 University of Central Lancashire 19, 42 Poeton Industries 4 Silcoms Ltd 14 University of Coventry 18, 20 Powerkut Ltd 18 SKF 32, 47 University of Exeter 35 Pre-Met 12 Snelflight Limited 22 University of Manchester 16 Pressavon 16, 47, 51 South West Metal Finishing 40 University of Oxford 8 Prion Cutting Edge 46 Sovereign Global(UK) Ltd 41 University of Southampton 7, 50 ProFlight UAV Suppliers 42 Spirit AeroSystems 7 University of the West of England 45 Prosig 15 SR-Technic 32 University of York 41 Stainless Plating Ltd 6 Starrag UK Ltd 13 Stirling Dynamics 7 Strain Solutions Ltd 52 R V National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme Ramp Industries Ltd 48 Valuechain.com 6, 50 Rapita Systems Ltd 8, 41 Vortex Exhaust Technology Ltd 46 Raytheon 18, 33, 42 T VTOL Technologies Ltd 22, 26, 38 Reliance Precision Ltd 26 Funding new technologies and new manufacturing Remvox Limited 6 TBG Solutions Ltd 45 productivity in the aerospace supply chain Renishaw 32, 40 TCS Micropumps Ltd 4 Resinex UK Ltd 34 Technical Fibre Products Ltd 10 Retrac Composites Ltd 13 Technicut Ltd 25 W Rinicom Limited 16, 19 Techni Grind Machining 50 Walter GB Ltd 13 RLC Engineering 51 Technoset 39 Welwyn Components Power & Hybrid 36 RNC Avionics Ltd 6, 13 Techteam Development LLP 44 Wesco Aircraft 44, 52 Rockwell Collins 38 Teer Coatings Ltd 15, 50 West Country Tools (WCT) 41 Rolls-Royce plc 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 41, 45, 47, TEKEVER Ltd 41 West Midlands Fire Service 22 48, 52 Ten Cate Advanced Composites 30, 47 West Yorkshire Police 13 Rolls Royce (Precision Casting Foundry) 34 Test and Verification Systems Ltd 8 Winbro Group 18 Rotite Technologies 16 THALES 16, 48 WMG HVM Catapult 32 Rotron Group 20, 44 The AMRC with Boeing 14 ROTRON Power Ltd 41, 48 The Great Circle Ltd 19, 42 Rule IQ 46 The National Composites Centre 47 delivered by Theta Technology Ltd 48 Third Dimension 21 Tiab Limited 47 Trackwise Designs Ltd 24 S Trimvale Aviation 16 TT Electronics 25 S2 Aerospace Ltd 45 SAFRAN Labinal Power Systems 8 Saher (UK) 13 Sandvik Coromant 14 Advanced Manufacturing Scotia Gas Networks 22 U Selex ES 33 Supply Chain Initiative Semelab Ltd 12 UK Council for Electronic Business 12 Sensor Coating Systems Ltd 46 Ultra Electronics Controls 19, 50
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