RESEARCH
THE COLLABORATIVE
IMPERATIVE!
Irish Manufacturing Research has announced a new collaborative research
partnership that involves the supply of a new Doosan Puma lathe.
Mills CNC, the exclusive
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In addition to its high specification, the
model supplied to IMR also featured a
number of ancillary technology additions
to increase its productivity and efficiency.
These included:
• a Hydrafeed servo-driven bar feeder
• a Filtermist oil/mist extraction unit
• a Renishaw optical workpiece
inspection probe
• a LNS swarf conveyor system
• a FSE filtration system
• Hainbuch collet chucks
The lathe was also supplied with an
auto door and a robot interface (to
facilitate automated workpiece loading/
unloading in the future). The Puma
2600SY II was installed at IMR’s 35,000
sq. ft. Technology Centre in late August
2020.
Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) is
a leading manufacturing Research and
Technology Organisation with labs and
industrial pilot lines in Dublin and
distributor of Doosan
machine tools in the
UK and Ireland, has
recently entered into
a collaborative research partnership
with Irish Manufacturing Research
(IMR), a leading independent and
not-for-profit research and training
organisation (RTO) based in Mullingar,
County Westmeath. To support the
organisation’s research programme in the
Irish market, Mills has supplied IMR with
a new Doosan Puma 2600SY II lathe.
The advanced 10“ chuck box-guideway
multi-tasking lathe, a firm favourite
amongst UK and Irish component
manufacturers ever since its introduction
in 2018, features a powerful built-in
spindle (22kW/4000rpm), a Y-axis
(+/-52.5mm), a sub-spindle
(15kW/6000rpm) and driven tooling
capabilities (7.5kW/5000rpm).
Mullingar, Ireland. IMR works with
leading global and indigenous brands to
demystify and derisk new and emerging
technologies, and to deliver high-impact
collaborative research to enable global
leadership in advanced manufacturing.
IMR has over 60 researchers with
hundreds of years of combined industry
expertise working in areas such as 3D
printing, Data Analytics, Knowledge
Management, Sustainable Manufacturing,
Advanced Robotics and the Industrial
Internet of Things.
IMR activities span national and
European research collaborations,
prototyping services, training, and
Industry networks.
IMR is headquartered in Rathcoole, and
has a European Digitisation for
Manufacturing Pilot Facility in the
National Science Park, Mullingar. Their
research aims to improve productivity,
efficiency, and sustainability, positioning
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