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Renishaw AM supports motor innovation
Renishaw’s additive manufacturing
(AM) technology is playing a role in the
realisation of the world’s most power
dense permanent magnet electric
motor.
Expert electri cation company
Equipmake has teamed up with leading
additive manufacturing organisation
HiETA to develop the next-generation
motor as part of a revolutionary project,
grant-funded by Innovate UK.
HiETA has multiple Renishaw AM
machines at its Bristol location,
including two Renishaw AM 250’s
purchased in 2015, with these joined
in 2018 by three multi-laser Renishaw
RenAM 500Q machines.
Equipmake’s new motor,
codenamed AMPERE, draws on the
company’s world-leading expertise in
electric motor design and HiETA’s
pioneering knowledge in thermal
engineering and additive manufacturing,
with the target of producing an
Further support for steel calls
Unite has welcomed the sale of
British Steel to Jingye, but adds
that government’s continued roll
is vital. It said: “While the
government has played a crucial
part in ensuring that a buyer for
British Steel was found, its role
must not end here. It is essential
that dramatic action is taken to
ensure the long-term future of UK
steel production.
“Public procurement rules
must be introduced to ensure
that UK steel, alongside other UK-
manufactured products, is always
sourced to support public sector
procurement projects, including
HS2, new hospitals and other
infrastructure projects, our Royal
Naval ships and when purchasing
new rolling stock for our
railways."
Supporting that view, UK Steel
director general Gareth Stace
said following the Budget: “£600
billion of infrastructure investment
is undoubtedly good news. The
UK’s historic underinvestment,
particularly outside of the south
east, has long held key industrial
regions of the country back, and
it was vital that the Budget
addressed this issue. However, it
is critical that the government
spends this money strategically.
“UK infrastructure projects are
expected to require one million
tonnes of steel a year, a gure
that will only increase in light of
the Chancellor’s investment
announcement. The government
could signi cantly boost the
social and economic bene ts
delivered by these projects by
taking a more deliberative
approach to steel procurement.
Indeed, the two million tonnes of
steel projected for HS2 alone
would deliver a £1.5 billion boost
to the UK economy and
safeguard at least 2,000 steel
jobs, if UK-produced steel is
used."
Renishaw AM
equipment
is helping to
manufacture
a lightweight
structure that
will support the
realisation of the
world's most
power dense motor
extremely lightweight, ef cient but
low-cost electric motor with peak
power density of more than 20 kW
per kg – more than four times as
power dense as a conventional
electric motor.
The key to AMPERE’s performance
is its combination of an advanced
motor design with additive
manufacturing, allowing its metal
structure to be 3D printed, rather
than milled from a solid billet.
Equipmake and HiETA are
targeting peak power of 220 kW at
30,000 rpm from a 10 kg AMPERE.
Even the best standard permanent
magnet motors would struggle to
muster 5 kW per kg.
Mitutoyo helps maintain strict rules of golf
A Mitutoyo CMM is playing its part
in upholding the rules of golf, with
The Royal & Ancient (R&A) using
the equipment to vet equipment.
Situated close to the home of
golf near St Andrews, The R&A
engages in and supports activities
undertaken for the bene t of the
sport of golf. Together with the
USGA, The R&A governs the sport
of golf worldwide, operating in
separate jurisdictions while
sharing a commitment to a single
code for the rules of golf, rules of
amateur status and equipment
standards.
The R&A’s equipment
standards role includes evaluating
submissions of new equipment for
conformance to the rules of golf.
The rules and speci cations
related to golf clubs are divided
into ve separate categories, club
(general), shaft, grip, clubhead
and club face. Having used a
previous generation Mitutoyo
Golf has strict rules that must be maintained, with regard to new
equipment developments. Mitutoyo is supporting that work
Formtracer instrument for some
years for measuring the impact
area markings on club faces, the
organisation recently took delivery
of a new Mitutoyo Formtracer
Avant model.
This is now being used to
measure the pro les, widths,
depths, edge radii and the
separation distances of the of the
grooves located on golf club
faces’ impact areas. It is also
used to inspect the surface nish
of club face’s impact areas
against the same rules.
Each week, The R&A receives
30-40 submissions of new
equipment for evaluation.
6 March 2020, issue 2 - Machinery Classifi ed
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