AMAP

The Institute for Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice

Research Activity Overview

AMAP

• Who or what are we?

• How do we support Advanced Manufacturing?

– What facilities can we offer?

• What are we currently working on?

– Some projects too confidential for this

Who or what are we?

University of Sunderland

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Dept Computing, Engineering and

Technology

AMAP

AMAP are a Research and Reach Out Unit Our role is to support the University’s strategy of supporting Advanced Manufacturing We define an Advanced Manufacturer as one that innovates in:

Design Product Development and Process Improvement

Advanced Manufacturing

• AMAP define Advanced Manufacturers as those that innovate is:

– Design

– Product development

– Process Improvement

• To support these manufacturers we offer a range of services

• Industrial applications • Digital engineering technologies • Partnership training • Valuable services to manufacturers

International Research • Manufacturing • Maintenance engineering • Ultra low carbon vehicle technology

Practical expertise & problem solving solutions

AMAP’s Facilities

Our Factory facilities include state of the art Rapid Prototyping, 3D Scanning, Inspection, Reverse Engineering and CNC Manufacturing processes, together with a wide range of digital engineering software technologies.

CNC Machining Centre and Lathe 3D Scanning & Reverse Engineering

3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping

CNC Machining Services

• Full 5 Axis CNC machining • CNC Lathe • Powered by Delcam manufacturing software • Specialist ‘one-off’ component manufacturers • Full inspection and reporting service

Suggested Markets: • New Product Introduction • Prototypes • Very small runs • Research and Development

New line setup for Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

• Major investment in new production line. • Aided the client with 3D inspection and verification against native design on the customers site. • Client feedback currently suggesting that quality on this line is now not only exceeding internal operations but also America, China and Japan. • This is due to the verification of line setup.

Geomagic Inspection Report

Full Turn Key Solutions

Consultation Design Prototype Reverse

Engineering

Inspection Manufacture Product

Introduction Testing

Research

• We have a Vehicle Workshop containing:

– EV development Dynamometer

– EV test mules

– Simulation + CAD/CAM

– Fuel Cells and Battery arrays

Driving Simulator

• An EV Development Dynamometer linked

to our driving simulator .

• Including humans in the Design

Verification process

EV Research

• Increasing stability to reduce battery pack

size and improve life

• Reducing the energy drain on traction

batteries and extending geographic

operation of BEV’s

• Increasing flexibility/drivability

• Investigating fleet operational issues

• Intelligent Mobility

Extending the geographic range

Cold weather battery performance

Interest from Auto OEMs Batteries lose up to 50% of their capacity at temps below -20 degs C Will present initial findings in San Diego this year

Summary

For more information contact:

adrian.morris@sunderland.ac.uk

Visit

www.amap.sunderland.ac.uk

mailto:adrian.morris@sunderland.ac.ukhttp://www.amap.sunderland.ac.uk/