Engineers to boost growth with three manufacturers
Wednesday 19 October 2016
ENGINEERS at the University of Salford are lending their expertise to boost growth and jobs at three UK-based manufacturers.
Experts in Civil Engineering, Acoustics and the Spray Research Group - have won Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) worth more than £480k with Technocover Ltd, Farrat Isolevel Ltd and the Carlisle Fluid Technologies Group respectively.
Part funded by Government, a KTP is an Innovate UK programme which helps companies to improve competitiveness and productivity through a three-way partnership between a business, a University and a recent graduate ‘KTP Associate’.
Professor Sunil Vadera, Dean of the School of Computing, Science and Engineering said: “To win not one but three bids is a huge vote of confidence in the research quality and the industry-focussed credentials of academics in the School.”
Potential outcomes could lead to new products in industrial painting and coating, building vibration control and industrial security.
So who are the beneficiary companies we’ll be working with?
- Finishing Brands Holdings is part of the Carlisle Fluid Technologies Group, a global manufacturer of spray equipment for the automotive, aerospace, marine, rail and construction industries. Supervised by Professor Ghasem Nasr and Dr Amir Nourian of the Spray Technology Group, this two-year KTP aims to help the manufacturer maximise the atomisation potential of products for increased transfer-to-surface efficiency.
- Technocover Limited, based in North Wales, provide security infrastructure for electrical, gas and power installation and factories. The aim of this KTP is to “embed R & D capability incorporating systematic testing and modelling process leading to design and development of new product range”. The academic team are civil engineers Neil Currie and Dr Levi Augusthus-Nelson.
- The third project teams up engineers at Farrat Isolevel Ltd with Professor Andy Moorhouse and Dr Andy Elliott of the Acoustics Research Group in a bid to develop, implement and validate a cutting edge methodology to predict the vibro-acoustic response of buildings that incorporate vibration control. This is particularly relevant for concert halls, appartments and buildings affected by train or underground noise.
Janet Morana KTP Manager at the University of Salford, said: “We are delighted to have been able to announce these three KTPs at a time when the University is setting out a clear strategy to strengthen partnerships and create Industry Collaboration Zones (ICZs).”
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