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News Release from: TWI (The Welding Institute)
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TWI opens Yorkshire technology centre
The Welding Institute in Yorkshire has opened the doors of a purpose built technology centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park at Waverley, near Rotherham.
The Welding Institute (TWI) in Yorkshire has opened the doors of a purpose built technology centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park at Waverley, near Rotherham Located on a two-acre site, the £2m development took over seven months to construct
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The technology centre houses materials processing facilities including what is claimed to be the most powerful friction stir welding machine in the world, with the capability for welding 75mm thick aluminium in a single pass.
There is also a high concentricity friction stir machine to develop techniques for welding high melting point metals such as steel, which have not previously been welded with this technique.
Laser direct metal deposition facilities are used to build up features on metal surfaces.
And a robotic manipulated fibre laser provides materials processing capabilities.
The company plans to expand the range of equipment available at the centre with an order already placed for a robotic friction stir welder.
Investment in further metal powder processing equipment is also possible.
The opening of the facility comes just under three years after TWI began operating in the region in leased accommodation at Orgreave.
The number of staff has grown to 26 with further recruitment planned.
Colin Walters, who headed the building project for TWI, said: "The opening of this facility is a key stage in the expansion of the company around the world".
"Locating a facility in South Yorkshire was seen as strategically important, and the opportunity that was afforded to us by the development of the Advanced Manufacturing Park was to good to miss".
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