Introduction

The combined effects of political uncertainty, global pandemic and warfare in Ukraine have had a huge impact on recent supplies of energy and raw materials. AILU has an active community of Laser Job Shops that assist each other in collaboration for sharing best practice in Business and Technology.

This year’s Annual Business Meeting is the perfect place to catch up on lots of ways to address the challenges such businesses face in 2022.  Practical help for your business – to become more efficient, to save money and to find and retain key employees are address at the meetin:

Steel supply: UK Steel’s Gareth Stace outlines the current challenges in the steel supply chain facing the sheet metal industry in the UK.

Energy Costs: Liam Conway from CEC advises on the market trends and optimum strategies for negotiating energy contracts and Nigel Price of Regenerco outlines options for solar panels and CHP systems that save money from day one.

Staffing: Rowland Travis from Nottingham University describes the Degree Level Apprenticeship – hire and retain key staff who work as they learn and end up with a debt-free degree and a footing in your business.

Tax Rebates: James Cameron from ABGI outlines how R & D Tax Credit rules are changing in April 2023 – and what to do now to claim whether you made a profit or loss in the last two financial years.

New Technology: Hand Held Lasers for Welding & Cleaning are presented by David Pope of IPG and Sinan Bilgin of SSLS – and other suppliers give updates on the latest technology of interest to Job Shops.

Programme

09:30 – 10:00   Registration & refreshments

10:00 – 10:10   Welcome & Introduction
Mark Millar (Chair of AILU Jobshop Group)

10:10 – 10:30 Current Challenges Facing Steel Supply in the UK
Gareth Stace (UK Steel)

10:30 – 10:50  Energy Cost Uncertainty – What is the best policy?
Liam Conway (Control Energy Costs, CEC)

10:50-11:10 Degree Level Apprenticeships – Finding & Retaining Future Skilled Staff
Rowland Travis (University of Nottingham)

11:10-11:40  Refreshments

11:40-12:00  R& D Tax credits – new legislation & opportunities
James Cameron (ABGI)

12:00-12:20  What’s the Current situation with Commercial Solar Power?
Richard Wakeford (Evoenergy)

12:20-12:35  An Introduction to High Power manual laser welding in sheet metal
Gary Broadhead (IPG Photonics)

12:35-12:50  Laser Cleaning – a practical introduction to the process & equipment
Sinan Bilgin (SS Laser Solutions)

Lunch – -12:50-13:50

13:50-14:50  What’s new – short commercial presentations
6x company pitches (5 mins each) from MSS, Amada, Nitrogen Supply Co, BLM, SS Laser, TRUMPF

14:50-15:00  Survey results feedback
Dave MacLellan (AILU)

15:00-15:45  Open Discussion Forum

15:45  Close

 

Accommodation

Recommended Hotel:

Premier Inn West Bromwich Town Centre (New Square)
Congregation Way,
West Bromwich
B70 7PU

Alternatively:

Premier Inn West Bromwich
New Gas Street,
West Bromwich,
West Midlands
B70 0NP

 

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Early Career Researchers Seminar

Wednesday 30th November 2022

 

Introduction

Founded in 2017, AILU’s Early Career Researchers (ECR) Group represents the next generation of laser industry and academic professionals. The Group, operating as a committee with an elected Chair and Secretary, is spread across research centres and industrial manufacturers both in the UK and Europe.

On Wednesday 30th November the Group will host a morning seminar followed by a tour of the Additive Manufacturing facilities at the University of Nottingham’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. The members of the Committee will give short presentations highlighting the current focus of their research or application area.

The seminar is open to AILU members and non-members and would be of interest to those who might join this group or would benefit from networking with this enthusiastic and talented pool of individuals.

 

09:30 – 10:00   Registration & Refreshments

10:00 -10:20   Introduction to the University and AM Group – Marco Simonelli (University of Nottingham)

10:20 -10:30   Fluid and particle dynamics in LPBF – Ioannis Bitharas (Heriot-Watt University)

10:30 -10:40   FeNi36 deposition using AM processes: In-situ alloying and pre-alloyed FeNi36 – Romali Bismal (Cranfield University)

10:40 -10:50   Hybrid Manufacturing and Binder Jet AM – Raja Abdullah (University of Birmingham)

10:50 -11:00   Impact of laser beam shaping technology on weld quality in E-Mobility applications – Tianzhu Sun-Warwick-

11:00 -11:10   The role of new product development within laser manufacturing – Sheona Day (TRUMPF)

11:10 -11:40   Refreshment Break

11:40 -11:50   Record microgroove production using a spatial light modulator – Daniel Wilson (University of Manchester)

11:50 -12:00   High power water jet guided laser machining of advanced materials – Helen Elkington (MTC)

12:00 -12:10   Development of Thulium-doped fibre lasers – Martin Buckthorpe (University of Southampton)

12:10 -12:20   Laser welding of dissimilar materials for electric vehicle battery manufacturing – Amirhossein Sadeghian (Coventry University)

12:20 -12:30   Lasers in Surgery and Robotics – Donald Risbridger (Heriot-Watt University)

12:30 -13:30   Lunch

13:30 -14:15   Tour

 

Venue

Advanced Manufacturing Building
University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus,
Nottingham
NG8 1BB

(Sat Nav postcode NG7 2GX )

The Centre for Additive Manufacturing is located in the Advanced Manufacturing Building, Jubilee Campus (Building 59) just off Derby road via the Jubilee Campus South Entrance.

If driving, use the visitor car park which is only 5 minutes walk away  (the car park is to the right of Building 9 on the map).

 

 

 

 

Main image courtesy of University of Nottingham