Manufacturing facilities at Cranfield University
Cranfield University operates a wide range of manufacturing-related research facilities which support both students and industrial partners. These facilities support our key capabilities:
Composites manufacturing facilities
Decision engineering facilities
- Cost studio
- 3D Printer
Enterprise systems laboratory facility
- SAP R/3
- Oracle e-business suite, and
- UGS Teamcenter Engineering.
Welding engineering facilities
Precision engineering facilities
- Machining process monitoring and modelling
- Ultra precision technologies - The Box®
- Precision grinding
- Superabrasive machining
- Ultra-high precision diamond turning
- Barkhausen Noise Technique
Cranfield is also home to the Hexagon Loxham Precision Laboratory, a 400m² state-of-the-art temperature and humidity controlled workspace, boasting an ultra high accuracy Leitz PMM-F co-ordinate measuring machine.
Precision machining, materials and welding facilities provide the practical underpinning to Cranfield's Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC) which enables research across the University in relation to manufacturing.
