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Assembly is the general term for applications that assemble and inspect the fundamental parts to form a final product or sub-component.
Automation is the use of various control systems for operating equipment such as machinery, processes in factories, and other applications with minimal or reduced human intervention.
Biologics are preparations, such as a drug, a vaccine, or an antitoxin, that are synthesized from living organisms or their products and used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent.
Biotechnology uses microorganisms, such as bacteria or yeasts, or biological substances, such as enzymes, to perform specific industrial or manufacturing processes.
Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and is then allowed to solidify.
Composite materials are materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties, that when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components.
Design for manufacture is a term used to describe the process of designing products/parts/components in a way that optimises all the manufacturing functions as well as ensuring that design supports the optimisation of cost, quality and regulatory compliance.
Advanced manufacturing is a highly knowledge intensive sector where advances in IT systems have a huge role to play in improving manufacturing intelligence; capturing, sharing and managing big data; supporting collaboration; increasing efficiency & speeding up innovation.
Electronics deals with electrical circuits that involve active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive electrical components and interconnection technologies.
A method for producing goods that is readily adaptable to changes in the product being manufactured, in which machines are able to manufacture parts and with the ability to handle varying levels of production.
Formulations refer to the putting together of components in appropriate relationships or structures, according to a formula.
Forming of metallic components by use of carefully controlled combinations of temperature and pressure to effect viscoelastic flow and/or plastic deformation.
Machining is any of various processes in which a piece of raw material is cut into a desired final shape and size by a controlled material-removal process.
Polymeric materials are created via polymerisation of many small molecules.
Materials characterisation refers to the broad and general process by which a material’s structure and properties are probed, measured and tested.
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces.
Metrology (the science of measurement) provides critical quality assurance for manufacturing processes.
Modeling and simulation is getting information about how something will behave without actually testing it in real life.
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the process of creating objects directly from digital files via the successive addition of discrete layers of material.
Many of the emerging production methods that produce net shape components begin with powdered metals.
Environmental legislation is creating a significant demand for electrochemical storage solutions for both static and mobile application.
Printable electronics refers to the methods used to create electrical devices on various substrates including thin film, textiles and paper.
The efficient use of resources in manufacturing processes coupled with low carbon and low energy manufacturing processes is a major target across the whole of manufacturing industry.
Surface engineering refers to a wide range of technologies designed to modify the surface properties of metallic and non-metallic components for decorative and/or functional purposes.
Tooling refers to workings or specialist manufacturing aids which are usually limited in use to a specific production line or the performance of a specific contract or job.
Virtual reality refers to a set of techniques in which one interacts with a synthetic (“virtual”) environment that exists solely in the computer.