The RAMP group researches High Speed Machining. The Revolutionary Aerospace Machining Project Laboratory is the key facility for this.

This new million pound facility provides a centre of expertise for aerospace manufacturing research in the machining of high temperature alloys through a combination of grinding and milling. RAMP works with companies such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Stellram on projects funded by EPSRC and the DTI including work on:

Advanced Monolithic Machining Parameters.

Surface Indentation Stress Measurement.

Compensation of Billet Residual Stress.

Enhanced Fatigue Recovery using Lasers.

The facility provides an advanced manufacturing technology for the benefit of the global aerospace industry and should allow UWE to become the leading European institution for advanced machining techniques for the aerospace and related industries. The laboratory researches high velocity machining and thus opens up opportunities for new methodologies for Ultra High Performance Machining.