The new centre will leverage both organisations’ strong research bases and will enable greater adoption of innovation through close interaction with TWI’s network of 700+ Industrial Members.
J4IC will focus on ‘joining’ technologies in the context of Industry 4.0 based upon a holistic approach to the overall development challenges – ie the integration of advanced manufacturing techniques and systems, software platforms, intelligent computation, and overall systems connectivity, to enable smart, connected, and digital based manufacturing solutions.
The new centre aims to establish an excellent research environment, supported by PhD researchers and academic staff embedded with industry, and securing research funding from public funding bodies such as H2020 and Innovate UK, in order to support the research and development ambitions of the partners.
J4IC will compliment and strengthen TWI’s current offering within the digital space delivered through the Welding Systems Integration team, which recently won an award for ‘Outstanding Ecosystem Design Using CurateFx’.