Talented engineers help lifting specialist go nuclear
Derbyshire-based Penny Hydraulics supplies specialist lifting equipment including vehicle-mounted cranes and loading platforms, goods lifts, lighting winches and specialist equipment for the mining industry. A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with engineering experts from Sheffield Hallam University helped make their expansion into the nuclear industry a highly successful venture.
KTP helps secure £14m worth of orders for Joesph Rhodes
An innovative new approach to Super Plastic Forming and Diffusion Bonding processes (SPF/DB), developed through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Sheffield Hallam has played a fundamental role in securing orders worth £14 million from BAE for Joseph Rhodes Ltd
Literature Search and Review to Determine the Feasibility of Materials
Approached by Chase Research Cryogenics because the company had encountered problems with a particular product that was in development. The task presented to us was to explore whether or not there were any alternative materials that could potentially be used in an effort to rectify those problems.
Long-term collaboration with an industrial partner
This case study looks at how an Innovation Voucher from Innovate UK led to a long-term collaboration with an industrial partner
Robot giving a helping hand in global study
A robot arm modelled on an elephant's trunk is helping a Sheffield student in a global project to help people with restricted mobility to carry out everyday tasks, such as helping them to feed themselves
Robot technology to increase safety for firefighters
One of our robotics experts, Dr Jacques Penders, is working with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and a number of European partners to develop palm-sized robots, named the Guardians and the Viewfinders, which will soon be the first to enter burning buildings
Simulation case study - Sweden Posten
SP has been using computer simulation to address various operational issues for many years. Having invested in modern and automated equipment at sorting centres, Sweden Posten wanted to simulate all sorting centres in the country
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) services
A complete service is carried out for the glass industry from analysing the raw materials including sand, limestone, dolomite, soda ash, glass cullet, borax etc. to the finished product and also waste dusts.
Examination of metallurgical defects
Research on the examination of metallurgical defects at the Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University.