FEMM Hub Announces its First Conference

The Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing (FEMM) hub invites you to our first conference, to be held at the IET Birmingham, 13 September 2021.

The day will feature presentations on the recent advances in the design and manufacture of high value electrical machines. Our Grand Challenge leaders will present key areas of research for each of the eight work packages, along with initial findings as well as future research directions.

A technical poster session will also showcase the work of our researchers plus the results from our first round of Feasibility Fund awardees. This informal session will aim to stimulate conversation and identify potential areas of collaboration with delegates.

Our over-arching aim for this initial conference is to build a future network within the UK for cutting edge electrical machine research and we invite you to join us in this venture.

The welcome address will be given by FEMM hub Director, Professor Geraint Jewell. In addition to talks by our Grand Challenge leaders, there will be plenary talks including Professor Duc Pham from the University of Birmingham, who will deliver a presentation on ‘Research into using collaborative robots to disassemble products for remanufacturing’.

Draft programme

9.30am-10am
Arrival and coffee (free to look round posters and displays).

10am-10.15am
Welcome and Introduction from Professor Geraint Jewell - FEMM Director.

10.15am-11am
Plenary
Research into using collaborative robots to disassemble products for remanufacturing - Professor Duc Pham, University of Birmingham.

11am-11.25am
Coffee break and demonstrators/display tables.

11.25am-12.20pm
Session 1
Three 15-minute talks, 10 minutes for group questions.

• An integrated approach for optimised manufacturing - Dr Jill Miscandlon, University of Strathclyde.

• Modular machines, performance and manufacturing challenges - Dr Glynn Atkinson, Newcastle University.

• Making sustainability an integral part of the design equation - Dr Jill Miscandlon, University of Strathclyde.

12.20pm-12.55pm
Session 2
Two 15-minute talks, five minutes for group questions.

• • • • • • • • • Manufacturing challenges faced when producing electrical machine coils from hollow conductors - Dr Steve Forrest, the University of Sheffield.

                • Flexible manufacturing systems for electrical machines - Dr Lloyd Tinkler, AMRC.

1pm-2.20pm
Lunch and posters PhD, Grand Challenges and feasibility studies.

2.20pm-3.05pm
Plenary
Challenges and opportunities of electrical machines in aerospace - Mark Boden, Electrical Machines Engineer, Rolls Royce PLC.

3.05pm-3.30pm
Coffee break and demonstrators/display tables.

3.30pm-4.20pm
Session 3
Three 15-minute talks, five minutes for group questions.

• Measurement of build-factors in cobalt iron state cores - Professor Geraint Jewell, the University of Sheffield.

• Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) based condition monitoring of electrical machines - Professor Jiabin Wang, the University of Sheffield.

• Monitoring and inspection of electrical machine manufacturing processes - Professor Ash Tiwari, the University of Sheffield.

4.20pm-4.30pm
Closing remarks - Geraint Jewell.

4.30pm-5.30pm
Additional poster session/networking.