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Participation in NIACE can offer Industries benefits such as:
>> An opportunity to reduce development times
>> Shared responsibility for undertaking projects
>> Potential increased access to funding
>> Access to equipment for manufacture and testing not currently available to
the company
>> Opportunities to“try out” different manufacturing technologies in order to
explore cost/performance issues
>> The opportunity for companies to place their employees within the centre
as the work is taking place
>> New knowledge and skills for the company which they do not get when a
product is just delivered to them
>> Access to other companies in different aspects of advanced engineering i.e.
manufacturers, designers, end users etc
>> Access to seminars and workshops on new technologies, opportunities etc.
>> The centre sits within the difficult Technology Readiness levels 4-6
(University research TRL 1-3, Commercial/product 7-9)
>> Strong industry pull from partners, especially OEMs
>> Ability to try extreme ideas away from constraints of production factories
>> Access to University expertise on process fundamentals etc.
>> Sharing of knowledge and best practice between partners
>> Demonstration of capability on real components using production
standard equipment & tooling
>> Geometric and material validation on site with quick turnaround
>> Co-location of engineers to enable process knowledge transfer
>> Ready formed consortium for funding bids
