UoM KTP Associate Posters

REVENUE MANAGEMENT IN AIRPORT ADVAM UK LtdCARPARKS Jutland HouseAndreas Papayiannis – Revenue Management Lead Scientist 15 Jutland Street Manchester, M1 2BE Phone: 0330 016 0337Innovation Associate Experience “Advam's business is and Benefits now set to move theThe design of a revenue management software suite for game on a level as weairport carparks, to help carpark managers with pricing and The KTP project has been a very exciting journey that I feel introduce a new anddecision-making on their day-to-day tasks. A system built with fortunate enough to have been part of. Through the project, I exciting product whichcustomer focus, capable to stand on its own or add even more have benefited in mainly three ways: would not have beenvalue as an integrated suite. • Technical skills – achieved both from the project itself as well as possible without the from professional courses undertaken during the KTP KTP. ”• An automated engine that computes accurate forecasts • Project management skills – to smoothly run the project andlevels for arrivals and occupancy, by carpark, arrival day and coordinate with all the involved members and customers and key Rory Powers,length-of-stay. stakeholders Operations Director ADVAM• KPI tracking and performance related information • Personal development - achieved directly by my exposure to the UK• Graphical representation of length-of-stay and lead time project and its challenges as well as by undertaking academicdistributions certificates provided by the KTP “The KTP enabled us to• Capacity optimization to drive optimal price suggestions for team up with industryrevenue maximization About the Company partners, share the knowledge whileImpact ADVAM delivers world leading payment solutions, processing millions achieving high quality of transactions and reservations for their clients – reliably, efficiently academic work. ”The project is in coordination with one airport in the UK to and securely. Among a range of sectors, ADVAM operates on thehelp shaping up the final product. There is an open line of carparking and airport carparking industry with a number of Paul Johnson,communication with other airports that are interested in this innovative products, ranging from online booking reservation engines Lecturer in Financialservice and it is anticipated that our solution will be adopted to unattended payments and ground transport. Mathematicsto a number of these by the end of the 2016/2017. The University of The increased demand for online booking naturally led to an Manchester increased interest for revenue management solutions designed for carparks. This resulted in commencing this KTP project with the University and it is expected that a number of interested airports will enroll to this new service the moment this becomes commercially available.

Drinking Water Decontamination via Adsorption The Heath Technicaland Electrochemical Regeneration and Business Park Runcorn,Dr Mohammed Akmez Nabeerasool, Process Development Manager Cheshire WA7 4EBInnovation Associate Experience “Great workingTarget compounds – pesticides, endocrine disruptors, biocides and Benefits relationship which- which are problematic for the water sector have been has enabled Arvia toidentified and treated with Arvia’s innovative water treatment During the project the team characterised the contaminants for benefit from thesystem, the Organics Destruction Cell (ODC™). The combination removal (decontamination), which in turn produced Standard University’s analyticalof adsorption with electrochemical regeneration comprising the Operating Procedures for working with a variety of targeted expertise.”technology in the ODC™ has been proven by all analysis to date contaminants. The associate’s in-house analytical capability wasto effectively remove these contaminants, which other increased and techniques for external analysis when required Dr Nigel Brown,technologies find challenging. were established. The associate increased his knowledge of trace- Founder Director Arvia level organics removal from water, as well as his understanding of Technology the water treatment market, the commercial environment & the drivers in the water industry. “It has been a great project through whichImpact we have developed a great ongoingArvia’s Drinking Water Inspectorate application has been relationship betweenapproved and submitted and Standard Operating Procedures The University ofhave been developed and embedded for 7 key water quality Manchester, Arviadeterminants. The large scale trials that were undertaken post- and KTP.”KTP trials to demonstrate the removal of Metaldehyde to belowthe EU limit for pesticides in drinking water (0.1µg/l) were Prof Dave Polya,successful and Arvia is currently in discussions with a number of The University ofUK municipal water treatment companies. Arvia has also Manchesterinstalled a pilot plant at an Anglian Water site showingoutstanding treatment results. Sales ProjectionsYear 1 About the CompanyYear 2Year 3 Arvia Technology supplies water and wastewater treatment systems that remove chemical oxygen demand, micro-pollutants, pesticides and endocrine disruptors, pharmaceutical residues and colour from industrial or municipal effluents. Treated effluents can meet discharge consents in various global locations, or can be re-used in industrial processes or agricultural irrigation. Arvia’s next commercial goal, pending DWI approval, is to provide systems for disinfection of water for potable uses.

The design of Hydrospyder for Nuclear Barrnon Ltd, Decommissioning Unit 13 Appleby Business Park, Drawbriggs Lane, Shuai Wang, Control Systems Engineer (KTP Associate) Appleby, Cumbria CA16 6HX Tel (+44) 17683 53440 Innovation Associate Experience “Barrnon Ltd have and Benefits benefitted greatly fromInspired by the concept of the water boatman insect, the the technical expertiseBarrnon Hydrospyder is variable buoyancy, shape changing •Understand customer requirements by attending the conference in delivered by the KTPfloating device capable of multiple tasks in a nuclear pond the area of nuclear decommissioning; scheme which hasenvironment. •Scope technical requirements and suitable means for technical enabled us to develop•First floating crane to offer total independence from pond interaction ; our exiting andinfrastructure. •Learn to design controller for practical industrial products; groundbreaking•Novel spider design based upon the “Water Boatman” insect. •Apply PLC to realise basic and complex control tasks; technology for the•Innovative shape changing capability to negotiate narrow •Communicate with colleagues from different companies to Nuclear Industry.”points in pond systems. enhance the understanding toward tasks;•Novel buoyancy control enabling the Hydrospyder to sink in a •Improve basic skills in both mechanical and electrical engineering; Steve Thompson,controlled fashion. •Visit Cumbrian Dalton Facilities at the University of Manchester; Business Development •Gain skills by working with specialists from Rockwell company.Impact Manager, Barrnon Ltd. About the CompanyIn passive form, the Hydrospyder has been demonstrated to “This is an excitingSellafield the National Nuclear Laboratory in the form of Barrnon Ltd (BNL) has a strong background in mechanical opportunity for us todeployment tool for the vertical and horizontal series engineering, delivering diverse engineering solutions covering engage with a dynamicBladecutter. fabrication, machining, welding and design. company andThe Hydrospyder has also been shown as a pipe management Following engagement with Magnox, BNL has developed implement automationsystem for sludge pipes, hydraulics and feed pipes. innovative technology to solve the nuclear decommissioning technology on a highly challenge associated with sludge recovery from ponds. From innovative application.” initial trials, the system demonstrated 96% efficiency which has led to significant interest from Sellafield and other national and William Heath, international nuclear sites. Reader, To further support the development of the sludge recovery The University of system (SRS), BNL has recognised the need for an innovative Manchester floating workstation (Hydrospider) that can deliver functionality, such as the SRS, efficiently to challenging environments within a nuclear pond.

Fuel pellet of Spent Ductile iron Surface portion of uranium dioxide nuclear fuel insert final repository Bentonite clay KBS-3 SPECIFICATIONS Chemical composition H < 0.6 ppm (ductility) S < 12 ppm (tensile strength) O “tens of ppm” (weldability) P 30 - 100 ppm (creep ductility) Physical properties Grain size < 360 µm Ductility > 40 % elongationCladding tube BWR fuel Copper Crystalline Underground portion Creep ductility > 10 % elongation assembly canister bedrock of final repositoryElectroforming of KBS-3 copper canisters BEP Surface Technologies Ltd. Eton Hill Road, Radcliffe,Tomas Hernandez-Selva Manchester, M26 2XT(Research Associate in Surface Finishing and Electrochemistry) [email protected] +44 (0) 0161 724 9090Innovation Associate Experience “ We had been trying to and Benefits overcome the technicalBEP Surface Technologies Ltd., the company partner of this KTP hurdle for the previousproject, spotted a great business opportunity when found that The Associate, over the three years of this partnership, has 2-3 years to no avail.the nuclear disposal strategy proposed by SKB (the Swedish deeply developed both professionally and personally thanks to The KTP broughtnuclear management company) involves the use of copper the different courses/training undertaken and, most importantly, together a very brightcanister to encapsulate and dispose the spent nuclear fuel. thanks to the day-to-day work carried out in the project. postgrad student who The Associate has acquired a wide knowledge and skills on was struggling toThese canisters are similarly in shape and size to copper tubes electroplating and metal finishing, developing a carrier within an establish his career,electroformed at BEP to manufacture their copper chill rolls. emergent market of the industry. As a results of this along with some veryHowever, the copper for the KBS-3 canisters must comply with development, the Associate was offered a position within the focused academictight chemical and mechanical specifications, which BEP company partner (BEP Surface Technologies Ltd.), which he input. We have movedstruggled to achieve. accepted, in order to give continuity to the KTP project and look from an unknown small further into the vast range of opportunities brought by the results engineering company inIn contrast, the extrusion technique (manufacturing method obtained from the research. the north to now, we arechosen as reference by SKB), despite having been proved to at the leading edge of acomply with the KBS-3 specifications, it is not as energetically About the Company new, world wide multiefficient, economic and environmental friendly as the million pound industryelectroforming method, and presents, in addition, certain BEP Surface Technologies Ltd. is an electroplating and surface that is in its infancy. ”limitations such as the large and uneven grain size distribution finishing SME specialized in the production and refurbishment of which affects negatively on the NDT inspection. different kind of process rolls for the laminating and printing Andrew McClusky, industries. Managing Director,The KTP project aimed to generate and embed expertise in An in-house developed new technology enabled BEP to produce BEP Surfacecopper electroplating at mechanistic level, and ultimately 20 mm thick seamless copper tubes by electroforming which are Technologiesoptimize the production process to bring the characteristics of commercially employed to manufacture copper chill rolls. Ltd.the electroformed copper within the KBS-3 specifications. This specialized production method, and the unique characteristics of the product, took BEP to a leading position Impact within the market, providing currently their services to a large list of customers all over the world.The main benefits obtained by BEP from this partnership are: § Better knowledge about the influence of the different operating parameters on the process and the product § Optimized process, with tighter control of the parameters, enabling the production of copper with O, S and H concentrations complying with KBS-3 specification § Wider presence in the market, standing out as a leading company in R&D on the manufacture of -based canistersAlthough the timescale set to implement the disposal programs (25-50 years) makes difficult to quantify any economical impact, it is noticeable that BEP has liaised so far with different nuclear organizations which intend to use copper-based canisters (SKB, Posiva, NWMO, NAGRA…) to prove the benefits of the electroforming/electroplating manufacturing technique and carry out further R&D orientated to their particular requirements.

Multi-Axis Filament Winding Machine Swan House, Kimpton Drive. Wincham, Northwich, Dr. Yan Liu (Product Specialist) Cheshire. CW9 6GG. TEL: +44 (0)1606338748 EMAIL: info@cygnet- texkimp.comInnovation Associate Experience “Texkimp will have the and Benefits opportunity to be firstThe project was triggered by the 9-axis winding machine to market with aprototype located in NCCEF and developed by The University I studied composite science and engineering over the last 7 years. capability that willof Manchester. The new machine will greatly improve the Getting involved in this project introduced me into another part of disrupt the compositescapacity and efficiency of traditional winding techniques and the composites market: carbon fibre and its related automation manufacturing market”will enable us to apply winding technology in many other high technology. This project will boost my composites knowledge,growth potential industries including automotive, wind, provide me a great opportunity to experience how industry works Andy Whitham,aerospace, oil & gas and composite pressure vessels. and develop my career. At the same time, my knowledge of Technical Manager composites manufacturing and testing can benefit the company inImpact an area where they require additional expertise. Cygnet-TexkimpThe success of this project can enable the company to About the Company “This is an exciting andestablish a new product stream and open up new markets in profound opportunity tomanufacturing machines for composite parts. The resulting Cygnet Texkimp provides specialist knowledge and bespoke gain in-depthtechnology will be a step change in carbon fibre winding and machinery for the global technical fibre and fabric, paper, plastic, foil experience and insightis expected to result in great design flexibility and product and film processing markets. It focuses on the design and into an industrialquality in the wound carbon fibre preform market. It is manufacture of leading-edge creel technologies and accessories for approach to machineanticipated that a net profit margin of 15% can be achieved the unwinding, tensioning and guiding of all types of yarns, tapes development.”through each sale. and fibres, from package to process. Cygnet Texkimp is also committed to investing in innovation to Richard Kennon, Benefit ensure that it remains at the cutting-edge of the fibre and fabric Lecturer in the School processing industry and continues to deliver the most effective and During efficient technologies in the market. of Materials, at Project In 2014, Cygnet Texkimp won the Queen’s Award for International Manchester Year 1 Trade, which is the most prestigious accolade for businesses and University Year 2 individuals in the United Kingdom. Year 3

To embed new knowledge and expertise in turbine blade West Burton powercracking, enabling the development of condition station- EDF Energymonitoring technology and standard test procedures Retford Nottinghamshire Keri Ali Elbhbah, KTP Associate DN22 9BLInnovation Associate Experience “EDF Energy is proud to be and Benefits part of “Innovate UK” whereWest Burton power station is one of EDF energy-UK coal-fired we can jointly develop newpower stations. It comprises of four turbo generator sets with Ø Practical hands-on experience in vibration-based condition solutions, keeping planta total power generation capacity of 2000MW. Each TG set monitoring of critical industrial rotating machines. reliability and safety a primaryconsists of generator, exciter, high pressure (HP), intermediate focus point as part of our dailypressure (IP) and three low pressure (LP) turbines. Units 2 & 3 Ø Actively involved with the development of blade health operations. ”LPs have a double-sided flow (steam & alternator) LD66 monitoring technology.rotors. Each of the rotor sides has five blade stages. Historical Dr. Wolfgang Hahn Technicalmaintenance reports indicate persistent cracks on stage 5 Ø Several years of people management and teamwork Head of engineering – Centralblades of both LP 1 & LP 2 of the LD66 rotors. experience. Organisation -CGRThe cornerstone of this KTP project is to develop a vibration- EDF Energy United Kingdombased condition monitoring system (VCMS) that possesses the Ø Several publications from academic research studies in the Barnwood , Gloucester.capability of detecting incipient blade cracks. This will University laboratories as well as case study based publicationsimmensely improve the ability of EDF to avert costly from diagnosis performed at EDF. “Delighted to be part of thedowntimes through adequate maintenance planning. team to develop a cutting edge About the Company technology for the vibration-Impact based steam turbine blade EDF Energy own and operate a number of assets within the UK; health monitoring method andThe VCM system has been developed and fully implemented including Nuclear power stations, Coal fired power stations, Gas also solving a number ofat West Burton plant, where it is currently used to monitor fired combined cycle power stations as well as Wind generation. vibration problems in variousthe turbine blades. Our diverse portfolio of assets are faced with technical EDF UK plants through this challenges that require unique solutions on the engineering front. KTP project.”In addition to the main emphasis of this KTP project, Our Assets are in different lifecycle stages including life extensiona LabVIEW-based data acquisition and analysis software was which requires health monitoring solutions beyond design intent. Dr. Jyoti. K. Sinha,developed, which is capable of data acquisition and signal This ongoing partnership arrangement promotes engineering School of Mechanical, Aerospaceprocessing . research and innovation in the united Kingdom ensuring a place and Civil Engineering (MACE) for engineering science in academia as well as industry. The University of ManchesterDuring the KTP project, several field-based fault diagnosisactivities were performed on different plant equipment acrossvarious EDF sites, including:1. Primary Air (PA) fan at West Burton-A power station.2. DC/DA lifting pumps at Cottam power station.3. Cooling fan gear boxes at West Burton-B combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) power station.4. Roots blower at the EDF Hole house gas storage

To embed and exploit capability enabling early stage EDF Energyfault detection in main turbine governor valves to Barnett Way, Barnwood,prevent failures by development of condition Gloucester,monitoring technology and standard test procedures GL4 3RSDr. Yu Duan & Plant CFD & Conditioning Monitoring Engineer (KTP Associate)Innovation Associate Experience “This KTP project has and Benefits provided a bridge betweenIn the power industry, the damage of the valve is a common academia and industry,issue. It is usually due to the low- or high-frequency of This is a great opportunity for me to get more industrial and has allowed us to putoscillations in the turbine admission system. experiences and develop the network in both industry and theory to the test and academic. The project also allows me to improve my knowledge engage towards theBetween 2010 and 2012, EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd and skills, such as: solution of real industrialincurred a total of nine operational events, during which a • Knowledge on steam turbine system; issues. The schememain turbine steam valve did not function correctly whilst in • Knowledge on the CFD and dynamic analysis. facilitates a meaningfulservice, causing total generation losses amounting to 585 • Experiences on the business management; interaction which enablesGWh. • Personal skills (such as communicating, interpersonal, and knowledge transfer between the two parties.The project is to investigate the problematic scenarios of time managing skills). This, in turn, helps togovernor valves by using dynamic analysis and CFD generate joint innovationssimulations to avoid the violent vibration and provide some About EDF Energy and new ideas, and offerssuggestions in the valve design. a unique personal The EDF Energy operate nuclear, gas and coal power stations development opportunityImpact across the UK. The total installed capacity managed by the to all involved.” company is ~ 14.25 GW. The company is also planning to build Firstly, the dangerous operational scenarios of steam turbine’s two new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point and Sizewell and Dr. Wolfgang Hahn, Head ofgovernor valve will be identified and a chart will be provided a proposed development of a gas power station at Sutton Bridge. Engineering, EDF Energy;to the operator to avoid the dangerous area in the operation, In particular, the 8 nuclear power stations owned by the company Dr. Jyoti Sinha, Reader, Thewhich will reduce the chance of valve damage and loss of the can generate 8.92 GW in total. It makes EDF Energy, the UK's University of Manchester;generate. The maintenance cost will be reduced and the largest producer of low-carbon electricity. EDF energy is aimed to Dr. Alistair Revell, Seniorbenefit will be improved. become a successful and responsible long-term energy business, Lecturer, The University of trusted by customers and powering a thriving society and a Manchester.Secondly, the potential improvement of the valve design may healthy environment.also be provided. This will increase the company’s IP asset and help it to choose the better design in the new built power plan.

FORTH TMDevelopment of a Robotic Spider for Remote Forth Engineering LtdCharacterisation and Retrievals Flimby CumbriaFarshad Arvin, Research Associate CA15 8PA EnglandInnovation Associate Experience Mark Telford and Benefits MD, Forth GroupOur KTP project is to develop a Robotic Spiderfor Remote Characterisation and Retrievals to I have benefitted from being involved day to day as Having Farshad as part of ourhelp initially in the Decommissioning of the a member of an Engineering Company who team has had a significantLegacy Ponds on site at Sellafield. specialise in providing Innovative Engineering impact on our business and our Solutions to problems presented to them by their capabilities. The knowledgeThe knowledge that is being specifically clients. that he imparts to our team istransferred is to embed and exploit Advanced superb, and we are delightedElectronics for Nuclear Decommissioning. In particular my knowledge of Hydraulic systems, with the success of our KTP Mechanical Design and Robotics has been agreement.Impact significantly enhanced. Prof Barry LennoxThe Robotic Spider will be sizeable About the Company University of Manchesterenough to actually undertake workin the harsh environments that it Forth Group have a wide range of products and The KTP allows us to establishwill be operating within. Its ability services, with our emphasis being on providing connections with Industry andto walk over rough terrain, grip and innovative but pragmatic solutions to Engineering align our Academic researchcut heavy objects, and “tidy up” will projects presented to us by our Clients. to real Industry issuesbe initially invaluable to the NuclearDecommissioning Industry, but We are proud to be developing state of the art going forward we envisage the technology to help us deliver these solutions, and Spider will be useful to may other this technology aligned with our common sense industries. approach to problem solving means we can normally deliver projects on-time, efficiently, and in a cost effective manner

New Approaches for the Optimisation of Process Integration LimitedRefinery Crude Oil Distillation Units Station House Stamford New Road, CheshireLluvia Ochoa-Estopier – Research Consultant WA14 1EP +44 (0) 161 974 0090 processint.comInnovation Associate Experience “PIL’s Process & and Benefits Energy technology hasOptimising a crude oil refinery distillation system is a been enhanced greatlysignificant challenge which to date, has not been achieved “ I developed a deeper understanding of real-world process thanks to the newbecause of the limitations of the models representing the optimisation needs and priorities. I have also been exposed to method KTP broughtdistillation system. business and commercial situations, through the initial review and a new project being done with PIL and its clients directly, as well as in contract has beenThe approach developed during this KTP project is radically discussions of technical and commercial aspects of the projects. signed as a result ofdifferent to previous methods, relying on an artificial neural this.”network approach to capture the complex behaviour of crude I have substantially improved my project and people distillation units simply but effectively. management skills, to ensure that the overall project remains on Dr. Lu Chen, Senior Consultant, track. Process Integration Ltd.New commercial tools using this approach are already Furthermore, I have published a number of journal papers and delivering a step change in PIL’s consultancy and software presented my work in important Chemical Engineering “A perfect opportunityportfolio conferences.” to extend the concepts developed in the PhD,Impact About the Company leading to conference presentations andProcess Integration Limited (PIL) is committed to deliver state- Process Integration Limited (PIL) provides state-of-the-art process academic publications”of-the-art process integration technologies to the process improvement technologies for the oil, gas, petrochemical and industries worldwide. chemical industries by identifying innovative improvements in Megan Jobson, Reader, The operation and design, ranging from looking at individual units to University of ManchesterThis project is delivering next generation software for the whole sites. optimisation of heat-integrated crude oil distillation systems. PIL achieves this through a combination of consultancy, licencing By combining the optimisation of the distillation process and of advanced in-house developed process integration software and associated heat exchanger network, PIL will be able to deliver training.significantly better solutions to its clients. It is expected that this will result in significant new business for PIL worldwide. Profit 1000 800Profit (k£) 600 400 200 0 2 yrs after 3 yrs after During project 1 yr after

Delivering deeper intelligence from Purple,location analytics 1 Henry Square, Ashton-under-Lyne,Kyle Davies, Data Scientist OL6 7SRInnovation Associate Experience www.purple.ai and BenefitsThe widespread adoption of smart mobile devices combined “This project willwith the use of GPS has enabled an array of rich location- Through the KTP programme I have gained valuable experience in enable businesses tobased services. We now almost take for granted the ability to managing a large and important project, applying and developing provide personalizednavigate to where we want to go, search for nearby services, my skills while learning about a new, unfamiliar field with services to theiror order a taxi to our location. The same is not yet true in practical applications. The programme is structured to make this customers byindoor environments, where GPS signals usually fail. manageable: training in project management is provided, and I inferring where they have the support of academic and industry experts. are.”This project aims to fix that, using Wi-Fi signals and machine learning to achieve meter-level positioning accuracy indoors, Another great benefit of the KTP programme is the personal Ian Jones,enabling equally rich end-user experiences in these development budget, which allows me to make decisions on what Network Engineeringenvironments as outdoors, as well as providing a new level of I should learn for the project and my future career with funding Manager, Purplespatial mobility analytics for providers of public Wi-Fi. available to follow through with the best options. “This is a greatImpact Purple’s analytics platform problem: easy to state, but challengingLocation analytics are already an important and growing About the Company to solve, which I onlyaspect of Purple’s business offering. Currently available encountered throughindoor positioning systems require the deployment of high- Purple was founded in response to the poor quality of public Wi- interaction withcost Wi-Fi access points, so only customers with enterprise- Fi provision. Initially focused on making the process of providing Purple.”level hardware can make use of location services. The and using public Wi-Fi as easy and smooth as possible, Purple accuracy of these systems is also relatively low, typically on soon realized that the wealth of valuable data generated by Wi-Fi Jonathan Shapiro,the order of 5m to 8m. Fixing both of these problems will users was completely unused. Compared to the smart space of Reader, Universityallow Purple to offer location analytics to a much greater the Internet, physical spaces were dumb. of Manchesternumber of customers, for a wider range of use-cases. Purple now offers a range of social Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi analytics, and Wi-The potential value to Purple of an industry-leading Fi marketing services, providing new sources of value for users localization offering is enormous: public venue wireless and providers of Wi-Fi. A key cornerstone of these services is the connectivity market is growing at an annual rate of 30%, and ability to locate users in physical space, which is of great value to by 2020 around 30% of enterprises will be using indoor businesses. Using this information, they can monitor how location services, up from 10% today. customers navigate their venue, manage queues, engage with customers using location-based marketing, and much more. Purple is already taking advantage of the rapid growth in this sector, offering innovative, bespoke solutions for customers’ location needs. This has allowed Purple to secure large contracts offering location analytics to airports, supermarkets, shopping malls, and others. However, as these solutions are implemented for specific use-cases and requirements, each is resource-intensive to implement. The project will make these solutions easier to design and deploy, allowing Purple to expand in this market and secure future growth.

Optimisation of Thin-plate Metal Structures Ritherdon and Co Ltd. Lorne StreetDr. Naveed Hussain Darwen, LancashireStructural Mechanics Engineer (KTP Associate) BB3 1QW 01254819100 [email protected] Associate Experience “We’ve always had great designers at and Benefits Ritherdon but we lacked knowledge in• Developed a tool to determine concrete footprint for structural engineering and so a lot of our installing retention sockets (BD 94/07) • Experience of managing a high profile engineering project in products have been over commercial environment• Developed a tool to determine wind pressure according to EU standards (BS EN 1991-1-4) • Co-supervised two postgraduate research based industrial projects at MACE• Designed testing facilities to predict the mechanical performance of the Ritherdon products • Experience of bridging the gap between academia and industry • Experience of working independently and in multidisciplinary• Redesigned the Orion socket to significantly improve its performance teams • Getting support to obtain Chartered Engineer status (CEng)• Reduced the weight of retention socket by a factor of 2/3 • Getting support to obtain PMI’s Project Management• Produced technical documentation required for CE certification (PMP®) Marking • Received funding to present papers at two international• Identified two potential postgraduate level research conferences projects. • Open & wide career options after KTP completionImpact engineered. Naveed’s KTP work means that our product designs are now being optimised (saving cost and weight); we understand our own products better; and our customers have the performance information they need. All of this is boosting our competitiveness and profitability.” About the Company Dr. Ben Ritherdon, Managing Director, Ritherdon and Co Ltd. Ritherdon is a long-established, manufacturing company based in North West England, 20 miles north of Manchester. The “This KTP has given me a deep insight into Ritherdon product range is based around sheet metal fabrication, how product innovation evolves in such as enclosures for electrical and electronic equipment. The business and the importance of thorough company is focussed on new product development with an understanding of the customers’ needs emphasis on creating more innovative solutions to its customers’ and practical constraints when proposing problems – ‘Clever Metalwork’. new product developments. It is The main sectors and products that Ritherdon supplies are: immensely satisfying to be able to help • Fire safety in buildings: passive fire protection products Ritherdon save 2/3rd of the material on • Electricity supply: industrial metering enclosures one of their products. This KTP is being • Housing: domestic meter box repair units and fire protection used as the basis of two M.Sc. student projects, with the Associate helping with products the supervision, is an added bonus.” • Highways: roadside electrical and electronic enclosures (also Prof. Yong Wang, The used in many other industries) and column retention sockets University of Manchester

Integrating Advanced Mathematics into the Sabisu Sabisu Platform Arden Hall 66 Brooklands Road Timothy Butters – Numerical Analysis Specialist Sale M33 3SJ Innovation Associate Experience and Benefits [email protected] This KTP focusses on the development of mathematical algorithms to analyse industrial process and project data. The KTP has benefitted me greatly. As well as building on my “The KTP gives us a These are incorporated into the Sabisu decision support existing knowledge of data analytics and algorithm development, competitive platform to provide quantitative methods to improve process it has also given me the opportunity to gain new technical skills in advantage by safety, performance, and profitability. areas such as software development and machine learning. I have enhancing our R&D also gained management skills including project management and capability and These algorithms must be capable of processing large business planning. I have had the opportunity to present my work product feature set.” amounts of data quickly, providing actionable results with at global conferences, and learn from specialist workshops around little to no configuration from the user. This project has led to the world. Company Partner novel solutions in the areas of alarm management, predictive I have had considerable experience working with industrial clients Tim Sharpe, asset maintenance, time series analysis, and project analytics. and have built a network of professional collaborators that will be Managing Director, Sabisu is now in a strong position to continue the invaluable for my future career. Sabisu development of innovative analytics solutions. About the Company “Our KTP is a Impact fruitful collaboration Sabisu is a distributed data aggregation and analytics platform for with a postdoc and The outputs of the KTP have allowed the company to extend the oil & gas, manufacturing, and chemicals industries. challenging its product set to include capabilities such as alarm system Sabisu uses industrial and enterprise data to provide decision problems of analysis and real time asset anomaly detection. These support and predict asset performance. This allows our customers direct relevance to products have led to new engagements with companies to make smart decisions based on comprehensive quantitative industry” interested in Sabisu’s advanced analytics capability. analysis, leading to improved safety and performance. As the sector's leading IT/OT convergence platform it uses a Academic Partner As well as new products, the KTP has produced outputs that hybrid cloud architecture to deliver scalable, resilient, and end Stefan Güttel, have been incorporated into the core platform. These include user focused solutions. Senior Lecturer, a time series reduction system that optimises the way Sabisu Sabisu is committed to a comprehensive R&D programme to The University of handles large data sets. This allows the platform to scale more ensure our solutions incorporate the very cutting edge of relevant Manchester efficiently to large customer sites, an important factor for the technical understanding, and that we continue to lead the way in growth of the company. innovative operational intelligence. Below is chart that summarises the realised benefits from the KTP in terms of generated sales, as well as the projected benefits for the near future. 500,000 Additional Sales Profit from the KTP 450,000Profit (£) 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 During Project 1 Year After Completion 2 Years After 3 Years After (projected) Completion (projected) Completion (projected)

ADEPT - Automatic Detection of Pipeline 3A Midland Court,Theft Barlborough Links, Chesterfield,James Jacobs, Senior R & D Engineer, TBG Solutions Derbyshire, S43 4ULInnovation Associate Experience 01246819100 james.jacobs@tbg-The overall objective for the partnership was to develop a and Benefits solutions.commodular embedded system capable of a range of monitoring and security applications, but initially targeted towards oil For the associate the KTP offered the opportunity to work within “The KTP enabledpipelines. To deliver this project, a combination of input will a combined research and industry setting. The associate gained TBG Solutions to runbe required from the company, the KTP Associate and experience working in all aspects of the project including project a new R & D projectknowledge base. Successful outputs will represent a step management, responsibility for the project, commercial and sales, that should ultimatelychange in TBG’s commercial offering, and support its own technical aspects and is in a position to heavily influence the result in substantialknowledge base towards future development of novel project outcomes. From a personal development perspective the revenue from a highproducts and exploitation in new markets. associate undertook a number of training courses and acquired a value export market” range of new skills that aided their development as an engineer.Impact The associate has accepted a job offer and will continue to work Paul Rawlinson, Managing developing the R&D capabilities at TBG Solutions. Director, TBG SolutionsThe major outputs of the partnership include: Satellite Satellite Satellite “The KTP project has•Familiarisation with new markets, customer requirements been very successful,and legislation, Event ReportEvent Report Event Report REMOTE BASE through the project•Capability matrices enabling IEEE wireless communication Event Report STATION we have hadstandards to be embedded across TBG designs, opportunities to apply•Advanced module-level system design and fabrication Event alert to for funding that wouldconcepts leading to novel solutions, user have not previously•Bespoke control and monitoring software, be accessible to us”•Transferring new knowledge and capability within TBG to Send security responseenable expansion of products and services into new and Danielle George,existing markets, Third Party Event 3km Node Professor in Microwave and•Delivering impact to real-world challenges from research-led 3km Communication Engineering,activity. 3km 3km Pipeline The University of Manchester About the Company TBG-Solutions is a UK-based company specialising in test and measurement custom solutions to high technology companies (e.g. Defence, Aerospace, Power Generation). With leading edge experience gained across a wide range of industries, they are able to provide customers integrated and innovative electronics solutions. They regularly undertake a wide range of work ranging from research and development, through electronic product design, proof of concept, demonstrators and prototyping, through to production and manufacture.

PRVs Flow Loggers meters Web based clients DST interface REST based API Planned future Results & Queries actions and alert Alerts subscriptions Extended Scheduling simulation of future actions toolkit Real time Data Optimisation data warehouse toolkit Adjusted/calibrated parametersProactive Management of Water Distribution WRc plcSystems using Real Time Model-Based Frankland Road,Decision Support Tools – “Ready Water” Blagrove, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 8YFNithya Nair, Smart Networks Consultant Tel: +44 (0) 1793 865000 Fax: +44 (0) 1793 865001 Email: [email protected] Associate Experience “This KTP project has and Benefits provided WRc with anThe objective of the project is to create a real-time invaluable opportunity tomanagement package that can be adapted to each Water Being a KTP Associate has been challenging and interesting. It has work collaboratively toDistribution System (WDS), that can accommodate a range of taken me out of my comfort zone and allowed me to develop my address a key aspiration ofalgorithms, models and data sets, and that can be updated as skills in project management. It provides the best of both worlds the water industry - tomodels and systems change and improve in the future. giving me access to input and advice from academic and manage distribution industrial experts. networks using real-timeThe project deals with integration of computational models of It has provided invaluable industrial exposure by allowing me to ‘always on’ decision supportthe WDS, machine learning algorithms and sophisticated attend and participate in industrial workshops and conferences. tools. ”messaging infrastructure that can form the basis for decision This role has given me the opportunity to develop my support tools that can run on a variety of devices, from management and leadership skills along with the technical Joanne Hulance, Consultantsmartphones and tablets to large-scale display screens in knowledge needed for this project. Engineer, WRc plc.control rooms. About the Company “A beautiful example of aImpact real-world inverse problem. It WRc is an Independent Centre of Excellence for Innovation and is academically challengingThe principal activity will be to provide consultancy services for Growth operating across different sectors including Water, and important to those whocompanies to implement the real-time decision systems. This Environment, Gas and Resource Management. WRc’s clients distribute (and drink) water. ”will be high level consultancy involving close working with the include regulators, water and gas utility companies, governmental client to implement/demonstrate within one distribution organisations, NGOs, trade organisations, industrial Dr. Jonathan Shapiro, Reader,system and then to roll it out to others. manufacturers and waste management companies. The University of Manchester Building on a legacy in the international water and environment Other work streams that have been identified are Software sector stretching back over 90 years, combined with the services which involves licencing of software as part of the knowledge of approximately 120 staff based in Swindon, WRcconsultancy package, collaborative contract R&D projects to brings a shared purpose of discovering and delivering new and further develop the approach and transfer the software and exciting solutions that enable it’s clients to meet the challenges systems to wastewater, gas networks and other asset groups of the future.and provision of training packages, as part of the implementation of the real-time system and as a model based network simulator.The chart shows the 4 main work streams that derive from the Partnership and WRc’s expected profit proportions in each one of them over 4 years. Relative WRc profit over 4 years (in %) 6.6%15.4% 48.1%29.9% Consultancy Contract R&D Software Services Training packages