Advanced Forming Research Centre

Research organisation specialising in processes and technology based around metallic and hybrid materials. We offer a wide range of services that help you tackle your manufacturing challenges and help you understand your materials. We de-risk innovation, allowing you to see the effect of a new process, part or material before heavy investment. We look at aspects such as material properties and characterisation, tribology, forming, forging, machining and additive, design engineering, design for manufacturing, prototyping, process and FE modelling, tool design,development and manufacture