IPG, the AME and SDE Technology announce a new collaboration to co-develop the manufacturing blueprint of a renewable power generation solution that will help accelerate product development and create value for all through shared IP.
“We are very excited to be working with IPG creating their blueprint for volume manufacture of the IPG Flameless Generator”
IPG, developers of renewable generator technology; the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), a collaboration between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing; and SDE Technology, tier-1 and tier-2 manufacturing experts, announce today a joint alliance to co-develop the blueprint for volume manufacture of the IPG Flameless Generator, IPG’s clean-and-green replacement to the diesel generator.
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This integrated approach is rooted in the principles of digital manufacturing developed by the AME, aimed at incentivising greater and earlier engagement between established manufacturers and start-ups. This collaboration unites academia, industry and innovators to demonstrate the potential for accelerating new product development, and securing greater value for all through manufacturing blueprints that are ready to scale.
Acting as a “test case” for Dr Marcos Kauffman’s vision for the future of manufacturing in Industry 4.0, the strategic collaboration with AME and SDE will allow IPG to ‘ground truth’ the co-developed digital twin blueprint into a real-world manufacturing setting, underpinning the route to cost-effective manufacture of their product.
This will be achieved through implementation of proposed manufacturing and assembly processes, and investigation into scaling methodologies to transition into high-volume production. Establishing this blueprint will also enable a further, more detailed, relationship to be formed between IPG and SDE Technology as IPG’s route to market progresses.
“The traditional route to manufacture presents a number of challenges for early-stage hardware technology developers like IPG. Start-ups often find themselves in a seemingly impossible loop in which it is crucial to have a clear route to volume manufacture of their product to secure investment and customer backing, but unable to define this at the first stages of commercialisation,” said Toby Gill, CEO of IPG.