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Pioneering Digital Tools in the Waste Industry to Improve Recycling
October 2020
HSSMI is a partner in the recently announced PET Full Loop project. Together with Veolia, Unilever and Charpak, HSSMI will seek to improve the state of recycling in the UK by developing the country’s first dual PET bottle and tray recycling facility over the next three years.
Reuse of Automotive Seat Leather for the Fashion Industry
April 2020
This new project will investigate how leather from automotive seats could be reused in the fashion industry to create boutique products. HSSMI will lead the work on creating a feasible business model, including identifying potential commercial end users...
New 5GEM-UK Project to Leverage 5G for the Manufacturing Sector
February 2020
The newly launched 5GEM-UK (5G-Enhanced Manufacture - UK) project will aim to demonstrate the value that 5G will bring to the manufacturing industry by creating testbeds at two sites – Ford Motor Company’s site in Dunton and TWI’s facility in Cambridge.
Photogrammetry Using Drones for Manufacturing
December 2019
At HSSMI we often look at innovative ways to improve existing workflows for the manufacturing engineering sector. One of the more recent interests was in the development of a workflow to implement the use of photogrammetry using drones for manufacturing.
Digitalisation in the UK Maritime Sector: A Stakeholders’ Pulse Check
December 2019
This paper aims to present the IN 4.0 project, aiming to ease the adaptation and adoption of I4.0 practices and technologies in maritime sector companies in order to improve their competitiveness, especially targetting SMEs.
HSSMI Techno-Economic Assessment Report for the HyDIME Project
November 2019
During the HyDIME project, HSSMI conducted a techno-economic assessment of the HyDIME system being installed in Orkney and identified potential threats of the system as well as opportunities to scale and replicate the it across the UK.