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Joining 4.0 Innovation Centre

The Joining 4.0 Innovation Centre (J4IC), launched in April 2017, is a strategic partnership between Lancaster University and TWI with the aim of developing a comprehensive research capability focused on the digitalisation of joining and associated manufacturing technologies. 

J4IC focuses on joining technologies in the context of industry 4.0 – a term used to describe the fourth industrial revolution. The Centre draws on, and integrates, Lancaster’s existing research strengths within engineering, data science and computing with TWI’s world-leading knowhow in joining technologies, thereby creating, developing and embedding transformative manufacturing capabilities for the benefit of industry.

Objectives

• Be world-leading and industrially relevant in the R&D of digital manufacturing capabilities based on advanced joining and associated technologies
• Create a successful collaborative environment between higher education institution and research and technology organisation with substantial research, technology impact and adoption by industry ((HEI-RTO-Industry)
• Establish an excellent research environment underpinned by MSc / PhD researchers and academic staff embedded by industry
• Secure a portfolio of research funding from public funding bodies

Core areas

• Digitalised manufacturing capabilities based on advanced joining technologies
• Underpinned with expert joining knowhow, data-centric engineering, software platforms, cloud computing, advanced systems connectivity, robotics and communications solutions