Digital Technology Internships

The company is a multi-disciplinary creative studio. Creating objects, structures, and experiences in the form of large-scale artworks, public art installations, bespoke sculptural commissions, interiors, custom made furniture art, as well as design style experiences and brand promotional objects. They have always had a commitment to combine traditional handcraft techniques with more modern cutting-edge technologies. This allows the opportunity to explore new concepts in the world of art and design, to explore the boundaries between art and design by using them to tell a story and produce pieces that are site specific and unique.

One of their core values is that of combining traditional hand-crafted processes with the latest in technological advancements. Having a skilled intern who can look at the machinery and push its capabilities to its full potential would be a fantastic asset. Successful candidate should be able to understand the extent of the possibilities that the automated machinery can reach, to work with the studio in developing new products utilising the capabilities of the machinery.

The company is a multi-disciplinary creative studio. Creating objects, structures, and experiences in the form of large-scale artworks, public art installations, bespoke sculptural commissions, interiors, custom made furniture art, as well as design style experiences and brand promotional objects. They have always had a commitment to combine traditional handcraft techniques with more modern cutting-edge technologies. This allows the opportunity to explore new concepts in the world of art and design, to explore the boundaries between art and design by using them to tell a story and produce pieces that are site specific and unique.

One of our core values is that of combining traditional hand-crafted processes with the latest in technological advancements. Having a skilled intern who can look at the machinery and operate it to its full potential would be a fantastic asset. Successful candidate should be able to understand the extent of the possibilities that the automated machinery can reach, to develop new products depending on the capabilities of the machinery, but also be able to use it as a tool to enhance the scope of manufacturing and design ideas for bespoke installations. Help to create a circular economy within the business by using the machinery to its utmost potential. Our ideal scenario would be for the robot to ensure we continue our sustainable path as a designer and manufacturer and hopefully enhance this with the products and processes that will be able to be implemented due to the robotic machinery. We would like to utilise the plastic extruder to contribute to the ideal situation of the business having a circular economy full time.

The company are an online retailer of own-branded skincare and cosmetics, who are moving towards manufacturing in-house. They distribute and retail a range of skincare, haircare, and shaving solutions that are kind to you, your skin, and the planet. Currently they supply predominantly to consumers via their website and wish to scale up via retailers and distributors.

The client is looking to create an A-Frame picking machine that will be used by the logistics team to pick the order contents and therefore improve speed and accuracy. Such a machine will greatly improve the picking performance and accuracy which in turn will increase customer satisfaction by reducing despatching time and errors. The work plan: 1. Liaise with the company CTO to establish the requirements 2. Review an existing Proof-of-Concept machine 3. Discuss possible design improvements 4. Extend and improve upon the machine so it can handle many products per dispenser (currently limited to around 5 due to lack of power in the motors) 5. Scale up the machine so it can support many SKUs (Dispensers) 6. Integrate the picking machine with the digital ordering system.

The client design and deliver toolmaking and provide injection moulding services. Their portfolio of clients is broad, but their key markets include defence, automotive and other industrial blue-chip customers. In addition to their injection moulding services, through their class-leading, in house tool room they commission over 60 Injection Mould tools every year and all are covered by the companies ground-breaking 10-year warranty. They are extremely quality conscious, and system focused.

Investigate and recommend best practice programmes to support: 1) Proactive approach to packaging design, leading to reduced costs, less errors. Whilst the choice of potential commercial software solutions is limited, at least one solution has already been identified that warrants further investigation and will form the starting point of the proof of value exercise. 2) Automation of quotation and other processes using DriveWorks add on to Solidworks CAD system. Whilst the software extension to SolidWorks is well established (there are 3 levels of solution), the merits of each and relevance to current and future needs will form part of the evaluation process.

The company is a family-owned industrial roofing and canopy manufacturer who has been in operation for over 30 years. At their manufacturing facility in Birchwood, Warrington, they design and manufacture a range of roof glazing products and fabricated canopies for use in rail, education, retail, and healthcare. Primarily canopy products are manufactured from aluminium sections. Their roof glazing products can be supplied in polycarbonate and glass with polycarbonate being the main glazing that they promote. Their vision is to use technology to automate the standard elements of what they do within their manufacturing processes, which will allow them to focus on adding value through bespoke manufacture.

The project is to review all current connection details for their canopies with a view to improving the ease of manufacturing. e.g engineering out welds where appropriate and implementing / improving mechanical fixes. The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing the overall product design of their prefabricated panel system to aide automation of manufacturing processes.

Our client is a micro Gin Distillery producing award-winning classically distilled gins, gin elixirs, gin marmalade and interactive products.

Our client wants to use digital technology to increase the visibility of our production process. This will allow the business to respond quickly, flexibly and cost-effectively to market demands, with no loss of quality. They aim to use pilot projects to help explore the viability of a product or process change and identify how well the company is equipped to innovate in this area.

The company are an electrical and electronic engineering business. They develop, specify, test, assemble, manufacture, and maintain the hardware and software for their novel carbon saving product. Their technology makes power distribution networks smart and capable of accepting more low carbon technology in homes and businesses, ad is Patented. They passionately believe in sustainability.

The successful intern will be involved in an exciting technology trial which is scheduled for first deployment in the real world during the placement. This project will support the development of an improved design for scaled up smart manufacture. The company’s technology is housed in street side cabinets and includes communications, control electronics, firmware, server software, and, high current: switchgear; and power electronics. Work conducted by the student will aim to streamline and automate manufacturing processes to enable scale up from trial to mass production.

Founded in 1984 the company offer customers a range of specialist precision engineered services including: • 3D Computer Design – using Solid Edge, Auto Desk and CAD CAM Fusion 360 Solid Edge Software • Prototype, sampling & volume production • 3D Print Service: Fortus 360, Markforged X7, Form Lab 3 • Jigs and tooling • Product Testing Design and development of testing equipment • 3 and 4 Axis CNC Machining of ferrous/non-ferrous/composite materials • Reverse engineering of obsolete parts • Injection moulding • Laser marking The company operates from a modern 10,000 sq ft facility with 14 full-time team members, offering a complete service from design to manufacture utilising 3D Prototype Modelling through to full scale production. The company have developed several innovative and patented products that are still in current production.

The successful intern will work alongside the managing director and production manager in the following digital transformation projects to design and develop customer products and improve workshop efficiency using the following: - CNC programming, Computer Aided Manufacture with Fusion 360 - Use of 3D printers Markforged X7, Fortus 360, and FormLab3 - Cloud based shop floor data collection system (SFDC)

The client has a passion for creating beautiful spirits and have a multi award-winning distillery with an established portfolio of gins and rum. They make up the largest family of direct siblings in the global alcohol industry. Our distillery is home to our production facility and our Tour & Experience events, where we welcome spirit lovers from all over the UK and the World to come and join us on a spirit’s journey. We are a warm, welcoming, and exciting business and have experienced significant growth in the last 2 years. We are looking to continue expanding the business with further major growth.

This role will be fundamental to fast tracking the integration of the e-commerce; stock inventory management and accounting systems. Building on this, it will also integrate the B2C communication and dispatch and shipping systems. The project will create a data ecosystem; one interconnected system that will be key to increasing efficiency across the business and support the growth plans.

The company has a passion for creating beautiful spirits and have a multi award-winning distillery with an established portfolio of gins and rum. The distillery is home to a production facility and Tour & Experience events, where spirit lovers from all over the UK and the World to come and join a spirit’s journey. The company is a warm, welcoming, and exciting business and have experienced significant growth in the last 2 years. They are looking to continue expanding the business with further major growth.

This role will be fundamental to fast tracking the integration of the e-commerce; stock inventory management and accounting systems. Building on this, it will also integrate the B2C communication and dispatch and shipping systems. The project will create a data ecosystem; one interconnected system that will be key to increasing efficiency across the business and support the growth plans. You will have the skills and experience to effectively integrate their systems in the most efficient way. You will also bring a fresh perspective to the business and in working alongside the team, you will gain invaluable industry experience with a growing company.