Many challenges face the aerospace sector over the coming decades, including:
• Achieving net-zero targets
• Improving productivity
• Reducing raw material usage
This talk focuses on recent developments in aerospace manufacturing and how industrial adoption can contribute to addressing the complex issues facing the sector.
Discussions provide a focus on development of advanced manufacturing technologies for high value components, implementation of automation and robotics to improve productivity, and capitalising on digital technologies to make informed production decisions.
Speaker Details
Anthony McAndrew – Business Development Manager, Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
Anthony McAndrew is a Business Development Manager at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), where he is focused on
supporting the UK Aerospace, Defence & Security sector with their industrial challenges.
Anthony has over 15 years of R&D and manufacturing experience, having worked at several reputable institutions including TWI,
Cranfield University and Gigasat. A specialist in the technologies of friction welding and additive manufacturing, Anthony has published
over 20 technical articles, which have been cited over 600 times.
Anthony obtained a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from Cranfield University and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (1st
Class Honours) from The University of Hertfordshire. Anthony is also a Chartered Engineer with The Welding Institute.
