Rivelin Robotics, supported by Dstl experience, has created microfactory expertise that automates the sluggish, dangerous handbook ending of 3D printed elements.
The robots have human‑like precision, which suggests they will ship sooner, cheaper and extra dependable parts.
This innovation boosts UK operational resilience by enabling on‑demand manufacturing for defence whereas driving industrial development at dwelling and increasing internationally throughout Europe and the United States.
It additionally addresses a essential vulnerability: the reliance on handbook ending, which introduces delays, variability, and security dangers.
Currently, additive manufactured parts require hand ending to take away extra materials and imperfections earlier than use – a course of that’s sluggish, inconsistent and expensive. Rivelin Robotics has solved this problem with proprietary management programs that give industrial robots human-like dexterity and notion, enabling them to complete elements sooner and extra precisely than handbook strategies.
Rivelin Robotics’ industrial robots end elements sooner and extra precisely than handbook strategies.
The system handles complicated geometries throughout metals, polymers, and ceramics, eliminating the financial penalties of conventional hand-finishing. The defence implications are important. For instance, naval operations typically face lengthy delays ready for spare elements or incur excessive prices for native machining. Rivelin’s microfactories allow on-demand manufacturing, lowering provide chain dependencies and saving taxpayer cash. This functionality strengthens operational resilience whereas supporting UK business.
Dstl’s technical experience and UK Defence and Security Accelerator funding have been pivotal in turning Rivelin’s idea into actuality. Today, Rivelin has offered micro factories to five clients and expanded from aerospace, medical, automotive, and vitality sectors into defence, with a rising worldwide footprint throughout Spain, France, Germany and the United States.
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