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News Release from: HepcoMotion
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2006
Motion specialist sponsors engineering
graduate
Being one of a dwindling number of UK companies having an engineering apprentice scheme, HepcoMotion has initiated a graduate into an Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Project.
The value of industry's involvement in the education of young adults is proven It is mutually beneficial and indeed in full accord with the UK Government's latest Education White Paper that is firing debate on the role of the private sector in improving the quality of learning in schools
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is still one of a dwindling number of manufacturers running an apprentice scheme.
And recently the company joined forces with the University of Exeter's Manufacturing Enterprise Centre (XMEC) to initiate a graduate into Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Project (GEMT).
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The GEMT programme has three principal aims beyond combining academic study with real-world experience.
As well as attracting and sustaining good graduate candidates to the local manufacturing economy, it provides a high profile career path to strengthen the base of engineering managers in the region.
Importantly it also creates project-orientated support to local businesses with the backing of the University.
William Woolnough is the Master's student chosen for the GEMT project jointly funded by HepcoMotion and the South West Regional Development Agency.
This is a 15-month programme, 12 weeks of which have involved William working full-time at the HepcoMotion manufacturing facility in Tiverton, Devon.
His challenge has been to optimise the performance of the company's Herculane wheel technology used in recent additions to its linear motion range.
HepcoMotion has received tangible benefits from its investment.
Through Woolnough, the project has given the company access to both engineering expertise and sophisticated analysis equipment.
It has provided the talent and manpower to develop its understanding of wear mechanisms.
"Will has taken a rigorous scientific approach to his work that has enabled him to characterise the behaviour of our wheels," explained technical director, Peter Fanshawe.
"He has contributed much while demanding little." The commitment to continuous product development is rooted in HepcoMotion's ethos.
As the UK's and indeed Europe's foremost developer and manufacturer of linear motion technology, investment in R and D remains a high priority. Request free introductory details about products from HepcoMotion ...
Fanshawe concludes, "Initiatives such as the GEMT project play an important part in helping us improve our products.".
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