Bristol-based Insphere, an innovative metrology company, has joined the Nuclear AMRC in Sheffield as a member, after working with the organisation since early 2018 to develop its Baseline system, which can provide full verification of a large machine tool in less than 1hr. The Nuclear AMRC hosted the product’s launch in March 2019.

Ben Adeline, Insphere’s chief executive, said: “We are delighted to become a member of the Nuclear AMRC.

“This confirms our commitment to working with the centre to develop innovative methods of improving machine tool performance through the use of metrology data.

This will form a critical part of our company strategy to develop ‘state of the art’ products to serve the advanced manufacturing community.”

Becoming a Tier Two member of the Nuclear AMRC will allow Insphere to work closely with the centre’s researchers to develop its technology, tap into the centre’s other advanced machining and metrology research projects and build links with leading manufacturers in the supply chain for nuclear and other quality-critical industries.

Insphere (www.insphereltd.com) engineers are now installing the Baseline system on the Nuclear AMRC’s Soraluce FX12000 horizontal boring machine, and they will provide on-going technical support as part of the company’s membership.

Capable of working on components up to 12m long x 5m in diameter, the Soraluce is the largest machining platform available for collaborative R&D in the UK.