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In the future, damaged bones can be re-built with 3D-printed implants that have thermal sprayed surface layers so that they are more readily accepted by the human body. University West has started a new exciting research project together with Vellore Institute of Techno...

Tahira Raza's research opens up entirely new opportunities to make air- and spacecraft engines more environmentally friendly. She is one of the few in the world to study the weldability of components produced by additive manufacturing with powder bed. It is an important...

University West’s graduate student Ana Magalhães has demonstrated that what was previously considered impossible actually works; namely, robotic welding components with complex geometries in aluminum using friction stir welding (FSW). – With effective temperature contr...

3D video game graphics, crash tests and satellite collisions. These have been sources of inspiration when Ashwin Devotta has researched new work methods in the development of cutting tools. "The simulation allows us to predict exactly what happens when the tool cuts int...

This year's grant of SEK 80 million from the KK Foundation will be used for twelve new research projects that will make Swedish industry more competitive. The largest project, PODFAM, focuses on metal-based additive manufacturing.

– For us, it is a record dividend for a single Vinnova program. It strengthens and broadens our research in additive manufacturing and welding – and with materials we have not researched before, comments Lennart Malmsköld, Primus program manager, University West.

Alexandre Minvielle from France has just completed a project course in automation at University West. He recently met TYRI, a Gothenburg-based company that develops work lights for off highway applications, and presented his ideas on how they could automate the mounting...

During two days postgraduate students met at University West to share their professional experiences and to meet PhD-students. It’s the first alumni meeting for postgraduate students who have received a doctor or licentiate degree from the research environment Productio...

Christer Fuglesang, Sweden’s first and only astronaut, was greeted with loud cheers and applause as he took the stage at University West. The audience consisted of five hundred secondary school students who eagerly awaited hearing about his two trips to space.

Sweets from Brasil, churrus – which reminds the baker of a sunny Sunday in Spain, baklava and Persian cookies from Iran, Indian spicy potatoes fried in oil, Swedish “äggost” with jam. And even more treats from China, Sudan, Germany, Sri Lanka and  Poland – what a fantas...

Duplex stainless steels are excellent choices in designs with high demands in terms of strength, corrosion-resistance and low weight. Despite their advantages these steels are only used to a limited extent because they are more complicated to weld than traditional stain...

The co-location of an entire department of specialists from GKN Aerospace Sweden in Machining is one of the industry's most common manufacturing processes. Industrial doctoral student Ana Bonilla has investigated how the cutting tools can be programmed and used optimall...

The Swedish Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences has decided to award the 2018 Thulin medal in silver to Professor Per Nylén at University West for his crucial contributions in production technology.

The co-location of an entire department of specialists from GKN Aerospace Sweden in Trollhättan, to a joint arena with University West, is unique to Sweden. GKN sees high values in staying close to the academic research environment. An example is the laser welding techn...

Tooltec in Trollhättan uses strategic recruiting to grow on the market. 24 year old Sourabh Bhoje from India adds new thinking and knowledge through his fresh master degree from University West. At the same time, the company makes considerable in-service training effort...