Responsive Manufacturing of High Value Thin to Thick Films

Refining and unifying the non-systematic approach to the manufacturing process of high-value flexible electronic films.

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The project aims to refine and unify the non-systematic approach to the manufacturing process of high-value flexible electronic films. These films are used in displays, solar cells, electronic devices, batteries, and sensors and are of different qualities.

The current production method is trial and error, which is time-consuming, wasteful, and costly. The proposed solution of responsive manufacturing technology will have sufficient flexibility to overcome current production problems by utilising intelligent machine learning to control the printing parameters in real-time and therefore maintain an optimised printing process robustly in the face of variations in feedstock materials and/or the required output.

This project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Professor Lenny Koh

Cross Cutting Chief, Strategic Futures on Resource Sustainability (SCRS)
Management School

Professor Lenny Koh, is a Chair Professor in Operations Management, Founders and Directors of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research Centre at the Management School.