Metallic Aerospace Structures Technologies for Eco-social Returns (MASTER)

Master汇集了GKN AerSpace、Curtiss-Wright、3M、Constellium、TWI、AMRC和Cranfield University-一个拥有6000名英国员工和全球影响力的财团。该财团将开发金属粘合、添加剂制造的网状形状和金属氢罐的加工，将1万种紧固件从战略产品中移除，并利用新兴平台的设计自由。同时，克兰菲尔德将领导环境可持续性分析，以推动技术决策和供应链设计。

MASTER brings together GKN Aerospace, Curtiss-Wright, 3M, Constellium, TWI, AMRC and Cranfield University - a consortium with \>6000 UK workforce, and global influence.The consortium will develop metal bonding, machining of additive manufactured net-shapes and metal hydrogen tanks, to remove 10,000s of fasteners from strategic products and capitalise on design freedom of emerging platforms. Simultaneously, Cranfield shall lead environmental sustainability analysis to drive technology decisions and supply chain design.