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Aline up of lathes from Warco at the JCBAcademy.


An array of milling machines fromWarco at the UK’s first engineering academy and university technical college.


FIRSTENGINEERINGACADEMY GETSINTOITSSTRIDEWITH ADVICEFROMTHEUTC


PUPilS at Britain’s first engineering academy are getting into their stride having completed their first term in the £22 million educational centre across the road from the JCB factory at Rocester, Staffordshire. The academy was the


brainchild of SirAnthony Bamford who in his 35 years as chairman of JCB has championed the cause of British engineering and who for long has voiced his concern over its decline and the shortage of young people with engineering skills emerging from the educational system. At the opening of the academy


last autumn, SirAnthony commented: “I am passionate about engineering and committed to British manufacturing but we need the right calibre of young people to ensure that we continue to be a nation that makes things in an innovative way. “The JCBAcademy is one


small step to helping to achieve this aim. The facilities are second to none and offer students the opportunity to learn about manufacturing and engineering in a way that is exciting and practical, and aligned to the needs of employers when they qualify in a few years time.” The students, totalling 120, are


drawn from Staffordshire and Derbyshire and they have their


treatment systems were supplied by Flamefast while C R Clarke supplied vacuum forming and injection moulding equipment. TechSoft provided a CNC plasma cutter and CNC lathes. All in all the equipment,


First day of the academy…students pose for a picture with extreme left


JimWade, the principal, and SirAnthony Bamford, chairman of JCB on the extreme right.


lessons in a converted 1871 Grade IIArkwright mill which has been equipped with the latest equipment including the only plasma cutter in a UK school. Following a lengthy tendering


process, the JCBAcademy chose WarrenMachine Tools to supply and install their range ofWarco machine tools, with a total of 23 lathes, the largest of which weighed in at 3,000kg, six turret milling machines, all fitted with digital readouts, and 21 drilling machines, a mix of bench and floor mounted models. RogerWarren told Technology


in Education: “The skilledWarco installation team worked tirelessly for two weeks against


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very tight deadlines to ensure the equipment was operational for the fast approaching new term.” In addition to the training


machines,Warco installed various metal and woodworking machines for the prep areas. Boxford provided three


A3HSRmi2 extended metal-cutting CNC bench-mounted routers, one A1HSRi2 router with a vacuum table, floor mounted, and two 250PC CNC lathes, floor standing. Denford supplied the lasers


and 3D printing facilities and XYZ four CNC lathes and three bed mills. Traditional forge and heat


totalling over £1 million, was installed and co-ordination of the installation was carried out by Mark Henshaw, vice principal and director of engineering, who said, “The facilities here are unlike anything I have experienced in a school. The learners have access to some of the most advanced resources available. “Getting all of the machines in


and set up was a mammoth task, but the suppliers all came together and worked to make it a very smooth operation.” The JCBAcademy is the first


UTC to be established. The curriculum is based on


applied learning and built around a series of challenges which are delivered in partnership with companies such as Roll-Royce, Toyota, Bombardier, Bentley, National Grid, Network Rail, Bosch Rexroth, Parker and JCB. Joel Jones, aYear 10 student,


said: “The equipment at the academy is much more advanced than at the school I came from and I am enjoying using it and learning how to use different machinery.”


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