Location: Midlands
Funded by the DER challenge, the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has developed the UK’s first open-access Rotor Spin Test Facility for testing electrical machine rotors and other rotating components.
The facility, combined with the AMRC’s advanced manufacturing capabilities, will support the rapid design, manufacture and validation of high-performance machines. By offering high-speed and destructive data-rich testing such as spin balancing, radial growth measurement and fatigue testing, the AMRC plays a key role in helping UK manufacturers drive innovation in next-generation rotating machinery technology – a crucial step for the UK industry’s transition towards net zero.
AMRC is a world-class centre for research into advanced manufacturing technologies used in the aerospace, automotive, medical and other high-value manufacturing sectors.

Combining state-of-the-art technologies with expertise in design and prototyping, machining, casting, welding, additive manufacturing, composites, robotics and automation, digital manufacturing and structural testing has created a manufacturing resource far beyond anything previously available in the UK.
- Remote laser cutting cell
- Robotic winding cell
- Robotic fibre winding facility