HARCO Project to revolutionise machine tools

Machine tools and manufacturing machinery are set to be revolutionised – achieving much greater levels of accuracy with the fitting of highly-affordable smart components – after a multi-million Euro research project in which University of Huddersfield experts played a key role. Named HARCO (Hierarchical and Adaptive Smart Components for precision production systems application), the three-year project officially concludes this summer and was backed to the tune of €3.9 million Euros by FP7.