DavyMarkham has a number of projects that have, or are being carried out in collaboration with 3 local universities: Sheffield, Huddersfield and Leeds.



Sheffield University carried out a detailed energy analysis of the company’s operations and buildings fabric (Sabre initiative). This identified where savings could be made and indicated the likely pay-back times where investment is needed to achieve the potential savings.




An undergraduate from Leeds University based his final year dissertation on developing a data capture system – visit our news section to learn more.




Huddersfield University are working with DavyMarkham to develop and implement an advanced Volumetric Compensation Software System that will be interfaced with our large milling machines to achieve positional accuracies that are not possible even with new large milling machines, the goal is to achieve accuracies within 17 microns over the machines entire XYZ working volume. We plan to go live with this exciting new technology in 2010.




Sorby Nano has worked with DavyMarkham on the investigation into the machining of special metals (Super Duplex Stainless Steels) this included a report on composition, material mechanical properties and typical duplex microstructures, which are identified as having a significant effect on the machine capability, with the aim to help in the selection of suitable tooling and application methods to improve productivity and reduce machining costs.