Theo Saville said: The concept of CloudNC came about while I was working in metal additive manufacture research at WMG, where I became used to the simplicity of operating 3D printers, and increasingly frustrated with the total lack of automation in CNC machining.

I met my co-founder and now CTO, Chris Emery shortly afterwards, who had assumed like most that CNC machines were already automatic.

Four years and 11.5 million in venture capital funding later, we have a solution to the problem.

The company, located in London, has opened a manufacturing plant in Chelmsford which is already delivering on that promise.

Reduced cycle times and a total lack of CAM programming costs are just part of the picture.

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Were building advanced software to automate and streamline all aspects of the precision manufacturing process, from RFQ right through to dispatch.

It then goes through an extremely rapid iterative process, using the vast computational powers available in the cloud to evaluate millions of possible machining methods before automatically selecting from the fastest and most efficient achievable with that specific equipment and tooling.

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The companys first plant Factory 1 has been designed to take full advantage of the latest Industry 4.0 technologies and approaches and is on a rapid technology adoption curve to employ the most efficient and highly automated production techniques.

From ordering and customer relationship management to resource planning, inspection, delivery and after sales service, customers can expect transparent, highly-automated efficiency as standard.

This includes the selection of machine tool partners capable of delivering the 1000s of machines it anticipates installing.

It has an international presence and support and service network which will match our expansion plans regardless of where we go.

Furthermore, DMG Mori is known for its reliability and quality.

We are ISO 9001:2015 certified, and primarily serve defence, oil gas, medical and motorsports, though weve manufactured components for almost every vertical at this point.

Aerospace will come on completion of our BSI AS9100 accreditation in a couple of months.

Factory 1 is a testing ground for the machines, their configuration and our software and methods.

We will then replicate the best solutions at our future manufacturing plants.

Our approach will use automation to remove dirty, dangerous and repetitive tasks, meaning our highly skilled workforce are focused where humans are still best problem solving, lateral thinking and adaptive reasoning.

Our most important asset is human and the best ideas come from the people within our company.

We are hiring the most able people from within the industry and providing an environment in which they can thrive.

We have already raised 11.5m in funding from investors who share our vision for CNC machining and we will be raising many more times that for our expansion over the next nine months as we build on our early success at Factory 1.

DMG Mori will play an important role in our expansion and will be a valuable partner in turning our plans into reality.