The Future Automated Aircraft Assembly Demonstrator Phase 2 (FA3D2) will deliver a national experimental testbed and technology demonstrator in digital and informatics enabled aerospace manufacturing technologies. It provides an opportunity for UK based aerospace manufacturing businesses to test, demonstrate and accelerate the implementation of new breakthrough technologies thus allowing them to compete on productivity, quality and cost with rival offshore businesses.
The FA3D2 facility will provide open access to a variety of UK companies with a specific focus on support for manufacturing SMEs. It will also support community engagement to attract future engineering graduates to careers in the aerospace industry
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Proprietary Reconfigurable Flooring – A bespoke reconfigurable floor system is being installed that allows for fixtures and robots to be rapidly moved and securely and accurately fixed in place. A lack of a common or established standard in this area was noted.
Used as the primary date exchange method for the demonstrator. Links items on the shop floor to the SCADA.
Siemens PLM XML - Data standard used to define process data from Teamcenter and send to the SCADA and to PLCs.
Siemens Mindsphere will be used to collect and analyse data from the shop floor; cloud-based.
Amazon Web Services – Currently used to host cloud data and machine learning algorithms.
Grafana – Used for the creation of bespoke data visualisation solutions.
Python / Tensorflow / Pytorch – Used for the creation of bespoke machine learning algorithms and analysis processes.
Siemens Teamcenter, Process Simulate, PLCSIM Advanced, NX – The virtual commissioning system is based on Siemens’ suite of software solutions. This selection was based on the capabilities of the software itself, and on the use of Siemens hardware for the control of the demonstrator.
Used as the primary date exchange method for the demonstrator. Links items on the shop floor to the SCADA.
Used as the primary date exchange method for the demonstrator. Links items on the shop floor to the SCADA.
