FLEXCELLE Flexible Nacelle Manufacturing

Flexible Nacelle Manufacturing

Summary

Flexcelle will re-imagine the assembly of nacelle products by utilising reconfigurable assembly tooling to minimise the reliance on bespoke assembly tooling. This will reduce programme costs, reduce development and manufacturing lead-times, increase productivity and enable an agile response to product variation or demand.

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Web resources:

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cam/flexcelle.aspx

Location

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Significant innovations and lessons learned - (2)
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Significant innovations and achievements

Lessons learned

Significant innovations and achievements

Results:

Reconfigurable assembly systems

Lessons learned

Results:

Reconfigurable assembly systems

Comment:

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.

Manufacturing performance characteristics - (1)
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Skills, training, new job profiles

Social sustainability

Skills, training, new job profiles

Results:

Integrated Artificial Intelligence

Technologies and enablers - (4)
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Data collection, storage, analytics, processing and AI System modelling, simulation and forecasting

Data visualisation Programming Languages

Information and communication technologies

Data collection, storage, analytics, processing and AI

Results:

Virtual commissioning

Integrated Artificial Intelligence

Human Machine Interfaces

Data visualisation

Results:

Integrated Artificial Intelligence

Comment:

Grafana – Used for the creation of bespoke data visualisation solutions.

Programming Languages

Results:

Integrated Artificial Intelligence

Comment:

Python / Tensorflow / Pytorch – Used for the creation of bespoke machine learning algorithms and analysis processes.

Mechatronics

Engineering tools

System modelling, simulation and forecasting

Results:

Virtual commissioning

Comment:

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.