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.
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.
Used as the primary date exchange method for the demonstrator. Links items on the shop floor to the SCADA.
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.
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.
Used as the primary date exchange method for the demonstrator. Links items on the shop floor to the SCADA.
