On July 10th Innovate UK and the KTN held a business innovation day to showcase 30 of the Innovate UK projects that are currently active in the area of Additive Manufacturing. The presentations and pitches made on the day are now available to download. Topic 8 focuses on a large aerospace project.

1. Topic
8:
Large
aerospace
project
Presenting
Ross
Trepleton
Project
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2. Dr
Ross
Trepleton
10-­‐07-­‐2018
Digital
Reconfigurable
Additive
Manufacturing
facilities
for
Aerospace
Project
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3. Project
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4. PROJECT OVERVIEW
§ DRAMA – Digital Reconfigurable Additive
Manufacturing facilities for Aerospace
§ Nov 2017 – Nov 2020
§ £14.3m budget
§ £11.2m from Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
via Innovate UK
§ Part of UK Aerospace Technology Institute’s
research programme
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5. SCOPE
§ Focussed on pre-­production (process development and approval). Manufacturing
Readiness Levels 5-­7.
§ Metal powder bed, including powder bed fusion and binder jetting.
§ End-­to-­end from receipt of powder to verified component.
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6. CURRENT STATE – ADDITIVE IN AEROSPACE
Supply chain
§ Primes rapidly building AM capability within their
businesses.
§ Some Tier Ones rapidly developing AM capability.
Other Tier Ones trying to decide whether to ‘dive in’.
§ Long tail of the supply chain has varying levels of
awareness AM. Unsure how it will affect them.
§ Aerospace requirements to become approved supplier
for AM now emerging.
§ Cost of capital investment is a barrier.
Process development and approval
§ Data, data everywhere.
§ Process development highly iterative -­ many design-­
build loops.
§ Methods for qualification and certification of AM
products and processes developing.
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7. THE PROJECT CUSTOMER
Component
Manufacturers
Process
developers
Technology
Providers
Aerospace & additive supply chain companies who want
to adopt AM or related process chain technologies.
Aerospace supply chain companies who have design
authority and want to innovate in AM.
Companies who have competency and aspiration to
develop or validate technologies (processes, materials,
hardware and software) for application in AM.
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8. PURPOSE
Developing facilities and knowledge that supply chain companies can use to
support their journey towards becoming a supplier of additively manufactured
components to aerospace…
Knowledge for supply chain
enablement
Digitally enabled,
accessible test bed
facilities
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9. ANSWERING SUPPLY CHAIN QUESTIONS
How do I get the
method of
manufacture
approved?
How do I layout my
plant?
What AM technology
should I buy?
What is the optimal
process chain?
Should I be
developing capability
in AM?
How do I control
quality? What data to
I keep?
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10. PURPOSE-­ TECHNOLOGY VENDORS
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11. QUALITY PROCESS CHAIN ACCESSIBILITY
DIGITAL TOOLS FACILITIES & HSE SUPPLY CHAIN DEVELOPMENT
FIRST 6 MONTHS
Understanding the aerospace sector’s priorities…
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12. FIRST 6 MONTHS
Developing a library of aerospace representative components to help
supply chain companies learn…
ENGINE AIR BRAKE HEAT EXCHANGER RAKE BRACKET
Bracket courtesy
of EWIRA project
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13. WAYS TO ENGAGE
DRAMA will be developing a range of support for supply chain
companies. We are looking for companies to help us pilot….
Quality
Get guidance, training and support for the process
towards becoming an AM aerospace approved supplier
including quality, H&S and facilities.
Technology
Demonstrate your technology applied to the
manufacture of a DRAMA component. Develop a case
study to promote the technology’s capability. Provide
feedback on the performance of your technology.
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14. WAYS TO ENGAGE
What Who When
Industrial Steering Group Representatives of aerospace
supply chain
Every 3 months
Aero & AM Supply Chain
Events
Aerospace tiered supply chain,
AM bureaus, technology
providers
Every 6 months
Next = 23rd October 2018
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15. WAYS TO ENGAGE
Supply Chain Performance Networking Reception
Including Launch of the DRAMA Supply Chain Engagement
Farnborough International Airshow, Hall 1, Stand 1330
1130-­1300, Wednesday 18th July
And more to be announced next week….
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16. Project
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17. ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING
(AM)
FACILITIES
The project will give supply chain companies access to facilities at:
‒ Renishaw AM Solution Centre in Stone.
‒ The National Centre for AM at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, providing a
range of technology solutions.
This will include a new test bed facility – an AM Learning Factory -­ to be built at the National Centre for
AM .
MTC’s Aerospace Research CentreMTC’s Main BuildingRenishaw AM Solution Centre, Stone
Demonstrator
Demonstrato
r in National
Centre for
AM
AM
Learnin
g
Factory
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18. KNOWLEDGE FOR SUPPLY CHAIN ENABLEMENT
§ DRAMA will generate knowledge and enabling digital tools in three development cycles, each 9 months
in length.
§ At the end of each development cycle, the knowledge and digital tools will be made available to the
customers of the project.
§ The release dates are:
§ We plan to demonstrate the capability ‘released’ at Additive Manufacturing Supply Chain events.
R2
Dec 2019
R1
Mar 2019
R3
Sep 2020
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