Fast Agile Copper Turns and Robotic Magnet placement (FACTOREM)

该项目将开发制造工艺和技术，以优化电机的中低批量生产。大量生产中使用的许多工艺需要大量的资本投资，而这些投资在低批量生产中永远无法收回，而且劳动密集型的手工制造机器过于昂贵，无法实现大批量生产。为了打破这种明显的僵局，将开发一系列自动化流程，这将大大降低成本，使许多现有应用程序充分发挥其潜力。三个重点领域是线圈绕组，磁铁放置和转子碳纤维绑扎。我们之所以选择这些流程，是因为当我们从更多的手工小批量技术迁移时，它们为降低成本和供应链价值提供了最大的潜力。该方法将使用通用机器人技术以及创新工具和运动控制软件的应用。该方法的一个关键特征是，资本设备可以部署到不同的应用程序中，这样可以摊销前期成本的机器数量就可以扩展到单个应用程序之外。水下自主车辆推进和施工设备的现有产品以及紧急城市空中交通（UAM）推进产品将作为控制项目，以确保该过程可以在该范围内应用。该项目将由magnnomatics、GTR和华威制造集团（WMG）、卓越绕组中心共同承担。Magnomatics拥有一系列小批量生产的产品，并将带来他们现有的经验和技术以及最终用户的需求。GTR是碳纤维制造方面的专家，将开发转子捆扎工艺，以达到这些材料的一流性能。WMG将带来他们的线圈绕线专业知识，并利用他们在设备上的大量投资进行工艺开发和验证。

This project will develop manufacturing processes and techniques that are optimised for low to medium volume production of electrical machines. Many processes used in large volume manufacture require significant capital investment that can never be recouped at lower volumes, and labour intensive, hand-made machines are too expensive to reach high volumes. To break this apparent deadlock a series of automated processes will be developed that will give significant cost reduction allowing many existing applications to reach their full potential. The three areas for focus are coil winding, magnet placement and rotor carbon fibre banding. These processes have been selected as they offer the largest potential for cost reduction and supply chain value as we migrate from more manual low volume techniques. The approach will use generic robotics with the application of innovative tooling and motion control software. One key feature of the approach is that the capital equipment can be deployed to different applications such that the volume of machines over which the up-front cost can be amortised is extended beyond a single application. Existing products in underwater autonomous vehicle propulsion and construction equipment as well as an emergent Urban Air Mobility (UAM) propulsion product will serve as control projects to ensure the processes can be applied across this range. The project will be undertaken by Magnomatics, GTR and Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Centre for Winding Excellence. Magnomatics have a series of low-volume manufactured products and will bring their existing experience and techniques and end-user requirements. GTR are specialists in carbon fibre manufacture and will develop the rotor banding processes required to reach class leading performance from these materials. WMG will bring their coil winding expertise and leverage the significant investment in equipment at their facilities for process development and validation.