High Rate Manufacturing Automation of Large-Scale Composites (HICOMS-A)

目前航空航天零件的制造方法涉及劳动密集型制造技术、耗材、设备和增加生产时间的多个工艺步骤。为了满足未来每月生产80架飞机的需求，航空航天制造业需要打破目前的生产和技术限制。这将通过利用该设施，以适当的速度建造大型航空航天组件，减少零件数量，同时保持航空航天领域中这些组件所需的相同精度。作为COMPASS产品组合的一部分，HICOMS-A将使公司能够以满足未来航空航天需求所需的规模和速度测试未来组件的生产。它还将为航空航天以外的其他工业部门（如陆路运输和可再生能源）提供一个试验台。HICOMS-A将提供世界领先的能力，满足重要的工业需求，并有助于保持和推动英国的竞争力。

Current manufacturing methods for aerospace parts involve labour intensive manufacturing techniques, consumables, equipment, and multiple process steps that increase production time. To meet future demand for production rates of 80 aircraft per month, aerospace manufacturing needs to disrupt current production and technological limitations. This will be achieved, through the utilisation of this facility, by building large scale aerospace assemblies at appropriate rates with reduced part counts whilst maintaining the same accuracies required of these components within the aerospace sector.HICOMS-A, as part of the COMPASS portfolio, will enable companies to test production of future components at the scale and rates required to meet future aerospace demand. It will also provide a test bed for other industrial sectors beyond aerospace, such as land transport and renewables.HICOMS-A will deliver a world leading capability, meet significant industrial demand, and contribute to maintaining and driving UK competitiveness.