AP2 - Automated Production for Aerospace Pallets

AP2 - 航空航天托盘自动化生产

• 批准号: 10074865
• 金额: $ 35.68万
• 依托单位: FERGUSSON'S ADVANCED COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10074865
• 关键词: AP2; Automated; Production; Aerospace; Pallets

FACT, a UK-based company, has pioneered the production of a new type of aerospace pallet made from composite materials. The company's pallets are 40 kg lighter than the industry-standard aluminium pallets and can save airlines substantial fuel costs and CO2 emissions. The company plans to offer both leasing and sale models, based on value-based pricing. The pallets are currently being produced with a subcontractor in Nottingham.To fully capitalise on the opportunity presented by the global air cargo market, which relies heavily on pallets, FACT needs to rapidly scale up production to meet demand while reducing per-panel production costs. FACT has identified that automation is a critical enabling process to meet these targets.The company is responding to this challenge by further developing the aerospace pallet production process it has already pioneered. Specifically, the company will focus on decreasing the reliance on manual handling during the mould assembly process. The innovation will focus on industrialising novel methodologies for controlled material deposition in the form of technology that FACT has progressed to late stages of development.The expected output of this project will be a piece of industrial equipment capable of assembling a composite aerospace pallet panel stack to enable a high-volume aerospace production facility. Without enabling automation, the product would no longer be economically viable to produce in the UK at the volumes expected.The target market for FACT's pallets is the global air cargo market, where 30-40 large airlines account for 75% of the global market.

FACT是一家总部位于英国的公司，率先生产了一种由复合材料制成的新型航空航天托盘。该公司的托盘比行业标准铝托盘轻40公斤，可以为航空公司节省大量燃油成本和二氧化碳排放。该公司计划提供租赁和销售模式，基于价值定价。这些托盘目前由诺丁汉的一家分包商生产。为了充分利用严重依赖托盘的全球航空货运市场带来的机遇，FACT需要快速扩大生产规模以满足需求，同时降低每块托盘的生产成本。FACT已经确定自动化是实现这些目标的关键过程。该公司正在通过进一步开发其已经开创的航空航天托盘生产工艺来应对这一挑战。具体而言，该公司将专注于减少在模具组装过程中对人工处理的依赖。该创新将专注于以FACT已发展到后期开发阶段的技术形式实现受控材料沉积的新方法的工业化。该项目的预期产出将是一台能够组装复合航空航天托盘面板堆栈的工业设备，以实现大批量航空航天生产设施。如果不实现自动化，该产品将不再是经济可行的生产在英国的预期量。FACT的托盘的目标市场是全球航空货运市场，其中30-40家大型航空公司占全球市场的75%。