PROVE - Production Readiness Of Very light-weight Exhausts

PROVE - 超轻质排气装置的生产准备就绪

• 批准号: 102390
• 金额: $ 22.78万
• 依托单位: UNIPART POWERTRAIN APPLICATIONS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=102390
• 关键词: PROVE; Production; Readiness; Very; light

Unipart Eberspächer Exhaust Systems (UEES), Aston Martin Lagonda Limited (AML), JSE Limited (JSE) and Coventry University (CU) recently completed a Niche Vehicle Networks CR&D project to create an ultra-light-weight exhaust by using hand welded thin-gauge material, reducing part count and exploring the boundaries of high grade stainless steel and manufacturing processes, while maintaining Aston Martin exhaust system deliverables. Overall, the system weight reduced by 45% from 27.8 kg to 15.1 kg, a saving normally associated with titanium. This project now seeks to develop the innovative manufacturing techniques which will be required to produce such systems on a commercial basis. In order to achieve this, innovation will be required in the fields of: tooling design and performance in relation to boost tube bending capability; jig design and manufacture to overcome the challenges of concentricity and co-axiality; and in robotic weld techniques to ensure consistent, repeatable performance. The project is scheduled to last for 9 months and conclude at the end of March 2016.

Unipart Eberspächer Exhaust Systems（UEES）、阿斯顿Martin Lagonda Limited（AML）、JSE Limited（JSE）和考文垂大学（CU）最近完成了一个利基车辆网络CR&D项目，通过使用手工焊接的薄规格材料，减少零件数量，探索高等级不锈钢和制造工艺的界限，同时保持阿斯顿马丁排气系统的可交付性，制造出超轻重量的排气系统。总体而言，系统重量从27.8 kg减少到15.1 kg，减少了45%，这通常与钛有关。该项目现在寻求开发商业生产这种系统所需的创新制造技术。为了实现这一目标，需要在以下领域进行创新：与增压管弯曲能力相关的工具设计和性能;夹具设计和制造，以克服同心度和同轴度的挑战;以及机器人焊接技术，以确保一致的，可重复的性能。该项目计划持续9个月，并于2016年3月底结束。