High Value Manufacturing Catapult for MTC Aerospace Centre

制造技术中心（MTC）与工业界、学术界和其他机构合作，开发和验证创新的制造工艺和技术，通过验证和实施从初级研究中确定的概念，提高英国的竞争优势。MTC承担的这个1500万英镑项目的目的是建立一个国家航空航天研究中心，这将使MTC工程师和行业专家之间的前沿航空航天研究和项目能够定义未来的航空航天技术。该中心是MTC研发园区的一部分，该园区包括MTC的先进制造培训中心，旨在解决制造技能短缺问题。MTC园区内的8，000平方英尺的航空航天研究中心是一个设施，将为新的航空航天制造系统的全面工业规模开发提供枢纽。目前的项目正在研究减少发动机碳排放的工艺和技术，研究重点是装配工具，增材制造和自动化，以改进发动机设计，使其更具燃油效率并缩短制造时间。该中心正致力于下一代创新，如改进装配技术，以改善层流机翼流动和减少表面污染，从而减少阻力和提高飞机性能。数字化制造和其他大数据技术已经被航空航天采用，许多航空航天公司在这一领域投入了大量资源，旨在将其部署在许多业务中。第四次工业革命是由传感器技术、连接和数据分析的进步推动的，该中心是英国领导这一战略的合作伙伴。该中心于2015年在考文垂的MTC正式开幕。开幕式由小企业工业和企业部长安娜苏布里议员主持。

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) develops and proves innovative manufacturing processes and technologies in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, raising the UK’s competitive advantage by validating and implementing concepts identified from primary research.The aim of this £15m project undertaken by the MTC was to establish a national Aerospace Research Centre, which would enable leading edge aerospace research and projects between MTC engineers and industry experts to define aerospace technologies for the future. The Centre forms part of the MTC’s research and development campus which includes the MTC’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre, established to address the manufacturing skills shortage.The 8,000-square foot Aerospace Research Centre on the MTC campus is a facility which will provide a hub for the development of new aerospace manufacturing systems to full industrial scale. Current projects are investigating processes and technologies to reduce carbon emissions from engines with research focusing on tooling for assembly, additive manufacturing and automation to improve engine design, making them more fuel-efficient and reducing the time to manufacture. The Centre is working on next generation innovations such as improved assembly technologies to improve laminar wing flows and reduce surface contamination to reduce drag and enhance aircraft performance. Digitising manufacturing and other big data technologies are already being adopted by aerospace with many aerospace companies investing significant resources in this area, aiming to deploy it within many of their operations. This Fourth Industrial Revolution is driven by advances in sensor technology, connectivity and data analytics and the Centre is a partner in leading the UK strategy for this.The Centre was formally opened at the MTC in Coventry in 2015. The opening ceremony was performed by Anna Soubry MP, who was the Minister for Small Business Industry and Enterprise.