THERMACH. THERmally assisted MACHining of difficult-to-cut materials

热玛奇。

• 批准号: 74744
• 金额: $ 73.54万
• 依托单位: TISICS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: CR&D Bilateral
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=74744
• 关键词: THERMACH.; THERmally; assisted; MACHining; difficult

THERMACH aims to develop and demonstrate a thermally assisted machining process to addresses the significant manufacturing challenges that industries face when producing components and products using advanced Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) and other difficult-to-cut materials. Within THERMACH, the UK partners will advance innovative analytical, software and hardware solutions for Laser Assisted Machining (LAM) processes to become enabling, competitive and sustainable processes for MMC machining on an industrial scale, that is able to deliver a step-change in increased productivity and reduction in production costs. This is achieved by augmenting the conventional value chain of the machining process by smart introduction of satellite tooling, laser, induction and monitoring links.Lasers are well known as a means of processing materials which are difficult to cut by conventional mechanical means. The development of combined laser and mechanical processes offers the potential to combine the benefits of both, as well as the ability to achieve process speeds and qualities that cannot be achieved by either in isolation.Development of next-gen cutting tools achieving high material removal rates and extended tool-life for higher-productivity machining will be further explored within THERMACH.THERMACH-enabled MMC manufacture offers 30-70% weight reduction for aerospace applications, resulting in greater payload, extended range and lower emissions, significantly increasing competitiveness and first-mover advantage for UK aerospace companies and helping meet the UK's target to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050\.Furthermore,a high-quality, consistent and cost effective thermal cutting process has the potential transform production of patient-specific prostheses to restore anatomy affected by trauma, disease or surgery.This project brings together experts across the entire manufacturing value chain to develop a disruptive, generic innovation that can be applied to high-efficiency manufacture of difficult-to-cut materials, integrating into existing CNC equipment, thereby enabling wide up-take.

THERMACH旨在开发和展示一种热辅助加工工艺，以解决工业在使用先进的金属基复合材料（MMC）和其他难切削材料生产部件和产品时面临的重大制造挑战。在THERMACH内部，英国合作伙伴将推进激光辅助加工（LAM）工艺的创新分析，软件和硬件解决方案，使其成为工业规模MMC加工的有利，有竞争力和可持续的工艺，能够实现提高生产力和降低生产成本的飞跃。这是通过巧妙地引入卫星工具、激光、感应和监控环节来增强加工过程的传统价值链来实现的。激光是众所周知的一种加工材料的手段，这些材料难以通过传统机械手段切割。激光和机械组合工艺的发展提供了将两者的优点联合收割机结合起来的潜力，以及实现单独使用任何一种工具都无法实现的加工速度和质量的能力。在THERMACH内，将进一步探索下一代切削刀具的开发，以实现高材料去除率和延长刀具寿命，实现更高的生产率加工。启用THERMACH的MMC制造提供30-70%的为航空航天应用减轻重量，从而提高有效载荷，扩大航程和降低排放，显著提高英国航空航天公司的竞争力和先发优势，并帮助实现英国到2050年实现所有温室气体净零排放的目标。一致且具有成本效益的热切割工艺具有改造生产患者专用假体以恢复受创伤影响的解剖结构的潜力，该项目汇集了整个制造业价值链的专家，开发一种颠覆性的通用创新，可应用于难切割材料的高效制造，集成到现有的CNC设备中，从而实现广泛的应用。