FastEDR - Fastener Electro-Discharge Removal for high-value engineering systems

在维修过程中钻出燃气轮机的螺栓是一项非常熟练的技术——一个滑倒和一个花费20万英镑更换的部件就可能被摧毁。如果紧固件不能被移除一个全新的组件可能需要和材料将被浪费。在核退役工厂工作的工人手里拿着扳手进入辐射区。他们接近被拆除的紧固件，并将其撤销四分之一圈。然后他们立即离开该地区——这是他们每年的辐射暴露限额。在松开紧固件之前，还有59名操作人员将进入并做同样的事情。到达海拔150m的风机工作区域后，技术人员发现需要拆卸的螺栓被卡住。为了完成修复，必须在作业人员悬浮在海上时钻出螺栓，推动钻头以确保其穿过螺栓。这些任务需要一个更快、更安全、定制的解决方案来实现工程系统维护过程的现代化。fastdr是一种先进的工具平台，可以有效地溶解紧固件（螺母，螺栓，螺钉和铆钉等），允许在更安全的条件下拆卸，并且不会损坏产品的组件。在使用过程中不需要施加机械力，不会产生对环境有害的废物。fastdr可以由机器人运送到对人类不利的地区，比如靠近核反应堆的地方。复杂的软件控制和定制设计的组件意味着任何人只需不到一个小时的培训就可以操作FastEDR。fastdr允许拆卸紧固件，对人员的安全风险低，对客户的成本低。我们将减少英国制造业对环境的影响，确保可维修的零部件留在供应链中，延长大型工程系统（如燃气涡轮发动机和风力涡轮机）的使用寿命。

Drilling out a bolt in a gas turbine during repair is very skilled -- one slip and a component costing £200k to replace can be destroyed. If the fastener cannot be removed a whole new assembly may be required and the materials will be wasted.The worker in the nuclear decommissioning plant enters the radiation area with a spanner in their hand. They approach the fastener being removed and undo it one quarter turn. They then immediately leave the area -- that's their annual radiation exposure allowance used. 59 more operators will go in and do the same thing before the fastener is released.Having reached the working area of the wind turbine 150m above sea level, the technician finds that the bolt needing removal is seized. To complete the repair, the bolt must be drilled out while the operator is suspended over the sea, pushing against the drill to ensure it cuts through the bolt.These tasks require a faster, safer and customised solution to modernise the process of engineering system maintenance. FastEDR is an advanced tooling platform that effectively dissolves fasteners (nuts, bolts, screw and rivets, etc.), allowing disassembly in safer conditions and with no damage to the components of the product. During use it requires no need to apply mechanical force and produces no environmentally damaging waste. FastEDR can be delivered by robots in areas hostile to humans such as in close proximity to nuclear reactors. Sophisticated software controls and custom designed components mean that FastEDR can be operated by anyone with less than an hour of training. FastEDR allows fastener removal at low safety risk to people and at low cost to customers. We will reduce the environmental impact of UK manufacturing by ensuring that serviceable parts remain in the supply-chain and extending the life of large engineering systems such as gas turbine engines and wind turbines.