AURORA - AUtomated Remanufacturing Of RAil components

再制造是一项重大的制造挑战，因为来料部件的状况会发生变化，而且需要对不断变化的需求做出快速反应，这些需求受到包括使用中故障（例如铁路部门的事故车轮扁疤）在内的因素的驱动，这使得准确预测变得非常困难。此外，这一方法带来了重要的供应链和后勤挑战，以确保在正确的时间和地点收集和返回零件，以满足复杂的维修时间表，涉及在固定的最后期限内进行多种活动。现有的维修方法通常需要在不同的位置进行一系列手动操作，因此无法进行精确控制。对于使用率高的高价值设备，需要采用不同的方法，其中必须最大限度地减少“停用”时间。在AURORA项目中，将开发和展示世界上第一个用于轨道部件的灵活再制造单元，该单元将高性能包覆、机加工和过程中部件检测相结合，以确保部件的准确性和完整性。这种新方法将使新的商业模式得到研究。

Remanufacturing is a major manufacturing challenge due to the variation in the condition of incoming parts, as well as the need to react quickly to varying demand, driven by factors including in-service failure (such as casualty wheel flats in the rail sector) which makes accurate forecasting very difficult. Moreover, the approach presents important supply chain and logistical challenges to ensure that parts are collected and returned at the right time and place to meet complex repair schedules, involving multiple activities against fixed deadlines. Existing repair methods often entail a series of manual tasks, undertaken in different locations, making precise control impossible. A different approach is required for heavily utilised high value equipment where "out-of-service" time must be minimised. In the AURORA project, the world's first flexible remanufacturing cell for rail components, combining high performance cladding, machining and in-process part inspection, to ensure the accuracy and integrity of parts, will be developed and demonstrated. This new approach will enable novel business models to be investigated.