Future Automated Aircraft Assembly Demonstrator Phase 2 (FA3D2)

未来自动飞机装配演示器第二阶段（FA3D2）将是数字和信息化航空航天制造技术的国家实验测试平台和技术演示器。它是由诺丁汉大学以150万英镑开发和资助的概念验证FA3D第1阶段技术演示器的增强，并于2016年6月投入使用。FA3D2项目的提出是由于许多国际航空航天公司的强烈兴趣和“拉动”，其中一些公司已经从FA3D.The FA3D2项目中受益，该项目将为英国航空航天制造企业提供一个独特的机会，以测试和验证世界领先的技术，与最好的竞争对手离岸企业在成本和质量上竞争。它旨在通过实施灵活的装配方法来减少生产线的资本支出或非经常性成本（NRC）。通过提供基于汽车和其他行业技术的更高水平的自动化，航空航天公司将受益于生产力的提高，劳动力的技能提高，提高利率并大幅降低经常性成本（RC），使英国工业能够成功地与低工资经济体竞争。这一点的关键是“高斜坡率实现”这是英国主要的一级航空航天制造商的战略要求，这些制造商正在积极支持诺丁汉大学目前正在通过许多利用FA3D概念验证的项目开展的工作。FA 3D 2项目旨在通过以下方式解决国家基础设施的战略短缺问题，以开发下一代航空航天柔性装配系统：·在数字化和信息化航空航天制造技术方面提供国家实验测试平台和技术演示器。在大学资助的成功的FA3D概念验证演示器的基础上，投资150万英镑，降低了与建造更大的工厂·将工业界（空中客车、空中客车直升机、BAE系统、GKN、GE航空等）的强烈兴趣转化为建设英国装配和制造能力的未来项目·为ATI和Clean Sky 2的主要倡议提供支持·为数字技术开发国家航空航天装配演示器·提供显著的预计投资回报

The Future Automated Aircraft Assembly Demonstrator Phase 2 (FA3D2) will be a national experimental testbed and technology demonstrator in digital and informatics enabled aerospace manufacturing technologies. It is an enhancement of a proof of concept FA3D Phase 1 technology demonstrator developed and funded by the University of Nottingham at £1.5M and commissioned in June 2016. The proposal for FA3D2 has been created as a result of strong interest and ‘pull’ from a number of international aerospace companies some of which are already benefiting from FA3D.The FA3D2 project will provide a unique opportunity for UK based aerospace manufacturing businesses to test and validate world leading technologies to compete on cost and quality with the best rival offshore businesses. It aims to reduce the Capital Expenditure or Non-Recurring Costs (NRC) of a product line by implementing a flexible assembly approach. By providing higher levels of automation based on technology originating from the automotive and other sectors, the aerospace companies will benefit from increased productivity, upskilled labour force, rate increase and dramatically reduced Recurring Costs (RC) to enable UK industry to successfully compete with lower wage economies.The key to this is “High Ramp to Rate Enablement” which is a strategic requirement of the UK’s main Tier 1 Aerospace Manufacturers who are actively supporting the work currently being carried out at the University of Nottingham through a number of projects utilising the FA3D proof of concept. This FA3D2 project is aimed at addressing a strategic shortfall in the national infrastructure for the development of a next generation aerospace flexible assembly system by: • Providing a national experimental testbed and technology demonstrator in digital and informatics enabled aerospace manufacturing technologies• Building on the successful FA3D proof of concept demonstrator funded by the University with an investment of £1.5M mitigating the risks associated with building a larger facility• Converting the strong interest from industry (Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, BAE Systems, GKN, GE Aviation and others) into future projects for building UK assembly & manufacturing capability• Providing support for major ATI and Clean Sky 2 initiatives• Developing a national aerospace assembly demonstrator for digital technologies • Providing significant projected return of investment