A highly adaptable Manufacturing System for new and existing bicycle, e-bike, cargo bike, and specialist cycle producers.

自行车学院（TBA）是一个由设计师、工程师和自行车专家组成的专业团队，致力于在英国创造更好、更长寿、更方便使用的自行车。TBA建议创建重点系统来支持英国循环制造业。TBA将开发机械和工艺，帮助英国的工程技术走在全球自行车行业的前列。TBA的目标是为工程师、企业家和投资者消除进入自行车行业的障碍，释放现有英国自行车公司的潜力，并增加制造供应链的弹性。与其他零排放车辆解决方案一致，自行车和电动辅助自行车（pedelec，通常被称为电动自行车）是英国未来交通计划的重要组成部分。电动自行车的采用将在地方和全国范围内带来经济增长和环境改善。新冠肺炎疫情导致自行车和电动自行车销量大幅增加。2019年，英国销售了超过250万辆自行车（踏板/pedelec加起来）（自行车协会，2020年），在封锁期间销量增长了63%以上（forbes.com， 2020年），电动自行车销量增长了50%。销量的增长给自行车零售商带来了严重的供应链挑战，自行车和电动自行车出现了前所未有的短缺，而生产商则因依赖非国内大规模生产的商业模式而面临更长的生产交货期和更长的开发周期。目前在英国销售的自行车中只有1.5%是在这里生产的（CTC, 2015）。这为英国制造业提供了一个重要的机会，可以大幅增加其在这个重要且不断增长的市场中的份额。我们的项目旨在为新的和现有的英国自行车/电动自行车/货运自行车/移动自行车生产商创新一个高度适应性的制造系统。该系统将由一套高度适应性的自行车制造机器、工具和固定装置、重点培训计划、敏捷操作流程以及关键设计和验证咨询服务组成。与传统生产线相比，适应性制造系统将提供一种解决方案，需要更少的机器，更少的空间，并显着减少设计设置更改的停机时间。通过为自行车设计提供灵活的国产化解决方案；发展;和早期制造项目旨在支持中小企业努力实现更快的途径进入市场和更好地响应不断变化的市场需求。

The Bicycle Academy (TBA) are a dedicated team of designers, engineers and cycling experts committed to facilitating the creation of better, longer-life, and more accessible bikes in the UK. TBA proposes to create focused systems to support the UK cycle manufacturing industry. TBA will develop machinery and processes to help bring British engineering to the fore of the global cycling industry.TBA's goal is to remove the barriers to entry into the cycle industry for engineers, entrepreneurs and investors, to unlock the potential of existing UK cycle companies, and to increase the resilience of the manufacturing supply chain.In line with the other zero-emission vehicle solutions, bikes and electric assist cycles (pedelec, often referred to as e-bikes) are a critical part of the UK's future transport plans. The adoption of e-bike vehicles will deliver economic growth and environmental improvements on a local and national scale.COVID-19 has resulted in significantly increased bicycle and e-bike sales. Over 2,500,000 bicycles (pedal/pedelec combined) were sold in the UK in 2019 (Bicycle Association, 2020) with sales rising by over 63% during lockdown (forbes.com, 2020) and e-bike sales up 50%.This increase in sales has caused serious supply chain challenges for bicycle retailers experiencing an unprecedented shortage of bicycles and e-bikes, whilst producers are struggling with longer manufacturing lead times, and protracted development cycles due to the reliance upon a non-domestic mass production business model. Currently only 1.5% of bicycles sold in the UK are produced here (CTC, 2015). This presents a significant opportunity for the UK manufacturing sector to dramatically increase its share of this important and growing market.Our ProjectTBA aims to innovate a highly adaptable manufacturing system for new and existing UK bicycle/e-bike/cargo bike/mobility bike producers. The system will be composed of a suite of highly adaptable bicycle manufacturing machines, tools and fixtures, a focussed training program, agile operational processes, and the provision of key design and validation consultancy services. Compared to traditional manufacturing lines the adaptable manufacturing systems will offer a solution that requires fewer machines, less space and significantly reduced downtime for design setup changes.By providing an agile domestic solution for bicycle design; development; and early stage manufacturing the project aims to support SME's striving to achieve a faster route to market and greater responsiveness to the changing needs of the market.