Automating a novel multi-tool additive and subtractive manufacturing platform for micrometre-resolution prototyping across diverse industries

自动化新型多工具增材和减材制造平台，用于跨不同行业的微米分辨率原型制作

• 批准号: 10097846
• 金额: $ 32.18万
• 依托单位: AAS HOLDINGS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10097846
• 关键词: Automating; novel; multi; tool; additive

Micro-forming processes like injection moulding support large-series manufacturing but are ill-suited to rapid iterative design-test-prototype cycles. The UK Government recently invested over £168 million into additive manufacturing (AM), a versatile tool with potential to propel industrial R&D across diverse sectors. This includes multi-material hybrid components such as polymer/metal parts carrying electrical charge. 3D-printed electronics will trade £15 billion in 2025, with over 15% compound annual growth driven by market-pull from the Internet-of-Things, Industry-4.0, and smart-connected devices. However, AM suffers from complex protocols across multiple machines, and nobody has yet managed to properly integrate disparate techniques to obtain high quality precision complex hybrid-material parts. These include biosensors, disposable diagnostics, and low-capacity Printed Circuit Boards/actuators used across multiple sectors such as in the automotive industry. Supporting their industrial R&D and manufacturing aligns with various UK strategic policies, including the Life Sciences Strategy, Transport Decarbonisation Plan, and Zero Emissions Mandate. AAS Holding Limited, trading as Hybrid Manufacturing Solutions, has developed a patent-pending technology that seamlessly integrates several additive and subtractive manufacturing processes. The proposed public/private collaborative project targets full digital platform automation enabling minimal error and maximum parts output, far superior to current AM processes. The project is a pivotal step towards targeting priority markets including industrial handling of integrated metals and electronics. Scaling the technology will unlock £144 million in cumulative industry savings through streamlined R&D and productivity gains, whilst averting over 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions and 35,000 tonnes of industrial material waste by 2029\.

微型形成过程，例如注入成型的大型制造，但不适合快速迭代设计测试测试型循环。英国政府最近投资了超过1.68亿英镑，用于额外的制造业（AM），这是一种多功能工具，有可能推动潜水部门的工业研发。这包括多物质混合动力组件，例如带有电荷的聚合物/金属零件。 3D打印的电子产品将在2025年交易150亿英镑，其中超过15％的复合年增长率由The-Things，Industry Internet-4.0和智能连接的设备的市场播放驱动。但是，AM遭受了多台机器之间的复杂协议，并且还没有人设法正确整合不同的技术以获得高质量的精密复杂的混合材料。其中包括生物传感器，一次性诊断和低容量的印刷电路板/执行器，用于多个行业，例如汽车行业。支持其工业研发和制造业与各种英国战略政策保持一致，包括生命科学战略，运输脱碳计划和零排放的授权。 AAS Holding Limited（作为混合制造解决方案的交易）开发了一种正在申请的专利技术，该技术无缝整合了几个其他减法制造工艺。拟议的公共/私人协作项目针对完整的数字平台自动化，实现最小错误和最大零件输出，远远超过了当前的AM流程。该项目是针对优先市场的关键步骤，包括对综合金属和电子产品的工业处理。扩展技术将通过简化的研发和生产力提高来释放1.44亿英镑的累积行业节省，同时避免到2029年到2029年，避免了超过10,000吨二氧化碳等效排放和35,000吨工业材料废物。