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\.

注塑成型等微成型工艺支持大批量制造，但不适合快速迭代设计-测试-原型周期。英国政府最近投资了超过 1.68 亿英镑用于增材制造 (AM)，这是一种具有推动潜力的多功能工具。跨不同领域的工业研发，其中包括多材料混合组件，例如携带电荷的聚合物/金属部件，到 2025 年，其交易额将达到 150 亿英镑，复合年增长率超过 15%。物联网、工业 4.0 和智能连接设备的市场拉动推动了增材制造的发展。然而，增材制造受到跨多台机器的复杂协议的影响，目前还没有人能够正确集成不同的技术来获得高质量的精密复合体。这些包括生物传感器、一次性诊断和跨多个行业（例如汽车行业）使用的低容量印刷电路板/执行器，支持其工业研发和制造符合英国的各种战略政策，包括生命科学战略、交通脱碳计划和零排放指令，AAS Holding Limited（作为混合制造解决方案）开发了一项正在申请专利的技术，该技术无缝集成了拟议的公共/私人合作项目目标。全面的数字平台自动化可实现最小的错误和最大的零件产量，远远优于当前的增材制造工艺，是瞄准优先市场（包括集成金属和电子产品的工业处理）的关键一步，将累计释放 1.44 亿英镑的资金。通过简化研发和提高生产力来节省行业成本，同时到 2029 年避免超过 10,000 吨二氧化碳当量排放和 35,000 吨工业材料浪费。