SmartDrop– a connected digital additive manufacturing platform

SmartDrop——互联数字增材制造平台

• 批准号: 103454
• 金额: $ 113.22万
• 依托单位: ARCHIPELAGO TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103454
• 关键词: SmartDrop; connected; digital; additive; manufacturing

SmartDrop is a digitally connected additive manufacturing process capable of building up valuable products from a range of industrially useful materials. These include organic materials such as resins and adhesives and inorganic materials as used in cements and glazes.Archipelago's vision for this project is to move SmartDrop from the current MRL 3 to MRL 8 -- putting in place the capability for pilot level manufacture of product using SmartDrop systems.This will provide the foundation for a world-leading,UK centred manufacturing eco-system with significant employment opportunities at many centres in theUK.SmartDrop's key innovations are:The Powerdrop process. This combines (i) a high energy ejection process, with (ii) a short liquid feed path and (iii) a drum based geometry. Innovations (i) and (ii) enable jetting of liquids spanning a wide range of properties. Innovation (iii) enables rapid structure building as liquid feed to the nozzles occurs simultaneously with liquid ejection.Digital connectivity. SmartDrop is being developed with digital connectivity from the ground-up. There are three levels of feedback. Machine local, factory level for user monitoring and control and Super-level for data-driven support and remote updating. A wireless device shall be incorporated into each printhead to make it a 'smart' printhead to monitor operation and location.Flexible billing platform. The data link between the customer sites and SmartDrop will enable us to charge for different services in different ways.The programme objectives are:To create a fully operational Powerdrop-based additive manufacturing prototype systemTo place this system in a lead customer's UK factory and establish digital connectivity with SmartDrop headquartersTo commission a manufacturing facility for making and supporting SmartDrop systems.

SmartDrop 是一种数字连接的增材制造工艺，能够利用一系列工业上有用的材料构建有价值的产品。其中包括树脂和粘合剂等有机材料以及水泥和釉料中使用的无机材料。Archipelago 该项目的愿景是将 SmartDrop 从当前的 MRL 3 提高到 MRL 8——建立使用产品进行中试级制造的能力SmartDrop 系统。这将为世界领先的、以英国为中心的制造生态系统奠定基础，并在英国的许多中心提供大量就业机会。SmartDrop 的主要创新是： Powerdrop 流程。这结合了（i）高能喷射过程，（ii）短液体供给路径和（iii）基于滚筒的几何形状。创新 (i) 和 (ii) 能够喷射跨越多种特性的液体。创新 (iii) 能够快速构建结构，因为喷嘴的液体供给与液体喷射同时发生。数字连接。 SmartDrop 正在从头开始开发数字连接。反馈分为三个级别。机器本地、工厂级用于用户监视和控制，超级级用于数据驱动支持和远程更新。每个打印头应集成一个无线设备，使其成为“智能”打印头，以监控操作和位置。灵活的计费平台。客户站点和 SmartDrop 之间的数据链接将使我们能够以不同的方式对不同的服务进行收费。该计划的目标是：创建一个完全可操作的基于 Powerdrop 的增材制造原型系统将该系统放置在主要客户的英国工厂中并建立数字化与 SmartDrop 总部连接委托制造工厂来制造和支持 SmartDrop 系统。