CONnected Flexible dIGital hybrid additive manufacturing Unit designed for REpair (CONFIGURE)

专为维修而设计的互联灵活数字混合增材制造单元（配置）

• 批准号: 103459
• 金额: $ 100.13万
• 依托单位: WEIR GROUP PLC(THE)
• 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=103459
• 关键词: CONnected; Flexible; dIGital; hybrid; additive

Today's increasingly complex high value engineering parts are too valuable to discard whenthey are damaged. Unfortunately, current repair methods, often based on a series of complexmanual operations, are difficult to control to ensure that high performance, often safetycritical, parts have the required level of integrity. This problem is exacerbated when parts arerepaired in remote, often inhospitable and hazardous locations, where it is difficult to providethe required level of repair skill.There is an urgent need for a flexible, efficient and automated method of repairing high valuemetallic parts, close to the point of use. Hybrid Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes,combining Directed Energy Deposition (DED) AM processes, with conventional 5 axesmachining are already in production. Although very effective, this solution is limited torelatively small parts.In CONFIGURE a flexible automated repair unit, encompassing every stage of the repairoperation (damage assessment, repair, finishing and final inspection) will be developed anddemonstrated. Using a robotic platform with interchangeable inspection, deposition andmachining heads it will allow parts of almost unlimited size to be repaired in a seamlessoperation. The new unit can be provided in portable and even mobile configuration, enabling itto be positioned wherever required.Digital manufacturing technology is a key aspect of the project. An array of sensors will beincorporated into the repair unit to provide both process and part quality data. Thisinformation, used to enable the unit to operate in an autonomous mode, will also be logged toallow detailed analysis to be performed and provide traceability. The CONFIGURE unit will bedemonstrated in two end-use sectors, repair of damaged rail track and high value miningequipment but there are a wide range of potential cross-sector applications, including new partproduction.

当今日益复杂的高价值工程部件非常有价值，一旦损坏就无法丢弃。不幸的是，当前的修复方法通常基于一系列复杂的手动操作，难以控制以确保高性能且通常是安全关键的零件具有所需的完整性水平。当在偏远、通常不适宜居住和危险的地点维修零件时，这个问题会更加严重，这些地方很难提供所需的维修技能水平。迫切需要一种灵活、高效和自动化的方法来修复高价值金属零件，接近使用点。混合增材制造 (AM) 工艺将定向能量沉积 (DED) AM 工艺与传统的 5 轴加工相结合，现已投入生产。虽然非常有效，但该解决方案仅限于相对较小的零件。在“配置”中，将开发和演示一个灵活的自动化修复单元，涵盖修复操作的每个阶段（损坏评估、修复、精加工和最终检查）。使用具有可互换检查、沉积和加工头的机器人平台，可以无缝操作修复几乎无限尺寸的零件。新装置可以采用便携式甚至移动配置提供，使其能够放置在任何需要的地方。数字制造技术是该项目的一个关键方面。维修单元中将安装一系列传感器，以提供工艺和零件质量数据。这些信息用于使设备能够在自主模式下运行，也将被记录下来，以便进行详细分析并提供可追溯性。配置单元将在两个最终用途领域进行展示，即修复受损的铁轨和高价值采矿设备，但还有广泛的潜在跨行业应用，包括新零件生产。