Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.06
February 18, 2020
GKN Aerospace CTO Russ Dunn will officially open the latest Additive Industries Process and Application Centre close to Bristol in the UK on March 12, 2020. This center is part of the global network of Additive Industries Competence Centres, also located in Eindhoven, Los Angeles and Singapore, each having their own specialty in different aspects of industrial additive manufacturing. The UK & Ireland Process and Application Centre’s core competence will be new materials and process development. The center is located on the historic Filton Aerospace Park, directly in the middle of the growing additive manufacturing hub that is there. Filton…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.69
February 05, 2023
…Team: Carnegie Mellon University, Wason Technology LLC, and Collins Aerospace Project Description: Lightweight carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (CF-TPCs) are internationally recognized as a material capable of meeting the future aerospace market high-rate demands and providing sustainability benefits. One key contributor to the rapid manufacturing rate of CF-TPCs is its capability to be welded instead of using traditional time-consuming adhesive bonding and or mechanical fastening. Currently, three heat generation methods dominate the application and development of welding TPC; however, currently these are mostly not accepted for complex aircraft structures. This project seeks to catalyze robotic automation for rapid ultrasonic welding…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.68
January 28, 2022
…fuselages. These technological improvements could improve the quality of aerospace inspections as well as replace manual operations, said the ARM Institute. The inspection system could also improve the reliability, maintainability, and readiness of aviation assets and ultimately to reduce the lifecycle costs of the fleet. AI and robotics would allow the system to standardize and learn inspection processes for many components in different industries, which would also benefit a broad subset of ARM Institute members. Optimized Robot Motion Program for Tracking Complex Geometric Paths Lead: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Partners: GE Research, Southwest Research Institute, Wason Technology Description: This project aims…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.46
October 04, 2017
…General Motors Global Propulsion Systems – Pontiac Engineering Center, GKN, Gonzalez Production Systems, Hirata Corporation of America, Hirotec America Inc., High-Tech Mold & Engineering, Inductoheat Inc., Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc., Lear Corp., Mahindra Automotive North America, Moeller Aerospace, Moeller Precision Tool, MPD Welding Inc., Roechling Automotive, Total Door and Wenzel America Ltd. As with any event, volunteers play a key role, with two adults accompanying students to each tour site. Paul Galbenski, dean of the Oakland Schools Technical Campus Northeast in Pontiac, said Manufacturing Day is an important component of career development and planning for high school students. There are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.42
June 25, 2019
…on metals such as titanium and aluminum popular in aerospace. HP’s first metal printers will be using iron, steel, and copper, which are more commonly used by most other industries. Image courtesy of HP. The phrase “digital manufacturing” is new to HP nomenclature in 2019, based on the company’s conviction that fast printing of parts using its PageWide technology is only part of the manufacturing workflow they need to create. Learning from its experience with wide format 2D printing — hugely profitable but also a closed proprietary technology — HP is reaching out to form partnerships as it seeks to…
