Background
The aim of the project was to develop technology to advance the UKs capability in high mix, high complexity and low volume industrial environments by formulating a clear vision of the factory of the future.
CHALLENGE
To provide a low-risk, real world environment to test physical and digital technologies all within a modular, scalable framework / architecture while integrating various industry 4.0 technologies.
IMPACT
15 percent reduction in overall cycle time reduction gives the company the opportunity to increase capacity per machine tool.
Better swarf evacuation resulting in no manual intervention to clean the machine, while in cycle. Resulting in 100 percent efficiency of machine and operator.