FEATURE SESSION - TWI

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (AM) for AEROSPACE

10.00 – 10.30
Title: Overview of Additive Manufacturing (AM)

Dr Robert Scudamore, Technology Group Manager

Electron Beam, Friction and Laser Processes Group (EFL)
TWI Technology Centre (Yorkshire)

10.30 – 10.50
Title: From CAD to Metal, Additive Manufacture of Aerospace Components

Colin Cater, Manager, Rapid Manufacturing

ES Technology 

Renishaw
Title: Innovations in the control of aero engine manufacturing

Delcam
Title: Use of adaptive machining techniques in the manufacture and repair of aerospace components

The traditional relationship between machining and inspection is that machining is completed first and the component is then transferred to a dedicated piece of inspection equipment to be approved or rejected. However, as machining techniques become more sophisticated, and as components become larger and more complex, there are a growing number of cases where closer integration is required to give higher productivity and reduced wastage. Instead of a simple linear progression from CAD to CAM to machining to inspection, a more complicated series of steps is needed, with extra data needed to fill any gaps in the information available at the various stages. These new processes can be grouped under the heading of “adaptive machining”...................

Title: New generation of Solid Carbide endmills for high temperature alloys machining

Metal Improvement Company
Title: Enhancing the fatigue life of aero engine and aircraft structural components by the application of Controlled Shot Peening and Laser Peening

The process of Controlled Shot Peening to extend the life of a wide range of critical aero engine and structural components has been used for many years. More recently the process has been developed to include Laser Peening.

This paper provides a brief outline of the theory involved, the techniques employed, methods of quantifying the benefits and recent developments which are finding a wide range of applications.

FEATURE SESSION - PRODUCTION ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS

Hosted by: Dave Tudor, Editor

12.10 - 12.30:
Title: The economic benefits of custom designed tooling’

Speaker: Nigel Souster, MD Unimerco

12.30-12.50:
Title: Ice Clamping for Composites

Speaker: Mark Jones, MD, Leader Chuck Systems

Feature lunchtime presentation

OPEN FREE SESSION - (no pre-booking required)

PAVILION 2

Martin Wright Executive Director,
North West Aerospace Alliance

Epicor Software Ltd
Title: Enhanced Quality Management

Mark Hughes, Regional Director

FEATURE SESSION - Quality, SPC & Manufacturing Execution Systems lead the way to manufacturing agility, lean processes and defect reductions

Hosted by: QUALITY MANUFACTURING TODAY Magazine

SPEAKERS:
Jonathan Hill - Manufacturing Systems Executive, Rolls-Royce plc

Mike James - Group Managing Director, ATS International BV, The Netherlands
Board Member, MESA Europe

In this presentation Chris Biddle, Manufacturing Systems Executive at Rolls-Royce outlines the program which is intended to transform Rolls-Royce's aero engine manufacturing and assembly operations. A myriad of shop floor IT systems are currently operated at Rolls-Royce. These are about to be replaced by a world class Manufacturing Execution System.

Mike James is a member of the Rolls-Royce MES Steering Committee and Group Managing Director at ATS International, a global independent solution provider responsible for the shop floor system implementation at Rolls-Royce. Mike is also a board member of MESA International, the industry organization responsible for knowledge transfer and standards for these systems.

By attending this session we hope you will be inspired to introduce systems in your organization
to improve quality and lower costs.

SPEAKER:
Reg Marsden - Company Chief Metrologist of Rolls Royce plc

In this presentation, Reg Marsden will outline the journey being taken by the company to harness the power of a corporate IT calibration management system to improve both measurement capability, better control and reduced operating costs.

SPEAKER:
Ben Allister - Company Director, Infodream Limited - Limited – Statistical Process Control for Aerospace Manufacturing

Robust quality control standards achieved through continuous improvements tools such as Statistical Process Control (SPC) have been a successful feature of the manufacturing industry for many years, having been originally championed by the automotive primes.

However, the aerospace industry still lags some way behind in this area. The time has come for it to embrace proven Continuous Improvement (CI) methodology to increase productivity through helping eliminating poor quality products that remain unnecessarily prevalent across the aerospace manufacturing industry.

Although aerospace manufacturing is leading the way in terms of technology development, particularly in the use carbon composites, it is a long way behind other industries in terms of robust process planning and process control with many companies being very slow on the up-take of proven Continuous Improvement methodology such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and other quality tools which can help increase productivity. This is especially true within the supply chain.

This is partly due to a lack of understanding and training which has led the industry to believing these tools are only applicable to the automotive.

The initial part of the presentation will discuss why managing process variability is so important and outline the many opportunities within aerospace manufacturing where SPC can be used to great effect. The second half will focus on a Aerospace case

In todays challenging environment, aerospace designers/engineers are constantly looking for material solutions to improve one or more of weight, cost, lifetime and performance.

The TECASINT family of high temperature polyimide polymers from ENSINGER can help to provide tailored solutions to even the most demanding of applications.

The presentation will cover the varying performance profiles of the different series of materials within the family and how they can be utilised to meet specific requirements.

Chris Vince, Technical and Applications Manager

FEATURE SESSION - MACHINERY Magazine

TITANIUM MACHINING FOR AEROSPACE

Title: The titanium machining challenge

Speaker: Adrian Maughan, Engineering Director, NCMT, Thames Ditton

15.10 - 15.30
Content: Increasing use of titanium in both civil and military aircraft, plus an increasing demand for both, means that companies must find more efficient ways to machine the material, boosting output from a single spindle. Adrian Maughan details titanium’s properties, allying these to purpose-designed machine and tooling technology, and highlights the current state of play, in terms of metal removal capability, and describes the likely development path that will see further improvements. This seminar will provide a detailed understanding of the material and the technology required to deliver highest production throughput.

15.30 - 15.50

Mark Devall - Fortron
Title: TBA

SECO

Title: 'How to successfully increase your productivity when turning heat resistant alloys'

The effective removal of heat from the cutting zone is one of the most important considerations affecting cutting tool performance. This is especially important when machining heat resistant alloys such as titanium. For coolant to be really effective it needs to remove heat quickly from the cutting zone. A directed coolant flow which puts coolant precisely where it is required is much more efficient. A technical expert from Seco will discuss how using a directed coolant system such as Jetstream Tooling™ which delivers coolant to the optimum position close to the cutting edge can significantly improve productivity when machining heat resistant alloys.

 OPEN FREE - ‘SHARED’ SESSION 

PAVILION 2

with Composites Engineering Show attendees
(places to be reserved as you pre-register)
Sponsored by
CompositesUK

UK Composites Industry Sector Briefing - sponsored by CompositesUK

Opening remarks

CompositesUK

National Composites Centre

Andrew Walker, Chief Executive Officer

The University of Manchester

ThyssenKrupp System Engineering

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Thursday 30th September 2010