Descrizione del progetto
La ricerca decolla per rivoluzionare le riparazioni aerospaziali
L’industria aerospaziale deve affrontare sfide significative per la riparazione e la rigenerazione di componenti critici come le pale delle turbine e i carrelli di atterraggio, che possono essere costose e richiedere molto tempo. Il processo di fabbricazione additiva (AM) a deposizione diretta di energia offre una soluzione innovativa. Tuttavia, è necessario comprendere l’accuratezza e i limiti dei processi di deposizione e dell’efficace mappatura della geometria dei difetti. Il progetto AMOS, finanziato dall’UE, mira a condurre ricerche fondamentali sui processi di AM a deposizione diretta di energia, ad avviare studi comparativi e a sviluppare metodi multidisciplinari di ottimizzazione della progettazione per ridurre, in ultima analisi, la debolezza dei componenti aerospaziali in fase di progettazione. I risultati di questo progetto saranno utili sia per i produttori di apparecchiature originali che per le PMI al fine di selezionare le strategie di riparazione e rigenerazione più appropriate.
Obiettivo
This research project focuses on several key Direct Energy Deposition (DED) Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes that have great potential to be used as cost-effective and efficient repairing and re-manufacturing processes for aerospace components such as turbine blades and landing gears. This project aims to conduct fundamental research to understand the material integrity through chosen DED AM processes, the accuracy and limitations of these deposition processes, effective defect geometry mapping and generation methods, and automated and hybrid DED and post-deposition machining strategies. This project intends to connect repair and re-manufacturing strategies with design through accurate DED process simulation and novel multi-disciplinary design optimisation (MDO) methods to ultimately reduce the weakness of aerospace component at design stage and prolong their the lifecycles. Both powder-based and wire-based DED systems will be investigated to establish an across-the-board comparative study. The data collected through this comprehensive comparative study will be extremely valuable for the OEMs of this project (i.e. GKN, PWC, and HDI) to understand the pros and cons of these DED systems and will help them to select suitable repair and re-manufacturing strategies. The tests conducted in this research are also extremely beneficial for the SMEs in this project (i.e. Liburdi, AV&R, DPS) to validate their existing repairing systems and techniques.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturing
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesremanufacturing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
Programma(i)
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H2020-MG-2015_SingleStage-A
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
S10 2TN Sheffield
Regno Unito