Our challenge is to create the optimal production environment for aircraft manufacture, where we can switch from one short batch product to another - with minimal effort and cost in the process.
Intelligent connectivity is helping BAE Systems drive Industry 4.0 into its manufacturing capability and clearly demonstrates how UK industry is working collaboratively to drive efficiency and reduce the costs associated with building future military aircraft.Īlex Griffiths, Senior Integration Engineer at BAE Systems, said: “We have intelligent workstations that deliver tools to engineers by autonomous robot before operators even know they need them. This powerful control of data allows operators to create and view live data screens that support workflow planning and real time decision-making.
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PTC’s Thingworx and Kepware software harvest real time digestible data to help manage supplies, processes and maintenance activities in the 40,000 sq ft factory, with the platform connecting, accessing and controlling industrial data from different robots, autonomous robots, machines and intelligent workstations inside the facility. The global supplier of advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions has tapped into expertise from the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform specialist to help connect its first-of-a-kind facility in Warton in the North of England. Digital technology solutions from PTC are playing a key role in driving digital connectivity at BAE Systems’ Factory of the Future programme.
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