Digital Manufacturing Tools - HSSMI

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DIGITAL MANUFACTURING TOOLS

Our experts in digital manufacturing tools can support your business in ensuring that the right digital capabilities are in the hands of engineers to make their jobs and tasks easier. We can also assist your manufacturing business in improving productivity and enhancing the quality of output through the use of digital technologies.

KEY SERVICES

DIGITAL
READINESS
REVIEW
(DRR)

IMMERSIVE REALITY
DEVELOPMENT FOR
COLLABORATION
& TRAINING

VIRTUAL
TRAINING
CREATOR

FACTORY
SCANNING

VIRTUAL
COMMISSIONING

KEY PROJECTS

CO-VERSATILE | RECENT PROJECT

CO-VERSATILE is a pan-European project to deploy concepts for repurposing and scaling up flexible and sustainable production methods and supply chain solutions to rapidly address Europe’s demand for essential medical equipment and supplies. CO-VERSATILE project members will leverage their expertise and network to repurpose existing technologies and services for elevating the adaptability and resilience of the manufacturing sector.

5GEM-UK | RECENT PROJECT

5GEM-UK aims to demonstrate the value that 5G will bring to the manufacturing industry by creating testbeds at Ford and TWI, which will enhance shop floor monitoring – from enabling real-time monitoring and control of machines and processes to improving data collection. As part of the project, HSSMI will develop new productivity enhancing digital tools and applications.

PET FULL LOOP | RECENT PROJECT

PET Full Loop seeks to improve the state of recycling in the UK by developing the country’s first dual PET bottle and tray recycling facility. HSSMI will leverage its expertise in applying digital tools in various industries to create a digital twin of the recycling facility. This is understood to be a novel approach for the waste industry.

INTELLIGENT NAVAL 4.0 | PAST PROJECT

The IN 4.0 project aims to improve the competitiveness of naval sector companies through the adaptation of the traditional productive model towards the Industry 4.0 – guaranteeing the sector’s endurance in an increasingly demanding market where technological innovation is a key factor of strategic advantage.

openMOS | PAST PROJECT

Opendynamic Manufacturing Operating System (openMOS) was a European project with a consortium of 15 companies which developed a modular plug-and-produce equipment. The objective of openMOS was to allow quick integration of machines and automation systems in production environments, a prerequisite for the implementation of Industry 4.0 solutions. HSSMI delivered a genetic algorithm optimiser for dynamic product routing in a manufacturing plant.

SYMSIM | PAST PROJECT

The aim of this project was to improve the speed at which simulation results of an automotive manufacturing line can be delivered by significantly reducing time to build the models and interpret the results. A discrete event simulation is a model that replicates the real world into an ordered sequence of events in digital form.

HOLISTIC IMMERSIVE COLLABORATION | PAST PROJECT

The project creates an environment for holistic immersive collaboration i.e. connecting multiple visualisation options to a central, company-wide digital knowledge pool. The objective of the project is to shorten the time to ramp up automotive manufacturing and reduce time to market whilst decreasing the cost of machine maintenance. The focus of the project is to develop number of augmented and virtual reality technologies along with a platform.

FACTORY SYMBIOSIS | PAST PROJECT

FactorySym project is an analysis of the workflows used to create Digital Twins, focusing on breaking the concepts down into parts, and using interchangeable software packages, rather than complete all-in-one solutions. The consortium included an automotive manufacturer, and simulation and IoT solutions providers. The aim is to make Digital Twin technologies more accessible to manufacturers, and integrate with existing systems, not replace them.

SELSUS | PAST PROJECT

The vision of SelSus was tobuild self-aware devices through synergetic relationships with their human operators and maintenance personnel based on pro-active communication. This ensured targeted and timely repair, renovation and upgrading, thereby maximising performance and lifetimes. It also drastically improved the resilience of highly complex manufacturing facilities to foreseen and unforeseen disturbances.

AM Reality | PAST PROJECT

The AMReality (Augmented Manufacturing Reality) project involved the creation of an integrated virtual and physical manufacturing environment which overlayed digital data (e.g. CAD, simulations, video, etc) with information about the physical environment (e.g. size, temperature, power usage etc). It was envisaged that the proposed system will help improve efficiency, enable optimization, and enhance decision making in a manufacturing environment through providing greater access to information.

CASE STUDIES

Building a Digital Platform to Solve Inbound Logistics Challenges

HSSMI worked with a British OEM, specialised in electric vehicle manufacture, that was looking to launch a new product. Through collaborative analysis of relevant processes, HSSMI was able to design a bespoke and customisable digital solution, which helped the OEM tackle challenges related to inbound process standardisation and control, visibility and traceability of stock, and delivery planning and scheduling.

Using Simulation to Plan New Product Introduction

HSSMI used simulation tools to model the body assembly area at LEVC, in order to develop and optimise flow parts and minimise disruption of the ongoing production of the TX5 (Taxi). Many vital decisions needed to be made for the area, such as what investment is needed, where stations should be placed, and when and how parts should feed into the system.

Virtual Reality Support for Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company announced that they were looking to introduce the use of Virtual Reality (VR) into the manufacturing side of their business, on a trial basis, in order to understand the benefits of adopting this technology into their wider organisation. HSSMI therefore provided a short-term project with a set of defined deliverables to enhance the experience of using VR.

Material Flow Simulation for Ford Motor Company

Material Flow Simulation was a commercial project which established the current state of the material flow for the trim line at the Ford Valencia plant through the generation of a simulation model.

Virtual Reality for Factory Cell Comparison for AGM Batteries

Virtual Reality (VR) for Factory Cell Comparison is a project which envisioned the generation of a virtual reality environment to facilitate the comparison of a newly designed battery cell, incorporating RF technology against a traditional battery cell design.

Augmented Manufacturing Reality

The Augmented Manufacturing Reality project (AMReality) involved the creation of an integrated virtual and physical manufacturing environment overlaid with digital data (e.g. CAD, simulations, video etc.) alongside information about the physical environment (e.g. size, temperature, power usage etc.)

INSIGHTS

Pan-European Effort to Strengthen the Manufacturing Industry’s Response to Emergencies

Pioneering Digital Tools in the Waste Industry to Improve Recycling

HSSMI Helps Ramp Up Ventilator Production Using Its Digital Tools

Harnessing the Potential of Digital Tools to Boost Business Operations

New 5GEM-UK Project to Leverage 5G for the Manufacturing Sector

Photogrammetry Using Drones for Manufacturing

Digitalisation in the UK Maritime Sector: A Stakeholders’ Pulse Check

eManuals: An Effective Way to Improve Machine Maintenance and Productivity

Industry 4.0 Summit. Panel Discussion: Industry 4.0 in the Context of Manufacturing Engineering

Industry 4.0 Summit. Panel Discussion: Industry 4.0 in the Context of Manufacturing Engineering

Let’s Talk Immersive Collaboration

Factory Simulation: Exploring the Links with Symbiotic Simulation and Digital Bill of Process

Is Distributed Manufacturing Right for Your Business?

Overcoming Limitations of Additive Manufacturing through Advances in CAD Technology

Update on Digital Readiness Level (DRL)

Research into a Virtual Tool to Perform Risk Assessment for Collaborative Applications

Digital Readiness Level

Industry 4.0 Held to Ransom – The Destructive Combination of IoT and Ransomware

HSSMI’s Adoption of Cloud Technologies

The Lovelace Test or Can Machines Take Us By Surprise?

Digital Readiness Level (DRL)

The Future and Impact of Autonomous Ride Hailing

HSSMI and Blockchain

openMOS: The Project

Digital Readiness Level

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