A talk from the Enterprise 2 Track at AWE EU 2018 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Munich, Germany 18 -19, October, 2018. Chris Freeman (AMRC w/Boeing): Visualisation Driven Manufacturing The AMRC with Boeing Factory 2050 digital manufacturing team recognises that the manufacturing environment of the future will be driven by a network of interconnected data systems all working towards delivering intelligent automation as part of Industry 4.0. In this information rich environment, the collection, exploitation and reuse of data is critical in order to maximise the knowledge you garner from it. Alongside enterprise IoT and informatics methodologies, mobile, immersive and augmented information are recognised by Factory 2050 as being central to future manufacturing strategy. In line with just in time methodologies, immersive technologies can act as the conduit that enables operator, machine and system, to communicate more naturally, creating more advanced human / machine interfaces. As part of a suite of advanced visualisation technologies, immersive technologies can become the primary data delivery portals by which information can be delivered to the end user. The session will explore how far down this journey we are, what are the current best in class examples and what are the most prevalent barriers at present. http://AugmentedWorldExpo.com

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Visualisation Driven Manufacturing
AWE Europe 2018
Chris Freeman - Theme Lead & Technical fellow
04/07/2018
Factory 2050 – Integrated Manufacturing Group

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A world-leading cluster of industry-focused manufacturing R&D Centre's and supporting facilities.
Originated as a collaboration between Boeing and the University of Sheffield. Now recognised as a
global centre of excellence, and a model for research centres worldwide.
Developing new means, methods, tools and techniques to advance manufacturing technology.
Setup in 2001, the AMRC is a faculty within the University of Sheffield and part of HVM Catapult
network.
The AMRC

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Drive growth of manufacturing.
Help companies of all sizes incubate and develop new
technologies to commercial reality.
Take the risk out of Innovation.
Give business access to:
• World class equipment.
• World leading research knowledge.
• Elbow support for engineers & scientists.
• Collaborative and open innovation environment.
• Cross sector & Cross technology.
• Whole supply chain.
• Among direct competitors.
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The AMRC
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Engineers are organised into a number of core groups, backed by support services:
• Our engineers work with individual companies on specific projects and collaborate on generic research which
will benefit all.
• We work to the relevant industrial standards and are accredited such that our customers and partners are able
to trust the outputs of our work. We access industry experts to complement our capabilities.

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Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
Phase MRL State of Development
Phase 3:
Production
Implementation
9 Full production process qualified for full range of parts and full metrics achieved
8 Full production process qualified for full range of parts
7 Capability and rate confirmed
Phase 2:
Pre-production
6 Process optimised for production rate on production equipment
5 Basic capability demonstrated
Phase 1:
Technology
assessment
and proving
4 Production validated in lab environment
3 Experimental proof of concept completed
2 Application and validity of concept validated or demonstrated
1 Concept proposed with scientific validation

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Factory 2050 Digital
The AMRC is built on strategic partnerships and within
Factory 2050 DAA, we have relationships with a wide
range of providers, developers and organisations,
enabling us to develop and deliver the most advanced
means and methodologies for digital manufacturing.
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What’s the problem?
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Industry 4.0
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Smarter Products… More Complex Systems…
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1. Product
2. Smart product
3. Smart, connected product
4. Product system
5. System of systems

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A change in manufacturing & engineering…
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Data
• The ability of sensor data to be captured and either processed at (or near to) the
point of capture, or to be aggregated for large volume analytics
Connectivity
• The ability of data sources (machines, devices, sensors, and people) to connect and
communicate across networks
Analytics
• The ability of the systems to analyse the data obtained from many different sources
and to act on the information and knowledge derived from this data.

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Creating Greater Insight & Knowledge…
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What’s the solution?
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Smart AGV

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Smart AGV

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AMRC Examples…
Advanced UI/UX
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Digital Twins
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“Virtual mimic of a physical
asset utilising real time data”
Image Source: GE
Required
• A model of the physical object or system,
which provides context.
• Connectivity between digital and
physical assets, which transmits data in
at least one direction.
• The ability to monitor the physical
system in real-time.
Type 1 - Supervisory digital twin
Type 2 - Interactive digital twin
Type 3 - Predictive digital twin
A digital twin is a connected representation of a physical
asset, that could be a product, could be the factory, but
the important thing is that it is connected and streaming
information about what is taking place.
A digital twin is not just a piece of CAD software with a
model in it representing what is going on; an electronic
representation is not a digital twin. – Paul Haimes, PTC
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https://www.amrc.co.uk/news/making-virtual-a-reality-for-uk-
manufacturing
https://www.amrc.co.uk/news/making-the-most-of-a-
disruptive-twin

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