Smart Actuation Applications

Name: Smart Actuation Applications
Start: 2014-09-30T10:30:00
Location: Rolls-Royce, Learning and Development Centre

Rolls-Royce, Learning and Development Centre, Derby

30 September 2014 - 01 October 2014
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Identify the applications of emerging smart actuation technologies
Hear how new technology is developed from low TRL systems design and product prototyping
Learn about the range of technologies from emerging, novel hydraulic and electrical systems
Contribute to debates around smart actuation technologies
Network with UK leading experts, suppliers and users

Overview

The main emphasis will be on details of the applications and the challenges experienced in moving the technology forward to products.

The event will bring end users and manufactures (Tier 1 and suppliers) together with the materials and systems specialists responsible for the development and engineering production of advanced actuators and applications through to basic technology development.

A series of keynote talks will address some of the key product developments and will give explanation as to how the new technology is developed from low TRL systems design and products prototyping through to high TRL demonstrator technology readiness.

There will be plenty of time set aside for questions and opportunities to network during the two day event.

The meeting will be followed up by a set of peer reviewed papers which will be published in a special edition of one of the Institute’s journals.

Day 1

10:30 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

11:00 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS

John Webster, Specialist - Mechanical Sciences, Rolls Royce

11:10 - Welcome and introduction to Rolls-Royce technology strategy

Ric Parker Director of Research and technology, Rolls-Royce Plc

11:40 - Enhanced Efficiency Actuation

John Kopp, Principal Engineer at Moog

• Novel electric actuation for aerospace
• Low leakage hydraulic actuation

12:20 - Actuation Challenges of Future Aero Engines

Tom Fox, Technology Project Lead – Future Actuation: Aero Engine Controls

• The challenges of actuation for future large engine systems, including increased loads,
pressures and temperatures, REACH compliance and fire test requirements, as well as
reducing unit weight and cost and improving production and aftermarket performance

13:00 - NETWORKING LUNCH

14:10 - Advanced Airframe actuation

TBA, Boeing

14:40 - Maturity of piezoelectric actuator applications in the aerospace industry

Charles Mangeot, Senior R&D Engineer, Noliac A/S

• Introduction to two piezoelectric actuator applications in the aerospace industry
• Illustration of TRL for piezoelectric actuators in E SA missions
• Illustration of TRL for amplified piezo actuator for a rotorcraft application
• System aspects of the development
• Discussion of the specifics of aerospace applications when considering piezo actuators

15:30 - Low maturity actuation technologies heading towards aero engine applications

John Webster, Specialist – Mechanical Sciences, Rolls-Royce plc

• Many areas of an engine show a gross cycle benefit from increased actuation, but the challenge is to turn this into a net business benefit.
• Emerging actuator technologies offer significant advantages such as weight, robustness or temperature capability over established methods
• The presentation will cover opportunities and issues which have been encountered in achieving early demonstrations.

16:00 - CLOSE OF DAY ONE

Day 2

09:30 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

10:00 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS

Markys Cain

10:10 - The role of the Technology Strategy Board

John Morlidge, Lead Technologist at Technology Strategy Board
• The role of the Technology Strategy Board
• The importance of events such as these in driving innovation and influencing the Technology Strategy Board

10:40 - Advanced materials and technologies research and development to tackle the 2020 challenges in the automotive industry

Daniele Pullini, Strategic Research Manager, Group Materials Labs, FIAT Research Centre

• How novel materials and technological solutions will affect weight reduction, the further development of powertrain and new energy recovery and storage systems
• The dominating trends of science and technology in automotive context
• How automobile components (passive and active) can be improved by nanotechnology

11:10 - MEMS based pulsed micro air-jet actuator

Dr Martyn Hucker , Principal Scientist, Advanced Technology Centre, BAE Systems

• Novel aerodynamic flow control
• Development of micro fabricated jet flow control structures
• Design of actuators
• Manufacture of actuators with high manufacturing yield

12:00 - NETWORKING LUNCH

13:00 - Piezoelectric actuators for hydraulic valve control

Andrew Plummer, Professor of Machine Systems at the University of Bath

• Review some alternative configurations and potential benefits of piezoelectric valve actuation.
• Describe the development of an aerospace servovalve actuated by a rectangular piezoelectric bimorph.
• Analyse the potential for multilayer ring benders for improved performance in applications of this type in the future

13:40 - SMA Actuator Development for Generic Industrial Applications

Tony Anson, Professor at Brunel University and Director of Prontinus Ltd.

• A unique method to facilitate precision, “analogue” movement of binary shape memory alloy materials will be presented
• Development of generic industrial linear actuator family s to exploit result of smart materials research
• Actual and potential performance criteria
• Positioning the new actuators in an appropriate industrial sector
• Future and further technical spin-off

14:10 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

14:30 - Actuation in Formula 1

Rob Gray, Deputy Chief Designer, Red Bull Technology Ltd

• A unique method to facilitate precision, “analogue” movement of binary shape memory alloy materials will be presented
• Development of generic industrial linear actuator family s to exploit result of smart materials research
• Actual and potential performance criteria
• Positioning the new actuators in an appropriate industrial sector
• Future and further technical spin-off

15:10 - Actuation for the biomimetic control of social robots

Nigel Crook, Head of Computing and Communications Technologies, Oxford Brookes University

• The importance of biomimetic movements in social robotics
• Biological mechanisms of control that create bodily gestures
• The use of ‘air muscles’ to generate head gestures with a skeletal head and neck robot
• The challenges for actuation in generating biomimetic movements in robots

15:50 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS

John Webster

16:00 - END OF CONFERENCE

TOM FOX: TECHNOLOGY PROJECT LEAD – FUTURE ACTUATION, CONTROLS DATA SERVICES

Tom Fox completed a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath and has worked for AEC for 4 years in Technology, NPI (New Product Introduction) and Value Streams. Tom started the Future Actuation Technology project in February 2014.

JOHN KOPP: PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, MOOG

John Kopp has been at Moog for 33 years with a work history including primary flight control design integration and analyses. His current role includes creation, design and development of critical technologies with significant impact to both the aerospace market and controls systems including autonomous vehicle control. These include novel forms (thin wing / high efficiency) of hydraulic/fuel-draulic actuation, direct drive single and multi-stage servo valves and jam tolerant / high efficiency electro-mechanical actuation. His work resume includes lead design for the following programs; Cessna Citation X Primary Flight Control, Gulfstream G280 Primary Flight Control, 787 Primary Flight Control, X-35/F-35 EHAS Primary Flight Control.

CHARLES MANGEOT: SENIOR R&D ENGINEER, NOLIAC A/S

Charles Mangeot holds a MSc in Manufacturing, Cranfield University (UK) MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Arts et Metiers (France). He spent four years as Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager at Sagem (France, Safran group), working on actuators and flight controls. He also spent 8 years as Senior R&D Engineer at Noliac A/S (DK), Piezoelectric actuators.

ANDREW PLUMMER: PROFESSOR OF MACHINE SYSTEMS & DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR POWER TRANSMISSION AND MOTION CONTROL, UNIVERSITY OF BATH

Andrew Plummer received his PhD degree from the University of Bath in 1991, for research in the field of adaptive control of electrohydraulic systems. He has worked for Rediffusion Simulation on flight simulator control systems, as a lecturer at the University of Leeds, and as R&D manager for Instron. He is now Professor of Machine Systems at the University of Bath, and Director of the Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control. Professor Plummer chairs the UK Automatic Control Council, and chaired the institution’s Mechatronics Informatics and Control Group from 2009-14.

DANIELE PULLINI: STRATEGIC RESEARCH MANAGER, GROUP MATERIALS LABS, FIAT RESEARCH CENTRE

Daniele Pullini gained a degree in General Physics and a PhD in Electronics Engineering and Communications, he now has twenty years R&D experiences in academic and industrial contexts. He authored several publications on peer-reviewed international journals and more than thirty patents valid in Europe, USA, Russia, China, and Japan on microsystems, nanomaterials, and nanotechnology. Today, Daniele manages the strategic research on Materials, Technology, and Processing of Global Materials Labs, the department of Centro Ricerche FIAT grouping the worldwide laboratories of Fiat Chrysler Automobile.

MARTYN HUCKER: PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, BAE SYSTEMS

Martyn Hucker works for the Functional Materials Group, at the Advanced Technology Centre, BAE Systems in Bristol. His expertise lies in nano and microstructured functional and smart materials and composites. He is involved in a range of programmes at various maturity levels to exploit the technologies for various applications in different sectors such as aerospace.

JOHN MORLIDGE: LEAD TECHNOLOGIST, TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD

The Technology Strategy Board is all about driving innovation. Our role is to stimulate technology-enabled innovation in the areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity. We promote, support and invest in technology research, development and commercialisation. We spread knowledge, bringing people together to solve problems or make new advances. We advise Government on how to remove barriers to innovation and accelerate the exploitation of new technologies. And we work in areas where there is a clear potential business benefit, helping today’s emerging technologies become the growth sectors of tomorrow. Our vision: For the UK to be a global leader in innovation and a magnet for innovative businesses, who can apply technology rapidly, effectively and sustainably to create wealth and enhance quality of life.

RIC PARKER: DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

Ric Parker was appointed Director of Research & Technology, Rolls-Royce Group in January 2001 and is responsible for direction and co-ordination of Research & Technology programmes across all the Rolls-Royce businesses worldwide. After joining in 1978, he has held various posts including Chief of Composites and Ceramics, Chief of Compressor Engineering, Managing Director - Compressor Systems and Director of Engineering & Technology, Civil Aerospace. Ric was awarded a CBE in the 2013 New Year’s Honours List for “Services to Engineering”. He is a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Engineers. Ric gained a BSc in Physics at Imperial College, London in 1975 and an MBA with distinction at Loughborough University in 1992. He has an Honorary EngD from Pusan National University, Korea and Doctorates in Engineering (honoris causa) from Sheffield University and Heriot Watt. He is a visiting Professor in Aerospace and Transport Technology at Loughborough University and an Honorary Professor in Materials Engineering at Birmingham University, UK.

JOHN WEBSTER: SPECIALIST – MECHANICAL SCIENCES, ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

John Webster has over thirty years’ experience in low maturity industrial research and has spent the last 15 years in the Rolls-Royce Strategic Research Centre investigating actuators and the associated technology required to achieve actuation in gas turbines. Much of this work has been around Shape Memory Alloys. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Nottingham University and is named as inventor on over 70 patents. He is a Fellow of the institution and the IoM3.

TONY ANSON: PRONTINUS LTD, PROFESSOR, BRUNEL UNIVERSITY AND DIRECTOR

Tony Anson trained as a Mechanical Engineer and had the benefit of experiencing diverse opportunities broadly in the engineering disciplines. The breadth of these opportunities necessitated a long and willing relationship with materials science, biology and physics. The need for this multidiscipline behaviour is evidenced in the successful application of science and engineering for cardiovascular and orthopaedic medical implants, plasma deposited thin-film coatings, manufacturing engineering, aerospace flight hardware, and other advanced materials based products. All of these endeavours have made the transition from the academic environment to commercial activity, facilitated by the formation of several successful spin-out companies.

ROB GRAY: DEPUTY CHIEF DESIGNER, RED BULL TECHNOLOGY LTD

Rob Gray joined the team in 2002 prior to it being bought by Red Bull, and has worked in a variety of areas including Stress Analysis, R&D, and Vehicle Design.

NIGEL CROOK: HEAD OF COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

Nigel Crook is leading research in cognitive robotics. After graduating with a BSc (hons) in Computing and Philosophy, Nigel went on to complete a PhD in medical expert systems and gain almost 30 years of experience as a lecturer in Computer Science and a researcher in Artificial Intelligence. An expert reviewer and evaluator for the European Commission and a member of several scientific committees for AI conferences, his research interests include biologically inspired machine learning, embodied conversational agents and social robotics. More recently, Nigel has been investigating the effects of biomimetic movement on the anthropomorphism and likability of robots.

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