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Combining industry expertise and university innovation, the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) works with Dassault Systèmes to improve capabilities and performance along the nuclear supply chain with Version 6.
Nuclear AMRC is at the heart of the UK civil nuclear manufacturing industry and is supported by the British Government, the European Regional Development Fund, the Nuclear Industry Association and UK regional development associations and agencies. Nuclear AMRC is an advanced nuclear facility development research centre that will use PLM solutions through its partnership with Dassault Systèmes (DS), to explore, develop and implement optimized procedures for technical, environmental and commercial gain.
DS joins other tier-one Nuclear AMRC partners including Areva, Westinghouse, Rolls-Royce, Sheffield Forgemasters and Tata Steel in helping the UK prepare for its largest ever investment in new nuclear power stations. New nuclear power stations are planned for five sites in England and Wales, with the first expected to be operational by 2018.
Nuclear AMRC will showcase DS’ Version 6 PLM solutions to nuclear organizations. It will also help its partner companies and their suppliers to deploy PLM solutions.
This partnership covers three main areas. Manufacturing process R&D – by working with the UK nuclear manufacturing supply chain, it will provide the technical capability required to compete on cost, quality and time to delivery. Quality & accreditation – providing manufacturers with clarity and knowledge on nuclear codes and standards, and helping them meet and exceed requirements. Training & skills development – ensuring the nuclear manufacturing supply chain has the requisite skills to compete in the global market.
Partner up
Through this agreement, Nuclear AMRC will leverage the full range of Version 6 brands.
ENOVIA forms the collaborative innovation enterprise backbone providing a single unified platform for managing engineering, intellectual property and business processes.
Implementing CATIA enhances design productivity, concurrent product engineering and collaboration. Nuclear AMRC will help show partners how CATIA can digitally examine potential design and development methodologies and accurately calculate their validity and design optimization. DELMIA production simulation tools are used to develop efficient manufacturing and engineering methodologies. This improves ergonomics and optimizes the deployment of capital equipment and energy production systems.
SIMULIA provides realistic simulation to help solve challenging nuclear engineering problems, making simulation and technical vision an integral business practice. SIMULIA implementation reduces physical prototyping through parts and system simulation. This lowers costs, improves quality and optimizes designs.
3DVIA Composer technology extends the use of, and adds value to, digital 3D information within and beyond users’ ecosystems. By enabling highly secure but universal access to 3D design data, 3DVIA Composer revolutionizes an organization’s ability to communicate complex information in readily understandable 3D format.
Capital plan
Nuclear AMRC will use DELMIA to digitally plan optimized nuclear component production plant layouts that calibrate and iterate process flow, health and safety, best use of capital equipment and robot simulation, as well as buildings and their construction and use through to decommissioning. Nuclear plant production processes require ever-improving efficiency because progress is continuously being made in terms of technology, materials and techniques. DELMIA ensures this continual improvement. This knowledge is highly valued in the nuclear industry as it provides the information needed to make better informed decisions that are based on more accurate information.
Composed presentation
Nuclear AMRC will use 3DVIA Composer to develop training and other scenarios necessary for its work. 3DVIA Composer will enable Nuclear AMRC to look at single parts and assemblies in context and to consider optimized development and manufacturing procedures. It also will also make it possible to identify design errors that could adversely affect other operations and to correct them in advance. 3DVIA Composer’s manipulation capability provides designs for assembly and maintenance, as well as high-level digital communication and interactivity through 3D.
This is possible because 3DVIA Composer provides secure but accessible 3D digital models in formats that enable those involved to handle and mark them up. In this way, it greatly helps with training, simulated manipulation and in moving views from single parts to final form.
DS will provide training and support for Nuclear AMRC‘s Version 6 PLM installation and will also consult on its best use and development. Staff will be trained by DS which will troubleshoot and provide advice on the new software and its implementation. This will ensure that Nuclear AMRC will stay abreast of the latest advances and developments in PLM and constantly evolve in an efficient environment.
Training centre wins government support
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI), which includes the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), will help close the skills gap in the UK nuclear manufacturing supply chain. AMI has secured government backing for a new Training Centre to open in autumn 2013. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has awarded £9.2 million from the Regional Growth Fund to establish the Training Centre, which will provide training for companies along the supply chain in high-value manufacturing sectors. The AMI Training Centre will provide training in the practical and academic skills that manufacturing companies need to compete globally, from high-level apprenticeships through to Doctorate and MBA level. Over 200 apprentices will enter the AMI Training Centre each year, where they will receive nine to 12 months of intensive skills training.
