Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery

Tender description

The Centre for Aerospace Manufacturing (CAM) at the University Of Nottingham (UoN) works with partners from across the UK and European aerospace industry to deliver industrially focused research into aerospace assembly systems. Advanced manufacturing is a key research priority area for Nottingham and the University has invested significantly in this research. The University made a strategic investment in automated assembly infrastructure through the Future Automated Aerospace Assembly Demonstrator (FA3D) project, which was commissioned in 2016. Based on the success of this project, funding has been secured from the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) for development of the second phase of this demonstrator. Supply an installation of an AGV system capable of flexibility delivering automation systems, tooling and components to all locations within the demonstrator platform. It must be possible to operate the automation while it is on the AGV. It must be possible to use the tooling while it is on the AGV. Automated guided vehicle (AGV) with manual drive system — supply and installation of an AGV system capable of flexibility.