Airbus chooses CR Solutions

CR Solutions were approached by Airbus to improve the system already in place for Checking stringers. CR took the result and produced the first UCCM Machine, which was installed at Chadderton and later moved to Broughton

 

What set the Universal Contour Checking Machine apart from its competition was the

Use of Mitsubishi’s dedicated servo network, which provided a reliable uncomplicated platform

On which to base the control system. To give an idea of how the UCCM works, the operator

Requests a three dimensional drawing file of a stringer from the operator station or scanned

Bar code. The UCCM then requests the file from the main Airbus central database. Once it has

Received the data the UCCM extracts the dimensions needed to produce a stringer profile and

Passes them to the motion control network which in turn causes 182 servo motors to

Simultaneously move to their required position. All this takes 5 seconds. Compare that with the

Original method, which took approximately 40 minutes to set up one profile. The new system

Can handle up to 4 profiles at any time.

Also because the Mitsubishi system uses an intelligent drive and motor we are able to provide

Extremely accurate diagnostics from each of the 182 motors thus reducing down time and

Predicting possible failures. CR Solutions developed an initial concept and from it developed and

Integrated the hardware and software needed for the UCCM to reliably sit in the critical path

For Airbus Stringer Production.

 

Success! Three more machines built

 

It is a rare event for projects to come in on time and within budget, this can mainly be down

To a combination of CR Solutions skill sets, CR design philosophy and a special mention

For the project team at Airbus. Since the successful acceptance of the first UCCM, three

More have been built. Two machines have been integrated into the Broughton site and one

In the USA.

 

CR Solutions were founded in 1995; the company philosophy has always been to strive for

·         Project co-ordination for customer satisfaction

·         Quality

·         Right first time

 

 

Why CR Solutions

·         Turnkey capability

·         Proven suppliers

·         Blue chip customers

·         Right first time

·         Focus on reducing life cycle cost                          

·         Reduce customer time to implementation                           

·         Provide innovative modular and standard solutions

·         Experts in motion control and industrial automation