38 June 2024 Production Engineering Solutions pesmedia.com aerospace leaders together to discuss the issues that matter and focus on the debates that the industry wants to discuss and ultimately drive change,” Mr Muir said. “2022 was a great success. We achieved a lot with new reports and new partnerships, but we have made some key changes for 2024 listening to our business customers.” In a move to have a better balance between what visitors want to see and business engagement, Farnborough has reduced the number of conference sessions, but still aims to maintain the impact and importance of debate around aerospace’s future challenges. Held in dedicated theatres, Farnborough International News Network (FINN) sessions will be the main stage for the themes of the show with a full agenda of thought-leadership presentations and international speakers and panellists from across the aerospace and aviation industry, covering topics from sustainability and innovation to technology and the future of the workforce. Pioneering recruitment Another major element of this year’s Farnborough Airshow is an initiative it has termed ‘Pioneers of Tomorrow’ aimed at attracting new blood and talent into the sector. An industrywide problem, for many years the aerospace sector has struggled to find the younger employees needed to sustain it. This year’s recruitment drive will be targeted primarily at older school leavers, apprentices and graduates considering the aerospace industry as a career, as well as a focus on STEM topics for those at school. “For Farnborough, Pioneers of Tomorrow is about a meaningful and proactive contribution to this challenge to inspire young people into aerospace,” added Mr Muir. “There’s no better way to do this than to immerse future generations in what our sector has to offer. There are some fantastic technologies and innovations exhibited at the Farnborough Airshow, and we need to leverage that to attract young people into the industry.” Once again Farnborough will also feature a Space Zone located at its second soundproof stage to exhibit the latest innovations and developments in this fast-growing area of the industry. Getting greener Lastly, Mr Rogers used the event to launch Farnborough Airshow’s Sustainability Charter, outlining how the event will aim to be as green as possible. This includes an intention that all commercial aircraft participating in the flying display will use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), passes will be printed offsite by attendees, and that all waste generated at the show should be zero to landfill. He revealed the Farnborough site had also invested in installing solar panels on the roof of Hall 1 meaning that some recent shows held at the exhibition centre had been held separately from the UK grid by producing their own power. “Of course, running an airshow does have an environmental impact, but sustainability is very important to us and to the industry,” he commented. “We want to make Farnborough as green as we can, and we want to help our exhibitors also make more sustainable choices. We will continue to invest over the next five to 10 years to achieve this.” He added: “The Farnborough Airshow is a great chance for our exhibitors to amplify their message to the industry. We want our exhibitors to have a successful show and we want to help them as much as we can in their Farnborough journey.” Q Farnborough International Airshow www.farnboroughairshow.com At this year’s Farnborough Airshow, commercial aircraft in the flying display will use sustainable aviation fuel Factory automation specialist FANUC UK will showcase a suite of next-generation automation solutions at the Farnborough International Airshow to enable higher rate aircraft and aerospace manufacturing. Spanning the entire supply chain – including solutions for the burgeoning eVTOL sector, visitors to its stand can witness the future of aerospace manufacturing first-hand. FANUC’s automation demonstrations, in conjunction with its industry leading partners, will cover a variety of key applications essential for the aerospace sector such as dispensing, polishing, inspection, machining and drilling, helping manufacturers to meet increasing order levels by boosting productivity. Currently, the aerospace industry is booming. Commercial revenues are expected to grow 14% year-on-year over the next 10 years, while passenger traffic will grow by 3.6% annually up to 2044. Around 22,120 new aircraft will be delivered between 2024 and 2033 – which equates to nearly 200 a month, every month, for the next 10 years. “While this is great news for the industry, it means that manufacturers will need to find ways to increase production rates,” says Oliver Selby, head of sales at FANUC UK. “Operations have to be more streamlined and cycle times must be cut, all while maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety.” Flexibility in manufacturing will be another key element in the industry’s successful growth. To this end, the FANUC stand will feature the University of Nottingham’s world-class OmniFactory project. A fiveyear, £3.8m facility that employs advanced technology and methodology to make manufacturing more efficient Horizontal machining centre (HMC) manufacturer, Heller, will be exhibiting at the Farnborough International Airshow (July 22-26) as part of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance stand in Hall 1. The UK subsidiary of the German machine tool builder, Heller Maschinenfabrik, based in Redditch, which also manufactures selected HMC models at its UK site for global markets, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. There will be a great deal for the company to promote to the aerospace sector at the show, not least its new F 5000 and F 6000 5-axis production centres – although the machines will not be on the stand. Both have a redesigned spindle head that can be equipped with various in-house manufactured spindles to suit machining of anything from aluminium to titanium and nickel superalloys. A pallet changer is also included as standard for firstlevel automation, enabling easy integration later of a linear or rotary pallet pool. Additionally, Heller’s Services Interface, which provides an intuitive operating concept to ensure transparency in manufacturing, maintenance and service processes throughout the entire lifecycle of the machine, will be promoted at FANUC focuses on next generation aerospace automation Heller to promote latest machining concepts at Farnborough The 5-axis F 6000 with its 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,400mm working volume will be promoted graphically at Farnborough International Airshow 2024 FANUC will showcase a suite of next-generation automation solutions at Farnborough International Airshow FANUC will also showcase a RoboDrill vertical machining centre, featuring a Nikken 5AX-201 tilting rotary table
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