The ATTOM Project (Affordable Tidal Turbines via Optimised Manufacture), one of 17 integrated capability projects being delivered by The Composites Innovation Cluster under the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI), is supported by a number of technology partners, including Güdel UK.
Led by Cytec Solvay group, the ATTOM project set out to investigate the potential for automation or improved materials handling methods as a route to cost reduction. Also investigated under the initiative were factors that may affect production line layout and the possible solutions to specific quality control problems.
ATTOM aims to contribute to developing a UK-based supply chain that can produce tidal turbine blades with an improved design and up to a 30% labour saving through the use of automated handling and storage techniques.
