ENCOMPASS | ENgineering COMPASS

Summary

The ENCOMPASS project principally aims to create a fully digital integrated design decision support (IDDS) system to cover the whole manufacturing chain for a laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) process encompassing all individual processes within in. The ENCOMPASS concept takes a comprehensive view of the L-PBF process chain through synergising and optimising the key stages. The integration at digital level enables numerous synergies between the steps in the process chain and in addition, the steps themselves are being optimised to improve the capability and efficiency of the overall manufacturing chain.

ENCOMPASS addresses the three key steps in the process chain: component design, build process, and post-build process steps (post-processing and inspection).

The links between these stages are being addressed by the following five interrelations:

  1. Between the design process and both the build and post-build processes in terms of manufacturing constraints / considerations to optimise overall component design
  2. Between the design process and build process component-specific L-PBF scanning strategies and parameters to optimise processing and reduce downstream processing
  3. Between the design process and the build and post-build processes in terms of adding targeted feature quality tracking to the continuous quality monitoring throughout the process chain
  4. Between the build and post-build processes by using build specific processing strategies and adaptation based on actual quality monitoring data (for inspection and post-processing)
  5. Between all stages and the data management system with the integrated design decision support (IDDS) system By considering the entire AM process chain, rather than the AM machine in isolation, ENCOMPASS will integrate process decision making tools and produce substantial increases in AM productivity, with clear reductions in change over times and re-design, along with increased
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Web resources: http://encompass-am.eu/
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/723833
Start date: 01-10-2016
End date: 29-02-2020
Total budget - Public funding: 4 040 371,00 Euro - 4 040 371,00 Euro
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Original description

The ENCOMPASS project principally aims to create a fully digital integrated design decision support (IDDS) system to cover the whole manufacturing chain for a laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) process encompassing all individual processes within in. The ENCOMPASS concept takes a comprehensive view of the L-PBF process chain through synergising and optimising the key stages. The integration at digital level enables numerous synergies between the steps in the process chain and in addition, the steps themselves are being optimised to improve the capability and efficiency of the overall manufacturing chain.

ENCOMPASS addresses the three key steps in the process chain: component design, build process, and post-build process steps (post-processing and inspection). The links between these stages are being addressed by the following five interrelations:
1. Between the design process and both the build and post-build processes in terms of manufacturing constraints / considerations to optimise overall component design
2. Between the design process and build process component-specific L-PBF scanning strategies and parameters to optimise processing and reduce downstream processing
3. Between the design process and the build and post-build processes in terms of adding targeted feature quality tracking to the continuous quality monitoring throughout the process chain
4. Between the build and post-build processes by using build specific processing strategies and adaptation based on actual quality monitoring data (for inspection and post-processing)
5. Between all stages and the data management system with the integrated design decision support (IDDS) system

By considering the entire AM process chain, rather than the AM machine in isolation, ENCOMPASS will integrate process decision making tools and produce substantial increases in AM productivity, with clear reductions in change over times and re-design, along with increased ‘right-first time’, leading to overall reductions in production costs, materials wastage, and over-processing. This will lead to higher economic and environmental sustainability of manufacturing, and re-inforce the EU’s position in industrial leadership in laser based AM.

Status

CLOSED

Call topic

FOF-13-2016

Update Date

27-10-2022
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Factories of the Future Partnership - Made in Europe Partnership

H2020 - Factories of the Future
H2020-FOF-2016
FOF-13-2016 Photonics Laser-based production
Research & Innovation Action (RIA)
Standards
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Economic sustainability
Product quality - Quality assurance
Supply chain and value network efficiency
Environmental sustainability
Waste minimisation
Circular economy
Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Information and communication technologies
Data collection, storage, analytics, processing and AI
Data processing
Data acquisition
Data analytics
Data modelling
Data storage
Advanced material processing technologies
Methods for handling of parts, metrology and inspection
Integration of non-conventional technologies and conventional technologies
Additive manufacturing
Mechatronics and robotics technologies
Measurement, sensing, condition and performance monitoring technologies
Control technologies
Intelligent machinery components, actuators and end-effectors
Engineering tools
System modelling - digital twins, simulation
Business ecosystems
Business ecosystems associated to digital platforms
Interaction with other digital platforms
C MANUFACTURING
C24 Manufacture of basic metals
C25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Horizon 2020
H2020-EU.2. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
H2020-EU.2.1. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
H2020-EU.2.1.1. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
H2020-EU.2.1.1.0. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - ICT - Cross-cutting calls
H2020-FOF-2016
FOF-13-2016 Photonics Laser-based production