The manufacturing of large-scale parts needs the implementation of a holistic data management and integrated automation methodology to achieve the desired levels of precision using modular and more flexible equipment.
Large-part manufacturing is characterized by the high customization required (built-customer specific). Also, manufacturing of complex large-scale parts involves a variety of subassemblies that must be manufactured and assembled. This high degree of personalization implies a great effort in the design and the posterior verification after manufacturing, to achieve high precision. On the other hand, this customised product-centric design requires an optimisation of the resources of the workshop - i.e. workers, machines, devices - for a responsive, reconfigurable and modular production, targeting the execution of key labour-intensive tasks by preserving industry-specific workers? knowledge and skills (worker-centric approach).
PENELOPE proposes a novel methodology linking product-centric data management and production planning and scheduling in a closed-loop digital pipeline for ensuring an accurate and precise manufacturability from the initial product design.
PENELOPE is built over five pillars for developing a common methodology and vision deployed in four industrial-driven pilot lines in strategic manufacturing sectors (Oil&Gas, Shipbuilding, Aeronautics and Bus&Coach) and with potential replicability to other sectors. Moreover, it will be set a pan-European network of Didactic Factories and showrooms, providing training and upskilling capabilities enabling the workforce transition towards Industry 4.0 and general-purpose testbeds for assisting in the industry adoption.
PENELOPE envision to highly-increase EU manufacturing sector competitiveness by increasing production performance, quality and accuracy while ensuring workers? safety and resource efficiency.
| Web resources: |
https://penelope-project.eu/
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/958303 |
| Start date: | 01-10-2020 |
| End date: | 30-09-2024 |
| Total budget - Public funding: | 20 818 478,00 Euro - 14 738 506,00 Euro |
| Twitter: | @PenelopeEU1 |
Original description
The manufacturing of large-scale parts needs the implementation of a holistic data management and integrated automation methodology to achieve the desired levels of precision using modular and more flexible equipment.Large-part manufacturing is characterized by the high customization required (built-customer specific). Also, manufacturing of complex large-scale parts involves a variety of subassemblies that must be manufactured and assembled. This high degree of personalization implies a great effort in the design and the posterior verification after manufacturing, to achieve high precision. On the other hand, this customised product-centric design requires an optimisation of the resources of the workshop –i.e. workers, machines, devices— for a responsive, reconfigurable and modular production, targeting the execution of key labour-intensive tasks by preserving industry-specific workers’ knowledge and skills (worker-centric approach).
PENELOPE proposes a novel methodology linking product-centric data management and production planning and
scheduling in a closed-loop digital pipeline for ensuring an accurate and precise manufacturability from the initial product design.
PENELOPE is built over five pillars for developing a common methodology and vision deployed in four industrial-driven pilot lines in strategic manufacturing sectors (Oil&Gas, Shipbuilding, Aeronautics and Bus&Coach) and with potential replicability to other sectors. Moreover, it will be set a pan-European network of Didactic Factories and showrooms, providing training and upskilling capabilities enabling the workforce transition towards Industry 4.0 and general-purpose testbeds for assisting in the industry adoption.
PENELOPE envision to highly-increase EU manufacturing sector competitiveness by increasing production performance, quality and accuracy while ensuring workers’ safety and resource efficiency.
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DT-FOF-10-2020Update Date
27-10-2022
13/09/23 - 12:32
WORKER-CENTRIC TOOLS ASSISTING IN THE EXECUTION OF THE LABOUR-INTENSIVE TASKS BOOKLET
Penelope is a new Industry 4.0 solution to further innovation in intelligent, efficient and flexible manufacturing for high-precision large parts.
The project, supported by the European Commission and launched in November 2020, is taking advantage of the new horizons in manufacturing, opened by Industry 4.0, to develop a novel closed-loop digital pipeline based on the development of modular and reconfigurable production approach for the manufacturing of high-precision large-scale parts.
Together and for a period of 48 months, PENELOPE´s extensive and multinational partnership of 31 European organizations, led by AIMEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, is developing an end-to-end digital manufacturing solution for a flexible and more precise manufacturing of large-parts in novel connected factories. PENELOPE relies on a modular, flexible and worker-centric approach, targeting key labour-intensive and non-ergonomic tasks while preserving workers’ knowledge and skills. Penelope´s solution will allow factories to release highly customised and value-added products while reducing reconfiguration time.
This booklet is the outcome of three PeneloPe deliverables:
- Safe, modular and flexible robotics technologies showcasing pre-pilot demonstrators for flexible and safe collaborative robots operating in large-part high-precision manufacturing applications led by COMAU with the collaboration of the project partners Airborne, LMS, TECNALIA, JASO, UNIMORE, K-Loops, Fraunhofer IGP, AIMEN, DGH, TNO, TU Delft, SAMXL and the University of Coimbra.
- Intuitive human-robot collaborative solutions showcasing pre-pilot demonstrators featuring HRI/C at both cognitive and physical level led by LMS with the collaboration of the project partners AIMEN, TECNALIA, DGH and the University of Coimbra.
- AR/VR tools showcasing the AR/VR tools assisting in manufacturing, supervision and in-situ repair led by TTPSC, with the collaboration of other project partners LMS, BIBA, CEA List and IPC.
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| AIMEN (Coördinator)
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| ATOS SPAIN SA
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| Airborne Technology Center B.V.
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| BIBA - BREMER INSTITUT FUER PRODUKTION UND LOGISTIK GMBH
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| CALCOM ESI SA
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| CECIMO
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| COMAU SPA
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| COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (CEA)
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| CTIPC - Technical Industrial Centre of the French plastics and Composites
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| DGH ROBOTICA, AUTOMATIZACION Y MANTENIMIENTO INDUSTRIAL SA
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| ESI Group
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| ESI SOFTWARE GERMANY GMBH
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| FOKKER AEROSTRUCTURES BV (FOKKER AEROSTRUCTURES BV)
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| FOKKER TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING BV
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| FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.