GEAR-UP | Green Engineering, Analysis, & Reskilling for Unbounded Production

Summary
The GEAR-UP proposal, is a comprehensive initiative to revolutionize the manufacturing sector through sustainable practices and advanced technologies. The project's central objective is to develop digital tools and methodologies that address recycled materials variability. It covers stainless steel, aluminum alloys, and fiber-reinforced plastics for additive manufacturing (AM). It employs simulation-driven approaches for optimizing various AM processes, including laser beam-directed energy deposition, metal laser beam powder bed fusion, and fiber-reinforced polymer material extrusion.
GEAR-UP also emphasizes environmental conservation by using recycled materials in engineering design, significantly reducing virgin resources, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. The project intends to overcome challenges associated with secondary materials, such as performance variability, through resilient design and life-cycle environmental impact assessment.
Moreover, the proposal outlines ambitious objectives for enhancing sustainable product design using innovative simulation and modeling software. It also implements the Digital Product Passport initiative and fosters human involvement in advancing circularity and sustainable technology adoption. This is done through training and global collaborative networks. GEAR-UP's approach represents a paradigm shift in engineering design, focusing on the circular value chain and developing universally adaptable AM technologies resilient to material variability. This endeavor is expected to directly impact the high-performance consumer products, green energy, & high-tech robotics markets.
The key outcomes are:
Cost savings: 25 %
Increased productivity: 20-50 %
Extended fatigue life: 50-80 %
Defects reduced: 50-80 %
Material waste reduced: 25-30 %
CO2 emissions reduced: 25-50 %
Reduced quality failures: 70-90 %
Reduced design time: 20-50 %
Reduced component weight: 25-30%
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101178484
Start date: 01-10-2024
End date: 30-09-2028
Total budget - Public funding: 5 999 683,75 Euro - 5 999 683,00 Euro
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The GEAR-UP proposal, is a comprehensive initiative to revolutionize the manufacturing sector through sustainable practices and advanced technologies. The project's central objective is to develop digital tools and methodologies that address recycled materials variability. It covers stainless steel, aluminum alloys, and fiber-reinforced plastics for additive manufacturing (AM). It employs simulation-driven approaches for optimizing various AM processes, including laser beam-directed energy deposition, metal laser beam powder bed fusion, and fiber-reinforced polymer material extrusion.
GEAR-UP also emphasizes environmental conservation by using recycled materials in engineering design, significantly reducing virgin resources, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. The project intends to overcome challenges associated with secondary materials, such as performance variability, through resilient design and life-cycle environmental impact assessment.
Moreover, the proposal outlines ambitious objectives for enhancing sustainable product design using innovative simulation and modeling software. It also implements the Digital Product Passport initiative and fosters human involvement in advancing circularity and sustainable technology adoption. This is done through training and global collaborative networks. GEAR-UP's approach represents a paradigm shift in engineering design, focusing on the circular value chain and developing universally adaptable AM technologies resilient to material variability. This endeavor is expected to directly impact the high-performance consumer products, green energy, & high-tech robotics markets.
The key outcomes are:
Cost savings: 25 %
Increased productivity: 20-50 %
Extended fatigue life: 50-80 %
Defects reduced: 50-80 %
Material waste reduced: 25-30 %
CO2 emissions reduced: 25-50 %
Reduced quality failures: 70-90 %
Reduced design time: 20-50 %
Reduced component weight: 25-30%

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SIGNED

Call topic

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05

Update Date

26-12-2024
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Factories of the Future Partnership - Made in Europe Partnership

Made in Europe (MiE)
HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05: Technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)
Specific Objective 2: Circular products & Climate-neutral manufacturing
R&I Objective 2.5: Digital platforms and data management for circular product and production-systems life-cycles
HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05: Technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)
Horizon Europe
HORIZON.2 Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
HORIZON.2.4 Digital, Industry and Space
HORIZON.2.4.1 Manufacturing Technologies
HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05: Technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)