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TERRIFIC | Towards Enhanced Integration of Design and Production in the Factory of the Future through Isogeometric Technologies

01-09-2011

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31-08-2014

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Comment: Finite Element Analysis following the isogeoemtric paradigm ismore accurate than traditional FEA..
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Comment: Finite Element Analysis following the isogeoemtric paradigm ismore accurate than traditional FEA..

DIPLAT | Enabling advanced functionalities of Diamond and other ultra-hard materials by Integrated Pulsed Laser Ablation Technologies

15-01-2013

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14-07-2016

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Comment: The laser processes developed in DIPLAT are highly energy efficient compared to conventional diamond processing technologies. Furthermore, they require no consumables such as processing fluids, electrodes, grinding tools, ... The tools produced in DIPLAT facilitate "dry" cutting processes and replace grinding processes. As the supply of cooling lubricants consumes a high percenatge of the energy in these conventional processes, this raises the resource efficieny of all products manufactured by these tools.

DES-MOLD | Feature-Based Design and Modelling for Injection-molding Optimization

01-09-2012

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31-08-2015

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Comment: Des-MOLD is an intelligent knowledge-based system which presents the use of different Artificial Intelligence techniques to develop a decision support system for designers of plastic parts. Our approach is based on computational argumentation (ARG) and case-based reasoning (CBR) to offer both a recommendation about the design and the reasoning process followed in order to select that solution. Given the geometry of the part, type of material, mould’s material and defects to be avoid, the system combines a knowledge-based system (KBS) based on past experiences with designers social debates for providing a set of recommendations, enabling to update the knowledge database by reusing and adapting solutions from previous designs.
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Comment: Less scrap, lower costs, faster production: • Des-MOLD will shorten time-to-market for new and highly competitive products. This benefit is a direct result from the reduction of tuning time described above. In today’s fierce competition being first on the market is a significant advantage. • Also, Des-MOLD allow flexible production and higher production capacity. Intelligent molds enable easy production change and even production factory change Des-MOLD system will allow converters to produce plastic parts close to customers’ sites, without suffering from any productivity loss. The expected result of the project is to decrease new production setting from an average of 20 parts down to 10 parts. This means a 50% reduction in initial scrap. The use of Des-MOLD will significantly reduce scraps with a rejection ratio cut by a factor 2. In average, plastic injection molding generates 5% scrap. 60% of it generated after mold set up during production • Environmental impact: improvement sustainability of production processes and tools since Des-MOLD will reduce the need for mock-up tools, and scrap pieces will be decreased thanks to the optimal designs and sensorization at the design level.

EFEVE | Development of a new high performance material associated to a new technological Energetic, Flexible, Economical, Versatile and Ecological process to make super strong and lightweight components

01-11-2012

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03-04-2016

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Comment: New nanoalloys of non ferrous metals (Al & Mg) with improved mechanical properties by Low Pressure Die Casting and Squeeze Casting improved technologies
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Comment: Improved energy eficciency by 20%

MUSIC | MUlti-layers control&cognitive System to drive metal and plastic production line for Injected Components

01-09-2012

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31-08-2016

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Comment: The challenge of MUSIC is to transform a production-rate-dominated manufacturing field into a quality/efficiency-driven and integration-oriented one with lower waste generation, efficiency, robustness and minimum energy consumption.

FABIMED | Fabrication and Functionalization of BioMedical Microdevices

02-09-2013

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01-09-2016

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Comment: Future of medicine is driven by the concepts of early, remote and patient-managed diagnostic, teleasistance, minimal invasive and TIC enhanced treatment, to improve service, effectivity and reduce costs. All these advances rely on novel biomedical devices, which are currently being designed and developed, but which are complex and expensive to manufacture with current technologies. Advanced microrreplication developed in FaBiMed will allow to produce such novel devices in a cost effective way, while keeping the flexibility required for patient-specific functionalization.
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Comment: Direct fabrication of toolings by modular inserts and additive manufacturing, will allow resource efficient tooling, and resource efficient mould reconfiguration for reducing the cost of small batch fabrication.

MICRO-FAST | A FAST process and production system for high-throughput, highly flexible and cost-efficient volume production of miniaturised components made of a wide range of materials

01-09-2013

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28-02-2017

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Comment: The Micro-FAST process is a net shape manufacturing process that is not generating production waste. therefore inherently efficient in terms of resources. The Micro-FAST system allows an efficient management of the manufacturing cycle controlling the quality of product in line with an high degree of automation and integration of each production step.
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