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EPES | ECO-PROCESS ENGINEERING SYSTEM FOR COMPOSITION OF SERVICESTO OPTIMIZE PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE

01-09-2011

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28-02-2015

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Environmental sustainability
Comment: Eco-process engineering system, sustainability aspects during product, process or service life-cycle. Improved decision making
Circular economy
Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Comment: Collaboration platform to optimise product life cycle

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.
Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Comment: The close ccoperation of RTD-performers, technology holders and end-users in the DIPLAT project leads to a simulateneous development of manufacturing processes, manfacturing devices and products, leading to frequent adaptions of all three elements to benefit the efficiency of the collective solution.

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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Environmental sustainability
Comment: 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. Furthermore, Scrap reduction strategy has a direct impact on energy consumption reduction (less scraped parts are produced).
Circular economy
Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Comment: 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.

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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Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Comment: The Intelligent Manufacturing approach will work at machine-mold project level to optimize/adapt the production of the specific product and can be extended at factory level to select/plan the appropriated production line

X-ACT | Expert cooperative robots for highly skilled operations for the factory of the future

01-10-2012

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30-09-2015

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Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
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X-act delviers advanced robotic systems involving humans and dual arm robots in cooperation, thus advancing the way manufacturing systems perform. Therefore it aims to bring about Products, processes and production systems co-evolution.

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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Circular economy
Comment: In the project frame, different studies are conducted about the re-process of raw materials not possessing the required characteristics, in order to minimize the discarded amount. Efficiency in the production stage is guaranteed by the high level of control in the process and the optimization of resource statuses ("stand-by functionalities of certain components). Innovative solutions in dealing with end-of-life products are subject of research.
Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Comment: The essence of the project is a continuous feedback among the parties involved in raw material supply, process development and production of final parts to achieve a result which satisfies all the expected requirements. The evolution in each stage is strictly related to the evolution of the global chain.

USE-IT-WISELY | Innovative continuous upgrades of high investment product-services

01-09-2013

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30-11-2016

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Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Comment: Involving actors and stakeholders in creating new production concepts based on a circular economy.
Result items:
Support for a transition to a circular business model
Support for a transition to a circular business model

A Circular Life-Cycle Assesmen tool (C-LCA) that measures the environmental impact of initial production and all adjustments during the lifetime of a piece of furniture.

CAxMan | Computer Aided Technologies for Additive Manufacturing

09-01-2015

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31-08-2018

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Environmental sustainability
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We will generate Objects closer to their nominal shape and thus less material will be removed by subtractive processes, and reduce energy consumption and indirectly CO2 emission

Circular economy
Comment: CAxMan aim at using less material by offering new shape design methods for efficient design of voids and cavities. CAxMan also address the design of better and leaner support structures (use of less material) based analysis addressing thermal stresses and distortions during the additive process.
Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
Comment: CAxMan address workflows along the products-processes-production pipeline

COMPOSITION | Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes _ Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation

01-09-2016

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31-08-2019

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Environmental sustainability
Circular economy
Comment: Improvements of the manufacturing process by using Process Modelling and Monitoring Framework combined with Integrated Digital Factories Models will lead to better resource management and will reduce the use of resources. Optimising the process involving factories with recycling companies will generate economic savings. Monitoring the health of machinery and using predictive maintenance and reducing energy consumption will reduce not only manufacturing efficiency (less downtime & material waste) but also the environmental impact of manufacturing.
Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’)
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The COMPOSITION Integrated Information Management System will be a digital automation framework that optimises the manufacturing processes by exploiting existing data, knowledge and tools, integrating them with newly installed cyber physical systems (CPS) and automation software, in order to increase productivity and to allow for dynamic adaptation to changing market requirements. CPS using IoT devices such as wireless sensors nodes (WSN) can be easily retrofitted to existing equipment and infrastructure to gather sensory data and detect anomalies as well as opportunities to improve productivity and cvcle time.

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