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Description • Pylon II: Decentralised Manufacturing Framework (DEMAP). Technological objectives are based on the decentralised production concept that e-CUSTOM promotes.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Resource efficient, sustainable products
 Decentralised Manufacturing Platform Result title Decentralised Manufacturing Platform
 Order Manager System Result description Innovation content of the result Order creation and tracking software Potential customers Supply chain management - initially aimed at healthcare (dental and foot orthotics) and additive manufacture
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 Domain 6: Customer-focused manufacturing Taxon description The set of research priorities under this domain focuses on involving customers in manufacturing value chain, from product-process design to manufacturing-associated innovative services.
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Description Zero defects manufacturing is an objective long aspired in modern industries.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Complex structures, geometries and scale Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Customised products
 Final Report Summary - MIDEMMA (Minimizing Defects in Micro-Manufacturing Applications) Result title Final Report Summary - MIDEMMA (Minimizing Defects in Micro-Manufacturing Applications)
 Improvement on workpiece manipulation Result description The reduced work piece dimensions, feature sizes and/or surface roughness requirements in micro-manufacturing processes introduce some new challenges, which are not so critical in macro-manufacturing.
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon description (e.g. laser processing, additive manufacture, modular tooling, direct fabrication with no tooling, tailor blanking).
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Description However, methods of machining and assembly have been taken from traditional manufacturing processes and have not been optimised for composite production.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Complex structures, geometries and scale Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Demonstrators are
 Final Report Summary - REFORM (Resource-Efficient Factory Of Recyclable Manufacturing composite components) Result title Final Report Summary - REFORM (Resource-Efficient Factory Of Recyclable Manufacturing composite components)
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.11 Product life cycle management for advanced materials Taxon description Another example is additive laser processes, which could be used to refurbish damaged parts instead of discarding them.
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Description An isogeometric approach is applied for selected manufacturing application areas (cars, trains, and aircraft) and for computer-aided machining.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Finite Element Analysis following the isogeoemtric paradigm ismore accurate than traditional FEA..
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 6.12 Implementation of creativity and user-driven innovation through flexible design and manufacturing processes Taxon description From a manufacturing perspective the use of additive/subtractive technologies, multifunctional machines, flexible joining technologies provide the basis for the new required variability.
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Description Currently, RLW systems are limited in their applicability due to an acute lack of systematic ICT-based simulation methodologies to navigate their efficient application in automotive manufacturing processes
Comments Material efficient Manufacturing processes FoF Partnership SRIA Research priorities Sub-Domain 1.2 Complex structures, geometries and scale Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Domain 3: Digital
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description DIPLAT will lead to a technological breakthrough that will push European manufacturing industries to the cutting edge of high-performance machining and tooling technology.
Organisation Institute for Advanced Manufacturing - University of Nottingham
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Novel materials Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future DIPLAT tools are consist of the newest polycrystalline
 Pulsed Laser Ablation (PLA) simulator Result description The need to machine micro features on ever harder and tougher material helped the rise of pulsed laser ablation in many manufacturing industries like aerospace, defence, biomechanics etc.
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description The DAPhNE project brings together three manufacturing sectors (ceramic, glass and cement) with common problems in relation to the energy consumption of their firing processes, seeking common solutions
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Economic sustainability
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Comments Domain 2 - Adaptive and Smart Manufacturing Systems Impact Workshop D2-Area 1: Smart Industrial components Impact Workshop Domain 2 - Adaptive and Smart Manufacturing Systems Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing
 Final Report Summary - DYNAMILL (Dynamic manufacturing of thin-walled work pieces by milling process) Result title Final Report Summary - DYNAMILL (Dynamic manufacturing of thin-walled work pieces by milling process)
 Following main S & T results/ foregrounds can be highlighted for the DynaMill project Result description o Based on this approach the required thin-walled workpiece quality in conjunction with considerable reduction in manufacturing time and resource input can be achieved.
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description more energy efficient, improve manufacturing productivity, optimize raw material consumption, flexible mold changes and manufacturing capability of producing multiple components,...etc.
Comments efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Improved energy eficciency by 20% Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Impact Workshop D1
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description In response the reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) concept has emerged in the last few years as an attempt to achieve the required manufacturing flexibility.
Comments Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics Supply chain and value network efficiency Manufacturing performance characteristics Economic sustainability Flexibility Manufacturing
 RP 6.12 Implementation of creativity and user-driven innovation through flexible design and manufacturing processes Taxon description From a manufacturing perspective the use of additive/subtractive technologies, multifunctional machines, flexible joining technologies provide the basis for the new required variability.
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Description This will enable a cost effective and flexible nanoscale manufacturing process that can easily be integrated with conventional mass production lines.
Comments Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Impact Workshop D1-Area 1: Innovative Technologies for Casting Material Removing and Forming Processes Impact Workshop Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.5 Delivery of new functionalities through (mass production) surface manufacturing processes Taxon description texturing and coatings, enabling improved performance, embedded sensing, adaptive control, self-healing, antibacterial, self-cleaning, ultra-low friction or self-assemblies as examples, using physical (additive
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Description The industry-led consortium consists of European key partners in draping simulation, manufacturing of carbon parts for the automotive industry, sensor developers and robotic experts.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Complex structures, geometries and scale Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Economic sustainability
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description wide – but simultaneously specialized and multidisciplinary – consortium composed by 9 European partners, according to their expertise areas – Welding and joining technologies, Composites, Industrial Manufacturing
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Novel materials Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Complex structures, geometries and scale
 RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon title RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon description (e.g. laser processing, additive manufacture, modular tooling, direct fabrication with no tooling, tailor blanking).
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Description ADVENTURE will deliver this platform and the accompanying tools by providing a holistic environment for plug-and-play virtual factories based on cross-organisational manufacturing processes.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Complex structures, geometries and scale Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Customised products
 The Plug and Play Virtual Factory Result description ADVENTURE combines the power of individual factories to achieve complex manufacturing processes.
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon description (e.g. laser processing, additive manufacture, modular tooling, direct fabrication with no tooling, tailor blanking).
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Description Vincenzo Nicolo adding, “COMET has made clear the aspects of manufacturing with robots. There is a long way to go, but now we know the right direction.
Organisation AMRC Manufacturing Ltd
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Novel materials Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance
 Final Report Summary - COMET (Plug-and-produce COmponents and METhods for adaptive control of industrial robots enabling cost effective, high precision manufacturing in factories of the future) Result title Final Report Summary - COMET (Plug-and-produce COmponents and METhods for adaptive control of industrial robots enabling cost effective, high precision manufacturing in factories of the future)
 Robotic machining of structural aluminium components Result description manufacturing or cost reduction through robotic milling.
 Robot deburring of inconel turbine discs Result acronym COMET - AMRC Manufacturing ltd
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 2.6 Mechatronics and new machine architectures for high performance and resource-efficient manufacturing equipment Taxon description With the aim of ensuring competitiveness of manufacturing companies in a sustainable manner, the goal of high performance and reliability of manufacturing equipment must be achieved with a minimum of environmental
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Description processes and equipment • new 3D-spacer fabric’s flexible manufacturing process and machinery • new textile’s finishing operations and equipment; extended manufacturing order management structure
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Novel materials Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Complex structures, geometries and scale
 New stretch leathers lean manufacturing process, new 3D fabrics manufacturing process and equipment Result title New stretch leathers lean manufacturing process, new 3D fabrics manufacturing process and equipment Result description During the project a new manufacturing machine was developed together with a CAM system.
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon description (e.g. laser processing, additive manufacture, modular tooling, direct fabrication with no tooling, tailor blanking).
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Description This simple manufacturing process opens avenues for a broad variety of microsystems with nano-scale features.
Comments Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Impact Workshop D1-Area 2: Micro and Nano-scale Manufacturing Impact Workshop Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes D1-Area 3: Laser-based Manufacturing
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.5 Delivery of new functionalities through (mass production) surface manufacturing processes Taxon description texturing and coatings, enabling improved performance, embedded sensing, adaptive control, self-healing, antibacterial, self-cleaning, ultra-low friction or self-assemblies as examples, using physical (additive
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Description The vision of IFaCOM is to achieve a near zero defect level of manufacturing for all kinds of manufacturing, with emphasis on production of high value parts, on large variety custom design manufacturing
Comments manufacturing.
 3D volumetric compensation algorithms for zero-defect manufacturing Result title 3D volumetric compensation algorithms for zero-defect manufacturing
 GKN DEMO Result description Geometrical values of the components in stock at GKN are input to the ISP, and the program calculates all the possible configurations that can be obtained, as well as calculating the manufacturing cost
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description Impress will combine up-to-date and advanced facilities based on three main modules: a tool-manufacturing module, which involves different technologies for micro-nano direct manufacturing, an injection-moulding
Comments Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Impact Workshop D1-Area 2: Micro and Nano-scale Manufacturing Impact Workshop Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Number of patent applications Additional
 Process chain based on self-assembly processes (polymer demixing, nanosphere lithography, interference lithography) for the fabrication of nanostructure replication tools Result description ratio micro-nanostructure in mold inserts - The combination of Self-Assembly structuring with standard replication techniques (embossing, injection molding) increases very much the possibility for the manufacturing
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.5 Delivery of new functionalities through (mass production) surface manufacturing processes Taxon description texturing and coatings, enabling improved performance, embedded sensing, adaptive control, self-healing, antibacterial, self-cleaning, ultra-low friction or self-assemblies as examples, using physical (additive
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Description The main objective is to design a flexible and sustainable platform that automates high precision manufacturing operations in mid- and large sized parts or structures (typically from 10 meters long and
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Complex structures, geometries and scale Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Mainly on Big scale
 Final Report Summary - MEGAROB (DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE, SUSTAINABLE AND AUTOMATED PLATFORM FOR HIGH ACCURACY MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IN MEDIUM AND LARGE COMPLEX COMPONENTS USING SPHERICAL ROBOT AND LASER TRACKER ON OVERHEAD CRANE) Result title Final Report Summary - MEGAROB (DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE, SUSTAINABLE AND AUTOMATED PLATFORM FOR HIGH ACCURACY MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IN MEDIUM AND LARGE COMPLEX COMPONENTS USING SPHERICAL ROBOT AND LASER
 MEGAROB PROTOTYPE Result description This prototype is be available since November 2015 in Aitiip Centro Tecnológico (Spain), in order to support industries, to use the advantages of the high accuracy manufacturing for large components.
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description to commercially available manufacturing systems, in terms of speed, product quality and versatility.
Comments Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Impact Workshop D1-Area 1: Innovative Technologies for Casting Material Removing and Forming Processes Impact Workshop Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes
 RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon title RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon description (e.g. laser processing, additive manufacture, modular tooling, direct fabrication with no tooling, tailor blanking).
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Description Hereupon, the reduced carbon footprint is evaluated during manufacturing and in-service.
Comments Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Impact Workshop D1-Area 6: Manufacturing Processes for Products Made of Composites or Engineered Metallic Materials Impact Workshop Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing
 Final Report Summary - ECOMISE (Enabling Next Generation Composite Manufacturing by In-Situ Structural Evaluation and Process Adjustment) Result title Final Report Summary - ECOMISE (Enabling Next Generation Composite Manufacturing by In-Situ Structural Evaluation and Process Adjustment)
 Domain 2: Adaptive and smart manufacturing systems Taxon title Domain 2: Adaptive and smart manufacturing systems
 RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon description (e.g. laser processing, additive manufacture, modular tooling, direct fabrication with no tooling, tailor blanking).
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Description efficiently heated tools, mould design and reinforced preforms, combined with the use of the new ecological powder coating will provide an excellent platform for the modernisation of current composites manufacturing
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Novel materials Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Complex structures, geometries and scale
 Final Report Summary - ECOGEL CRONOS (High productivity manufacturing process of composite parts based on zero emissionsfast curing coatings and heated moulds) Result title Final Report Summary - ECOGEL CRONOS (High productivity manufacturing process of composite parts based on zero emissionsfast curing coatings and heated moulds)
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description The mission of the NextFactory project is to develop and validate a new type of all-in-one manufacturing technology combining, for the first time, in a single piece of equipment, 3D freeform printing and
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Novel materials Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Customised products Manufacturing future
 Final Report Summary - NEXTFACTORY (All-in-one manufacturing platform for system in package and micromechatronic systems) Result title Final Report Summary - NEXTFACTORY (All-in-one manufacturing platform for system in package and micromechatronic systems)
 RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon title RP 1.1 Manufacturing for custom made parts Taxon description (e.g. laser processing, additive manufacture, modular tooling, direct fabrication with no tooling, tailor blanking).
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Description The principal objective of Fortissimo is to enable European manufacturing, particularly small to medium enterprises (SMEs), to benefit from the efficiency and competitive advantage inherent in the use
Comments areas and sectors C MANUFACTURING C28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
 Cloud-based modelling for the 3-D printing of complex shapes Result description It is only in the recent years that Additive Manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a viable mainstream production technology.
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 3.5 Multi-level simulation and analytics for improving production quality and throughput Taxon description Distributed simulation systems offer good local optimization outcomes but lack interoperability and holistic modelling options, especially for complex manufacturing systems.
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Description Fourth, FALCON will explore manufacturing intelligence to support innovative product-services design and finally FALCON will improve product-service lifecycle assessment approaches through the real-time
Comments Domain 6 - Customer-focused Manufacturing Impact Workshop D6-Area 2: Innovative product-service design using manufacturing intelligence Impact Workshop Domain 6 - Customer-focused Manufacturing IoT Impact
 The FALCON Ontology Result description The FALCON semantic model describes the basic entities of the project and model relevant structures of planning, design, engineering, manufacturing and exploitation processes.
 RP 6.12 Implementation of creativity and user-driven innovation through flexible design and manufacturing processes Taxon description From a manufacturing perspective the use of additive/subtractive technologies, multifunctional machines, flexible joining technologies provide the basis for the new required variability.
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Description The ProRegio project aims at developing a manufacturing intelligence based product-service that will rigorously change the current way how customer requirements are addressed by manufacturing companies
Comments Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future
 Evaluation of global manufacturing networks - a matter of perspective Result title Evaluation of global manufacturing networks - a matter of perspective Result description .; Lanza, G.Journal title: Proceeedings of the 19th Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium: International Manufacturing - revisited: embracing new technologies, capabilities and marketsJournal
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 6.12 Implementation of creativity and user-driven innovation through flexible design and manufacturing processes Taxon description From a manufacturing perspective the use of additive/subtractive technologies, multifunctional machines, flexible joining technologies provide the basis for the new required variability.
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Description Present approaches to increasing resource efficiency in manufacturing companies are mainly focused on single process optimisation.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future MEMAN project tries
 Increasing Resource Efficiency of Manufacturing Systems using a Knowledge-Based System Result title Increasing Resource Efficiency of Manufacturing Systems using a Knowledge-Based System
 C MANUFACTURING Taxon title C MANUFACTURING
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;
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Description Manutelligence targets the product-service emerging trend; aiming at providing to EU manufacturing companies: Efficiency in the design process, through ubiquitous cross-disciplinary collaborative
Comments Domain 6 - Customer-focused Manufacturing Impact Workshop D6-Area 2: Innovative product-service design using manufacturing intelligence Impact Workshop Domain 6 - Customer-focused Manufacturing IoT Impact
 Cloud-Based Automated Design and Additive Manufacturing: A Usage Data-Enabled Paradigm Shift Result title Cloud-Based Automated Design and Additive Manufacturing: A Usage Data-Enabled Paradigm Shift
 Report on P-S Engineering and Manufacturing ubiquitous Search Tools Development and Integration Result description The document contains the results of Task 4.4 - enabling the manufacturing intelligence layer to work on data coming from both digital design world and the Internet of Things and sensors world.
 Domain 6: Customer-focused manufacturing Taxon title Domain 6: Customer-focused manufacturing
 RP 4.1 Cloud-based Manufacturing Business Web for Supply Network Collaboration Taxon description manufacturing services encompassing domains of customer collaboration, collaborative service management, and collaborative manufacturing.
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Description Main existing barriers are related to the high consumption of resources, lower rates of automation, high production of defective and the subsequent growth of the manufacturing costs.
Comments Advanced materials in manufacturing systems Technologies and enablers Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Impact Workshop D1-Area 6: Manufacturing Processes for Products Made of Composites or
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - FORTAPE (RESEARCH ON EFFICIENT INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF COMPLEX PARTS BASED ON UNIDIRECTIONAL TAPES FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE AND AERONAUTICAL) Result title Periodic Reporting for period 2 - FORTAPE (RESEARCH ON EFFICIENT INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF COMPLEX PARTS BASED ON UNIDIRECTIONAL TAPES FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE AND AERONAUTICAL)
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon title Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Approaches might comprise near-net-shaped concepts (including additive [laser-enabled] manufacture), mimicking assembly of natural structures; remanufacturing and recycling, novel use of waste streams;