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Description CTC vision of local flexible manufacturing of green personalized furniture is to be implemented by the development of 5 pillars: 1) Development of a Formalized Design Approach and related software technologies
Organisation University of applied sciences and arts of southern switzerland (SUPSI)
Comments machine, production system model Reduction of energy consumption (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Reduction up to 40% of energy required by aspiration
 Final Report Summary - CTC (Local flexible manufacturing of green personalized furniture Close To the Customer in time, space and cost.) Result title Final Report Summary - CTC (Local flexible manufacturing of green personalized furniture Close To the Customer in time, space and cost.)
 High efficient suction hood Result description Extraction hood that can be opened sideways in the lower part. In this way, rabbets and freeform contours can be milled. The suction hood allows up to 99.7% removal of chip.
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 Material efficiency Taxon description   Making a usable item out of thinner stock than a prior version increases the material efficiency of the manufacturing process.
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Description A final user will be able to select or create its own aesthetical design (colour, size, text, pictures...) using easy ICT applications and these will be marked easily by manufacturers using the new UV-laser
Comments Research priorities Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes project_id_EC super_admin project_rcn_EC super_admin topic_EC super_admin FoF-ICT-2011.7.1 call_EC super_admin FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF Small or
 Small or medium-scale focused research project (STREP) Taxon title Small or medium-scale focused research project (STREP)
 Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes Taxon description Products of the future are expected to be more complex (3D, nano-micro-meso-macro-scale, smart), so processes need to handle complexity and enhanced functionality whilst not adding or at least minimizing
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Description ComMUnion approach will decrease by 30% the consumption of titanium and boron steel, (costly alloys requiring critical materials).
Comments flexibility of the communion cell allows to manufacture complex 3D rpdocuts with smart properties R&I Objective 1.6: Data ‘highways’ and data spaces in support of smart factories in dynamic value
 Speckle characterization of surface roughness obtained by laser texturing Result title Speckle characterization of surface roughness obtained by laser texturing
 ComMUnion dataset for benchmarking Result description Public dataset with data, measurements and routings for benchmarking purposes.
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 3.9 System-oriented quality control strategies in multi-stage manufacturing. Taxon description To this purpose, quality control tools should be supported by distributed on-line data gathering systems, on-line defect management policies (i.e. on-line rework or workpiece repair), inter-stage information
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Description This platform, beside other tools, will include an open-information hub, encouraging the exchange of information on the respective research programmes and technological results.
 A toolbox of agents for scheduling the paint shop in bicycle industry Result title A toolbox of agents for scheduling the paint shop in bicycle industry
 EU-Japan.AI Stakeholder Cooperation & Twinning Activities Report 2 Result description of different groups
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Description High friction accelerates wear of the seal leading to leakage and/or premature failure, and increases the energy consumption of industrial processes.
Organisation ITAINNOVA - Aragon Institute of Technology
 The Role of Crystalline Orientation in the Formation of Surface Patterns on Solids Irradiated with Femtosecond Laser Double Pulses Result title The Role of Crystalline Orientation in the Formation of Surface Patterns on Solids Irradiated with Femtosecond Laser Double Pulses
 Periodic Reporting for period 3 - MouldTex (FRICTION OPTIMISATION OF SEALS THROUGH ADVANCED LASER SURFACE TEXTURING OF MOULDS) Result description by injection moulding or vulcanisation.
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Description and re-source efficiency by 11.5%, increased reliability by 16% of the equipment in an extended lifetime by 20%, over 50% increase of the Return on Investment (ROI), about 810 new jobs created and
Organisation CTIPC - Technical Industrial Centre of the French plastics and Composites
Comments involves the assessment and utilization of new materials and alloys with better technical capabilities for those components that are more frequently broken or worn out and have to be replaced by new ones
 Data Management Plan (DMP) Result title Data Management Plan (DMP)
 Periodic Reporting for period 3 - LEVEL-UP (Protocols and Strategies for extending the useful Life of major capital investments and Large Industrial Equipment) Result description Nowadays, the deployment of digital technologies, connectivity and related large amounts of data, offers to companies...
 R&I Objective 2.3: Manufacturing with new and substitute materials Comments involves the assessment and utilization of new materials and alloys with better technical capabilities for those components that are more frequently broken or worn out and have to be replaced by new ones
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Description sectors based on the combination of intermediate formats made of natural and/or biobased synthetic fibres reinforced with biopolymers, which are easily adaptable to new market demands.
Organisation University of Limerick
 Common workshop: Bio-Uptake, Redol and Bioeconomy within the framework of the Green Week Result title Common workshop: Bio-Uptake, Redol and Bioeconomy within the framework of the Green Week
 Orthopaedics feet insoles Result description Orthopaedics feet insoles will be manufacture by thermoforming of different intermediate parts. The technology will be supported by a digital platform with sensors and simulation on the process.
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Description • To derive eco-efficiency and eco-logistics-related algorithms and web-tools, allowing user- configurable eco-certification based on information relating to materials and processes along the supply
Comments Domain 6: Customer-focused manufacturing FoF Partnership SRIA Research priorities RP 6.9 On-demand manufacturing of customer-centric products FoF Partnership SRIA Research priorities Domain 6: Customer-focused
 Final Report Summary - MICRO-DRESS (Customised Wearable Functionality and Eco-Materials – Extending the limits of Apparel Mass customisation) Result title Final Report Summary - MICRO-DRESS (Customised Wearable Functionality and Eco-Materials – Extending the limits of Apparel Mass customisation)
 RP 6.9 On-demand manufacturing of customer-centric products Taxon title RP 6.9 On-demand manufacturing of customer-centric products
 RP 6.10 Customer focused products quality assessment standards and tools Taxon description Proper multi-set of fixed data which are equally recognized by the different stakeholders can facilitate supply network management, manufacturing control and customer decision.
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Description The overall objective of PARADDISE project is to rationalize, to structure and to make available to the stakeholders of manufacturing value chain the knowledge and the tools for combining two antithetical
 Analysis of the Machining Process of Inconel 718 Parts Manufactured by Laser Metal Deposition Result title Analysis of the Machining Process of Inconel 718 Parts Manufactured by Laser Metal Deposition
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - PARADDISE (A Productive, Affordable and Reliable solution for large scale manufacturing of metallic components by combining laser-based ADDItive and Subtractive processes with high Efficiency) Result description The Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) is a process that can be integrated into robots or large machine tools and is applied to pieces of high added value.
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Description The project aims at shortening process development times by 90% and allowing automatic 100% quality control of fibre orientation.
Comments sectors with specific requirements of validation or formal qualification.
 Final Report Summary - FIBREMAP (Automatic Mapping of Fibre Orientation for Draping of Carbon Fibre Parts) Result title Final Report Summary - FIBREMAP (Automatic Mapping of Fibre Orientation for Draping of Carbon Fibre Parts)
 Draping Simulation Software with automatic optimization of model parameters Result description The new version of the software allows the optimization of the parameters by using fibre angle measurements directly from the draped part.
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 1.3 Automated production of thermoset and thermoplastic composite structures/products Taxon description In order to be competitive in the future, these novel joining and assembly technologies should be implemented with a high degree of automation and quality control with self-organising processes to accommodate
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Description As a key success factor for European manufacturing the transfer of innovative solutions from the laboratory into industrially robust products and the dissemination of its use stands at the heart of the
Organisation HOLO-OR LTD
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Advanced material processing technologies Technologies and enablers Photonics-based materials processing technologies Technologies
 Laser beam profiler for online characterization of spot properties Result title Laser beam profiler for online characterization of spot properties Result description Enable closed loop control of the laser welding process
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 Advanced material processing technologies Taxon description The efficiency and sustainability of both the manufacturing of actual and future products is still very much determined by the processes that shape and assemble the components of these products.
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Description The undergoing transformation in our current socio-economic models, led by the advent of emerging technologies, has changed the relation of customers to products and services.
Comments text for blogs and forums, sentiment analysis tools for twitter, etc.), 3) integrating data from third party enterprise systems (e.g.
 Taking Advantage of Data Generated by Products: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges Result title Taking Advantage of Data Generated by Products: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
 Demonstrator for healthcare products product-services Result description Features for communication and data storage means between the products in the field and the maintenance organisation will be deployed by the demonstrator for this health care case.
 RP 6.10 Customer focused products quality assessment standards and tools Taxon description Proper multi-set of fixed data which are equally recognized by the different stakeholders can facilitate supply network management, manufacturing control and customer decision.
 Collaborative and decentralized application architectures and development tools Comments text for blogs and forums, sentiment analysis tools for twitter, etc.), 3) integrating data from third party enterprise systems (e.g.
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Description Fortissimo 2 will drive the uptake of advanced modelling, simulation and data analytics by European engineering and manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps.
Organisation THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Comments Contribution to the reduction in the use of material resources Additional KPIs This was not an objective of the project.
 Third tranche of Success Stories Result title Third tranche of Success Stories
 Cloud-based HPC processing for knowledge generation in camshaft manufacture Result description Reducing the processing time for data analysis allows a higher knowledge and control of the quality of the production process and of its needs, such as maintenance requirements.
 Engineering tools Taxon title Engineering tools
 Data modelling Taxon description Data modeling in software engineering is the process of creating a data model for an information system by applying certain formal techniques.
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Description addressing the complex individualised needs of growing market niches out of the scope of mass-produced goods in terms of health and performance.
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
 Configurable software enabling MTM adaptation of dimensions of garment and orthotics. Software functionalities enabling visualisation of MTM orthotics fit Result title Configurable software enabling MTM adaptation of dimensions of garment and orthotics. Software functionalities enabling visualisation of MTM orthotics fit
 New stretch leathers lean manufacturing process, new 3D fabrics manufacturing process and equipment Result description by means of appropriate sensors.
 E-platform for co-design, configuration and ordering of personalized MtM MtO garments for wheelchair consumers Result acronym Configurator of wheelchair clothes
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 2.15 Mass customisation and integration of real-world resources Taxon description This would improve productivity across shop floors by reducing configuration time and provide an automated way to control different facets of the shop floor.
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Description KRAKEN will develop a disruptive hybrid manufacturing concept to equip SME and large industries with affordable All-in-one machine for the customised design, production/reparation and quality control of
Comments (improving material efficiency use by 90%) and energy (decreasing subtractive operations by minimum) due to the efficiency of the novel hybrid manufacturing processes.
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - KRAKEN (Hybrid automated machine integrating concurrent manufacturing processes, increasing the production volume of functional on-demand using high multi-material deposition rates) Result title Periodic Reporting for period 2 - KRAKEN (Hybrid automated machine integrating concurrent manufacturing processes, increasing the production volume of functional on-demand using high multi-material deposition Result description Different concepts were identified around the realms of KRAKEN in 2016, these correspond to both current challenges and solutions proposed in the project.
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 RP 1.2 Advanced joining technologies for advanced and multi-materials Taxon description In order to be competitive in the future, these novel joining technologies should be implemented with a high degree of automation and quality control.
 Contribution to the reduction in the use of material resources Comments (improving material efficiency use by 90%) and energy (decreasing subtractive operations by minimum) due to the efficiency of the novel hybrid manufacturing processes.
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Description One of the most desired functional property of such components is vibration damping, because vibration and chatter in turbine blades, machine-tools and other industrial components have very significant
Organisation University of Oulu / Oulun yliopisto (UOULU)
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 - HIPPOCAMP (High-power Impulse Plasma Process Operations for the Creation of Advanced Metallic Parts) Result title Final Report Summary - HIPPOCAMP (High-power Impulse Plasma Process Operations for the Creation of Advanced Metallic Parts)
 RP 1.3 Automated production of thermoset and thermoplastic composite structures/products Taxon description In order to be competitive in the future, these novel joining and assembly technologies should be implemented with a high degree of automation and quality control with self-organising processes to accommodate
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Description However, the simulation of, for example, high-pressure gas cylinders, the moulding of plastics or the thermodynamic properties of hazardous materials requires enormous computing power and specialised software
Organisation THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Comments participating SMEs Additional KPIs Number of new skills and/or job profiles Additional KPIs Number of new training offerings or curricula developed Additional KPIs Number of project results taken-up
 Cloud-based HPC tools for urban planning Result title Cloud-based HPC tools for urban planning
 Cloud-based simulation of flows within complex fluids Result description Post-processing libraries and visualisation, and analysis frameworks support the interpretation of results by the user.
 Domain 3: Digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories Taxon description granularity, zoom in and out functionalities, and real-time data acquisition from all the factory resources (i.e. assets, machines, workers and objects).
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Description several areas of the society by, e.g. increasing the safety of medical procedures and the performance of moulds for ceramic injection moulding as well as cleaning rolls for electronic parts.
Organisation THE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
 Review of geometric error measurement and compensation techniques of ultra-precision machine tools Result title Review of geometric error measurement and compensation techniques of ultra-precision machine tools
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ProSurf (High Precision Process Chains for the Mass Production of Functional Structured Surfaces) Result description The ProSurf project aimed to enhance the surface functionalities of polymer and ceramic parts by using a wide range of high precision manufacturing technologies, such as diamond machining, nanoimprinting
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Description , advanced control algorithms Development of advanced safety strategies and equipment allowing fenceless human robot assembly cells Introduction of robust methods and software tools for determining
Comments KPIs Contribution to the reduction of waste Elimination of printed instructions for operators by deploying AR operator support system Domain 2: Adaptive and smart manufacturing systems FoF Partnership
 Final Report Summary - ROBO-PARTNER (Seamless Human-Robot Cooperation for Intelligent, Flexible and Safe Operations in the Assembly Factories of the Future) Result title Final Report Summary - ROBO-PARTNER (Seamless Human-Robot Cooperation for Intelligent, Flexible and Safe Operations in the Assembly Factories of the Future)
 Multi modal interfaces for human robot interaction (speech, gestures) Result description It also includes extensions to uses Kinect or similar sensors to guide and interact with the robot during Programming /setup and production (coordinating) The advantages are an enhanced interaction by
 Safety tools for human robot collaboration (Skin, power & force limiting s/w, capacitive sensor) Result acronym ROBO-PARTNER SAFETY TOOLS
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 2.3 Symbiotic Safe and Productive human robot interaction, professional Service Robots and Multimodal Human-Machine-Robot Collaboration Taxon description sensory data.
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Description It should define TRL aspect in each link of the chains, type of stakeholders to carry out the tasks, timeline and priorities.
 Periodic Reporting for period 2 - FoFAM (Industrial and regional valorization of FoF Additive Manufacturing Projects) Result title Periodic Reporting for period 2 - FoFAM (Industrial and regional valorization of FoF Additive Manufacturing Projects)
 Additive manufacturing Roadmap: gaps and actions on market driven value chains Result description of AM manufactured products or services.
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description of waste into useful by products.
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Description The factory of the future as envisaged by AUTORECON encompasses: Reconfigurable transformers like tools that enable autonomous assembly equipment which can adapt production process to process disturbances
Organisation DICAM UNiversity of Bologna
Comments Economic sustainability Reconfigurable hardware and control software allows to reprogram the operation of the factory.
 Final Report Summary - AUTORECON (AUTOnomous co-operative machines for highly RECONfigurable assembly operations of the future) Result title Final Report Summary - AUTORECON (AUTOnomous co-operative machines for highly RECONfigurable assembly operations of the future)
 Dexterous gripper-automotive Result description The gripper is designed to be modular: each finger has the same mechanical design, control, and the same kind of electronics.
 Line level control software Result acronym Line level control software
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 Mechatronics and robotics technologies Taxon description A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex
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Description DiCiM project revolves around the value use and value recovery phases of the Circular Value Model (CVM) with the specific data, technology and the management needed to support its implementation.
Organisation University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical engineering
 Initial data management plan Result title Initial data management plan
 Dissemination and communication plan and periodic D&C progress reports Result description the carried out as well as the upcoming dissemination activities in different channels The results of the carried out activities and the expected results of the activities will also be listed Any change
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Description The process chain will be completed by a comprehensive monitoring and data mining toolset.
 Dissemination and exploitation plan for the third project year Result title Dissemination and exploitation plan for the third project year
 Implementation of overall control system (HMI) including graphical user interface (GUI) Result description Based on the control architecture (D10.1) and the sum of all control parameters of the sub modules an overall human machine interface (HMI) will be developed to control all parameters.
 Domain 6: Customer-focused manufacturing Taxon description It focuses on the links between the business, customers, and the environment, in formulating a requirements specification by incorporating both the ‘voice of the customer’ and the ‘voice of the environment
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Description Sensorial data will be communicated to smart phones via Bluetooth or Wifi.
Organisation FEDERATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPORTING GOODS INDUSTRY
Comments platforms - data platforms Technologies and enablers Data spaces Information and communication technologies Collaborative and decentralized application architectures and development tools ICT performance
 Final Report Summary - EASY-IMP (Collaborative Development of Intelligent Wearable Meta-Products in the Cloud) Result title Final Report Summary - EASY-IMP (Collaborative Development of Intelligent Wearable Meta-Products in the Cloud)
 Collaborative LAB for META-Product Development Result description The collaborative lab integrates a variety of relevant tools and provides a methodology of mea-product design.
 Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Taxon title Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms
 Domain 4: Collaborative and mobile enterprises Taxon description of the location of the enterprise or the decision maker through easy to use and innovative mobile manufacturing applications.
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Description SCAIL-UP project will seek for overcoming the barriers found in the upscaling of the process for electrodepositing Al with Ionic Liquids by the development of a radically new manufacturing industrial process
Comments Number of new skills and/or job profiles Additional KPIs - Management, control and monitoring of the Aluminium electrodeposition Pilot plant - Management, control and monitoring of the Ionic Liquid production
 At the moment the only innovation is the knowledge about the “in-situ” and “ex-situ” control measurement. In the next future the knowledge about the methodology for electroplating the external surfaces of real components with Ionic Liquids woul Result title At the moment the only innovation is the knowledge about the “in-situ” and “ex-situ” control measurement.
 Knowledge about the methodology to manage, characterize and control ionic liquid for electrodeposition in automotive sector Result description , characterize and control of the IL) are key points in the process.
 Schedule of technical specifications/conditions of coatings for automotive sector Result acronym Schedule of technical specifications/conditions of coatings for automotive sector
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 1.3 Automated production of thermoset and thermoplastic composite structures/products Taxon description In order to be competitive in the future, these novel joining and assembly technologies should be implemented with a high degree of automation and quality control with self-organising processes to accommodate
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Description These will be supported by simulation tools for part verification and logistical planning. The future manufacturing of the A320neo wing covers will be provide the background for the developments.
Comments Reduction of waste (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of waste Reduction of material consumption (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction in the use of material resources
 Sensor for monitoring of the flow-front during infusion Result title Sensor for monitoring of the flow-front during infusion
 Data Management Plan Result description Plan describing the collection and use of data in the project and in particular how and which data will be made available to other researchers after the end of the project.
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Description The aim of this project is to integrate unconventional manufacturing technologies such as (microwave) MW radiation and laser joining in current RTM and pultrusion production lines.
 Advanced Process Monitoring of the In-mould Polymerization of a Thermoplastic Composite Result title Advanced Process Monitoring of the In-mould Polymerization of a Thermoplastic Composite
 Periodic Reporting for period 3 - RECOTRANS (Integrated manufacturing of REciclable hybrid metalthermoplastic COmposites for the TRANSport sector.) Result description Transport represents almost a quarter of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in urban areas.