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e-CUSTOM | A Web-based Collaboration System for Mass Customization

01-06-2010

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31-05-2013

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Description These innovations are estimated to reduce energy consumption by approximately 5%-10%, transportation costs by up to 20%, the cost of raw materials by roughly 5%-10% , time-to-market by up to 15% and delivery
Comments chain and value network efficiency Manufacturing performance characteristics Economic sustainability Environmental sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics Reducing the consumption of energy
 Data framework for inter collaboration Result description Potential customers Automotive, Energy, Ship Industries etc.
 Data management for a seamless and robust data availability Result description Potential customers Automotive, Energy, Ship Industries etc.
 Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon title Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon description Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services.

MIDEMMA | Minimizing Defects in Micro-Manufacturing Applications

01-11-2011

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31-10-2014

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Comments Mechatronics and robotics technologies Technologies and enablers Control technologies Technologies and enablers Mechatronics and robotics technologies Advanced and ubiquitous human machine interaction
 Improvement on Ultra-short pulse laser ablation process Result description On the one hand, a simple and cheap device for the measurement of the energy from single laser pulses down to 20 fs has been developed.
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 Domain 3: Digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories Taxon description Factories designed in such holistic and structured way will be more efficient in energy consumption and will provide a safer workplace.

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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Description Computer aided design (CAD) and numerical simulation algorithms are vital technologies in modern product development, yet they are today not being seamlessly integrated.
Comments Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics IGA allows more use of CAx technologies.
 Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon title Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon description Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services.

SIMPOSIUM | Simulation Platform for Non Destructive Evaluation of Structures and Materials

01-09-2011

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31-08-2014

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Organisation ENERGY, SAFETY AND RISK CONSULTANTS(UK) LIMITED
Comments Information and communication technologies Technologies and enablers Domain 3 - Digital, Virtual and Resource-efficient Factories Impact Workshop D3-Area 1: Cloud services and simulation, Knowledge-based
 Information and communication technologies Taxon title Information and communication technologies
 Domain 3: Digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories Taxon description Factories designed in such holistic and structured way will be more efficient in energy consumption and will provide a safer workplace.

DREAM | Driving up Reliability and Efficiency of Additive Manufacturing

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Description Setup of laser-PBF of nanostructured Titanium alloys with unchanged granulometric dimension for an additional push to higher productivity, since nanostructured metal powders can be sintered with lower energy
Comments Technologies and enablers Additive manufacturing Technologies and enablers Advanced material processing technologies Photonics-based materials processing technologies Technologies and enablers Advanced
 Metastable Al–Si–Ni Alloys for Additive Manufacturing: Structural Stability and Energy Release during Heating Result title Metastable Al–Si–Ni Alloys for Additive Manufacturing: Structural Stability and Energy Release during Heating
 Life Cycle Thinking in decision-making for sustainability: from public policies to private businesses Evaluation of environmental sustainability in additive manufacturing processes for orthopaedic devic Result description , Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)Published year: 2018
 Advanced material processing technologies Taxon title Advanced material processing technologies
 RP 3.2 Intelligent maintenance systems for increased reliability of production systems Taxon description Furthermore, the improvements in the equipment health state will entail significant energy savings.

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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Comments technologies.
 Periodic Report Summary 1 - DIPLAT (Enabling advanced functionalities of Diamond and other ultra-hard materials by Integrated Pulsed Laser Ablation Technologies) Result title Periodic Report Summary 1 - DIPLAT (Enabling advanced functionalities of Diamond and other ultra-hard materials by Integrated Pulsed Laser Ablation Technologies)
 Solid PCD Milling Tools for Ceramics Processing Result description As the tools are used without coolant and lubricant and with low spindle speeds, a high level of processing efficiency with regards to energy and resource consumption is enabled.
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 Reducing the consumption of water and other process resources. Taxon description Reduction of resources other than energy (materials, water, etc.)
 Resource efficient, sustainable products Comments technologies.
 Circular economy Comments technologies.

SENSE AND REACT | Sense&React - The context-aware and user-centric information distribution system for manufacturing

01-10-2012

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29-02-2016

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Description . - Development and application of factory-wide optimization methods that utilize real-time data, such as personnel, asset or part location data in order to optimize production performance, energy efficiency
Comments Environmental sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics Reducing the consumption of energy Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Waste minimisation Manufacturing
 Wear & Malfunction Monitor Result description Wear status of the machines based on energy consumption, the app automatically highlights machines in need of maintenance based on shop floor energy consumption.
 Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon title Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon description Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services.

DYNXPERTS | Plug and Produce Components for Optimum Dynamic Performance Manufacturing Systems

01-07-2010

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30-06-2013

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Description To reinforce the self-sufficiency, portability and plug-and-produce features the project focuses on energy harvester devices and wireless communication bridges.
Organisation Cedrat Technologies SA
Comments Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics Mechatronics and robotics technologies Technologies and enablers Control technologies Technologies and enablers Mechatronics and
 Sensor/Actuator/Hardware Result 2: UC65 Controller Result description This controller is in the CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES' actuator catalogue.
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 Intelligent machinery components, actuators and end-effectors Taxon description Energy technologies are gaining importance, such as (super)capacitors, pneumatic storage devices, batteries and energy harvesting technologies.

HI-MICRO | High Precision Micro Production Technologies

01-10-2012

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30-09-2015

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Description the design, manufacturing and quality control of tool inserts to achieve significant breakthrough in mass production of precision 3D micro-parts, through further developing both enabling manufacturing technologies
Comments energy use and CO2 emissions Difficult to estimate.
 Final Report Summary - HI-MICRO (High Precision Micro Production Technologies) Result title Final Report Summary - HI-MICRO (High Precision Micro Production Technologies)
 Reduction of energy consumption (in %) Taxon title Reduction of energy consumption (in %)
 RP 1.7 High Volume Manufacturing at the micro- and nano-scale Taxon description The combination of different technologies to obtain the final product introduces system level problems such as the transport of micro-parts, the coherence of the reference system in the different production

HYPROLINE | High performance Production line for Small Series Metal Parts

01-09-2012

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31-08-2015

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Comments consumption (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2
 Reduction of energy consumption (in %) Taxon title Reduction of energy consumption (in %)
 RP 1.6 Material efficient Manufacturing processes Taxon description Low C,) energy supply, better use of waste streams through recovery and efficiency improvements in manufacturing equipment (e.g. throughflow speed).

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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Description will be based on industrial applications, bringing dual arm robots to a maturity level that allows the introduction in industry, not as experimental equipment but as well proven and reliable production technologies
Comments Social sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics Mechatronics and robotics technologies Technologies and enablers Advanced and ubiquitous human machine interaction Technologies and enablers
 Mechatronics and robotics technologies Taxon title Mechatronics and robotics technologies
 Intelligent machinery components, actuators and end-effectors Taxon description Energy technologies are gaining importance, such as (super)capacitors, pneumatic storage devices, batteries and energy harvesting technologies.

VALERI | Validation of Advanced, Collaborative Robotics for Industrial Applications

01-11-2012

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31-10-2015

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Comments Mechatronics and robotics technologies Technologies and enablers Control technologies Technologies and enablers Mechatronics and robotics technologies advanced control technologies for working with hyperredundant
 Control technologies Taxon description Advanced control strategies will allow the use of lighter actuators and structural elements for obtaining very rigid and accurate solutions, replacing slower and more energy-intensive approaches.

OPTICIAN2020 | Flexible and on-demand manufacturing of customised spectacles by close-to-optician production clusters

01-10-2013

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30-09-2016

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Description The key enabling technologies deployed are: - additive manufacturing, for polymeric and metallic frames - advanced coating technologies, for short series lens coating - automated procedures, for personalisable
Comments Besides, additive manufacturing technologies improve the energy consumption and raw material output/input ratio of traditional processes Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes FoF Partnership SRIA
 Metallic frame AM manufacturing and finishing Result description Procedures for the manufacture of Titanium customizable spectacle fames through Selective Laser Melting technologies, including the identification of critical aspects for the manufacturing and suitable
 Information and communication technologies Taxon title Information and communication technologies
 Reducing the consumption of water and other process resources. Taxon description Reduction of resources other than energy (materials, water, etc.)

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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Description The industry-led consortium is founded on complementary clusters in six key industry sectors: energy, machinery, space, office workplace, vehicles, and ship building.
Comments (in %) Additional KPIs Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions Reduction in use of energy due to demand-led innovative upgrades instead of complete system replacenemt Reduction of
 Support for a transition to a circular business model Result description flexible products suitable for various customers Smaller environmental footprint through extended product life cycle and reuse of material Potential reduction of costs for material, transport and energy
 Reduction of energy consumption (in %) Taxon title Reduction of energy consumption (in %)
 RP 6.2 ICT Solutions for energy-efficient product life cycles and ECO-usage Taxon description Research is needed in new software solutions to monitor and improve energy efficiency of products throughout their usage by customers by leveraging new enabling technologies such as smart embedded systems

FORTISSIMO | Factories of the Future Resources, Technology, Infrastructure and Services for Simulation and Modelling

01-07-2013

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30-06-2016

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Organisation IONIQA TECHNOLOGIES BV
Comments Information and communication technologies Technologies and enablers Domain 3 - Digital, Virtual and Resource-efficient Factories Impact Workshop D3-Area 1: Cloud services and simulation, Knowledge-based
 Cloud-based simulation of tidal farms for the production of electricity Result description The ocean possesses a tremendous amount of energy.
 Information and communication technologies Taxon title Information and communication technologies
 Domain 3: Digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories Taxon description Factories designed in such holistic and structured way will be more efficient in energy consumption and will provide a safer workplace.

WHITER | White room based on Reconfigurable robotic Island for optoelectronics

01-09-2013

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31-08-2016

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Description are demonstrated by 2 different demonstrators where the same white’R island is reconfigured to be used in two different real industrial environments related to the laser processing and the solar energy
Organisation SOLAR CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Comments technologies Mechatronics and robotics technologies Technologies and enablers Control technologies Technologies and enablers Mechatronics and robotics technologies Intelligent machinery components,
 VIRTUAL DEMONSTRATION IN LASER PROCESSING AND SOLAR ENERGY FIELDS Result title VIRTUAL DEMONSTRATION IN LASER PROCESSING AND SOLAR ENERGY FIELDS
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 Intelligent machinery components, actuators and end-effectors Taxon description Energy technologies are gaining importance, such as (super)capacitors, pneumatic storage devices, batteries and energy harvesting technologies.

ProRegio | Customer-driven design of product-services and production networks to adapt to regional market requirements

01-01-2015

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01-01-2018

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Comments and enablers Information and communication technologies Digital manufacturing platforms - data platforms Technologies and enablers Data spaces Information and communication technologies Collaborative
 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
 Reduction of energy consumption (in %) Taxon title Reduction of energy consumption (in %)
 RP 6.2 ICT Solutions for energy-efficient product life cycles and ECO-usage Taxon description Research is needed in new software solutions to monitor and improve energy efficiency of products throughout their usage by customers by leveraging new enabling technologies such as smart embedded systems

ICP4Life | An Integrated Collaborative Platform for Managing the Product-Service Engineering Lifecycle

01-01-2015

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01-01-2019

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Description Energy Supplier: This pilot case will focus on the current needs of contemporary energy suppliers in Europe in terms of Product-Services.
Comments Reducing the consumption of energy Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Services associated with the product, mainly in the TAURON use case, will address this aspect Domain
 Energy demand forecasting and energy usage optimization in manufacturing systems (potential result) Result title Energy demand forecasting and energy usage optimization in manufacturing systems (potential result) Result description Integrating customers' feedback and enabling the cost efficient balancing of energy usage. Result acronym ICP4Life - Energy Optimization tools
 Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon title Reducing the consumption of energy Taxon description Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services.

Eco-Solar | Eco-Solar Factory - 40%plus eco-efficiency gains in the photovoltaic value chain with minimised resource and energy consumption by closed loop systems

10-01-2015

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30-09-2018

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Description lifetime of a solar electricity producing field, individual panels can be monitored, allowing to identify defaulting panels at an early stage, replacing or repairing them and thus to increase the overall energy
Organisation INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER KONSTANZ
Comments Measurement, sensing, condition and performance monitoring technologies Technologies and enablers Mechatronics and robotics technologies Energy technologies Technologies and enablers Mechatronics and
 Utlra-green energy Result title Utlra-green energy
 Energy technologies Taxon title Energy technologies
 RP 3.14 De-Manufacturing factories Taxon description Solutions should comprehend process technologies, automation and control systems, as well as methods and tools for design and simulation of de-manufacturing plants along their lifecycle.

ComMUnion | Net-shape joining technology to manufacture 3D multi-materials components based on metal alloys and thermoplastic composites

12-01-2015

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31-05-2019

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Organisation NEW INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES SL
Comments and conventional technologies Technologies and enablers Advanced material processing technologies Recycling processes Technologies and enablers Advanced material processing technologies Control technologies
 Control technologies Taxon title Control technologies
 Intelligent machinery components, actuators and end-effectors Taxon description Energy technologies are gaining importance, such as (super)capacitors, pneumatic storage devices, batteries and energy harvesting technologies.
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