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DISRUPT | Decentralised architectures for optimised operations via virtualised processes and manufacturing ecosystem collaboration

01-09-2016

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31-08-2019

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Description manufacturing asks for flexible factories that can be quickly reprogrammed to provide faster time-to-market responding to global consumer demand, address mass-customisation needs and bring life to innovative products
Comments Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Flexibility Manufacturing performance characteristics Economic sustainability Reducing
 RP 3.4 Energy monitoring and management in future manufacturing enterprises Taxon title RP 3.4 Energy monitoring and management in future manufacturing enterprises
 RP 1.12 Novel supply chain approaches for innovative products Taxon description Future supply chains will need to re-configure dynamically as customer specific products will be based on an increasing number of specific components.

INCLUSIVE | Smart and adaptive interfaces for INCLUSIVE work environment

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Comments Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Flexibility Manufacturing performance characteristics Economic sustainability Increasing human achievements
 E80 use case: Management of intralogistics flows in complex production lines Result description In factories where complete flow automation is needed, E80 LGVs are capable of handling finished products, and packaging materials to be supplied to production lines.
 Customised products Taxon title Customised products
 Intelligent machinery components, actuators and end-effectors Taxon description Intelligent components enable the deployment of safe, energy-efficient, accurate and flexible or reconfigurable products and production systems.

Z-Fact0r | Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories

01-10-2016

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31-03-2020

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Comments The estimations for the future states involve the whole production line, e.g. machine status after x number of operations and/or quality of the products for given set of parameters.
 Zero defect manufacturing: state-of-the-art review, shortcomings and future directions in research Result title Zero defect manufacturing: state-of-the-art review, shortcomings and future directions in research
 Periodic Reporting for period 3 - Z-Fact0r (Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories) Result description Nowadays, the efficiency and sustainability of the manufacturing processes of high-tech products depend on the...
 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.
 Measurement, sensing, condition and performance monitoring technologies Comments The estimations for the future states involve the whole production line, e.g. machine status after x number of operations and/or quality of the products for given set of parameters.

THOMAS | Mobile dual arm robotic workers with embedded cognition for hybrid and dynamically reconfigurable manufacturing systems

01-10-2016

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30-09-2020

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Description The objective of THOMAS are to: Enable mobility on products and resources.
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
 An outlook on future assembly systems introducing robotic mobile dual arm workers Result title An outlook on future assembly systems introducing robotic mobile dual arm workers
 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.

QU4LITY | Digital Reality in Zero Defect Manufacturing

01-01-2019

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31-07-2022

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 Pilot - SIEMENS SIMATIC Products Quality Improvements Result title Pilot - SIEMENS SIMATIC Products Quality Improvements
 D7.2 Detailed Pilot Specifications and Pilot Sites Preparation Result description Pilot #1: PHILIPS OneBlade shaving unit production line Pilot #2: SIEMENS SIMATIC Products Quality Improvements Pilot #3: CONTI Autonomous Quality in PCB Production for Future Mobility Pilot #4:
 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.

FAR-EDGE | Factory Automation Edge Computing Operating System Reference Implementation

01-10-2016

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30-10-2019

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Description Despite the proclaimed benefits (i.e. scalability, reliability, cost-effectiveness) of Future Internet (FI) technologies (i.e. edge & cloud computing, IoT/CPS) for factory automation, their adoption
Comments Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Flexibility Manufacturing performance characteristics Economic sustainability Economic sustainability Manufacturing
 Customised products Taxon title Customised products
 RP 2.13 M2M cloud connectivity for future manufacturing enterprises Taxon description To cope with the challenges of distributed devices and high-data volumes, future ICT research for manufacturing should leverage future cloud infrastructures to enable assets spread across distributed shop

ForZDM | Integrated Zero Defect Manufacturing Solution for High Value Adding Multi-stage Manufacturing systems

01-10-2016

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30-09-2020

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Description Manufacturing companies are continuously facing the challenge of operating their manufacturing processes and systems in order to deliver the required production rates of high quality products of increasing
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
 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.

5G-Ensure | 5G Enablers for Network and System Security and Resilience

01-11-2015

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31-10-2017

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Comments process Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Better control of resources Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance
 Standardisation in 5G Result description Lack of timely technical solutions may endanger the growth of 5G-enabled products and services and put at risk the privacy and liberty of citizens.
 Customised products Taxon title Customised products
 RP 1.12 Novel supply chain approaches for innovative products Taxon description Future supply chains will need to re-configure dynamically as customer specific products will be based on an increasing number of specific components.

DIY4U | Open Innovation Digital Platform and Fablabs for Collaborative Design and Production of personalised/customised FMCG

01-11-2019

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30-04-2023

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Description A key DIY4U differentiator vs. paint machines is the use of web-based portals to allow users to design their own products from home with a much broader range of performance attributes (than just colour
Comments of the future Manufacturing future products Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics
 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.

FoFAM | Industrial and regional valorization of FoF Additive Manufacturing Projects

01-01-2015

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01-01-2017

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Description This strategy should include detail implementation plan defining innovation sectorial chains from design phase to target commercial products.
Comments Workshop Domain 1 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes Domain 1: Advanced manufacturing processes FoF Partnership SRIA Research priorities Sub-Domain 1.1 Processing novel materials and structures (into products
 Additive manufacturing Roadmap: gaps and actions on market driven value chains Result description • Industrial equipment These sectors were also the focus of a number of relevant documents i.e. the European Additive Manufacturing Strategic Research Agenda, which highlights priority areas for future
 Sub-Domain 1.1 Processing novel materials and structures (into products) Taxon title Sub-Domain 1.1 Processing novel materials and structures (into products)
 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.

IMPROVE | Innovative Modeling Approaches for Production Systems to raise validatable efficiency

09-01-2015

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31-08-2018

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Description The main objective of IMPROVE is to create a virtual Factory of the Future, which provides services for user support, especially on optimization and monitoring.
Comments SRIA Research priorities Sub-Domain 2.2 Dynamic Production systems and Factories Domain 2: Adaptive and smart manufacturing systems Condition monitoring gives information about the plants and the end products
 IMPROVE - Innovative Modelling Approaches for Production Systems to Raise Validatable Efficiency - Intelligent Methods for the Factory of the Future Result title IMPROVE - Innovative Modelling Approaches for Production Systems to Raise Validatable Efficiency - Intelligent Methods for the Factory of the Future
 Versatile Production System Result description It thus provides an ideal multivendor platform for testing and validation of innovative technologies and products and for their interoperability.
 Intelligent machinery components, actuators and end-effectors Taxon description Intelligent components enable the deployment of safe, energy-efficient, accurate and flexible or reconfigurable products and production systems.

MATFLEX | Material Flexible production, development of physical and virtual test bed

01-10-2013

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Description Four small Swedish companies with proprietary products have acted as partners with their own industrial cases in the test bed development and have been interviewed about the collaboration and future needs
Comments Novel materials Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Resource efficient, sustainable
 Customised products Taxon title Customised products
 Advanced materials in manufacturing systems Taxon description The future will therefore see modern, lightweight, long-lasting/flexible and smart equipment able to produce current and future products for existing and new markets.

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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Description EPES (Eco Process Engineering System) provides user-centered ICT solutions to generate services, which improve the performance of highly customized industrial Processes, Products and Services (PPS) during
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Application areas demonstrated includes new smart power cables and future aircrafts Customised products Manufacturing future products
 EPES system ICT platform Result description EPES system, the set of ICT tools, together with the methodology enable the manufacturing companies to enter a continuous process of upgrading their products, along with their life cycle, within the frame
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 Domain 6: Customer-focused manufacturing Taxon description Manufacturing enterprises that design and develop products without involving customers in the loop are likely to end up with commercially unsuccessful products.

MUPROD | Innovative proactive Quality Control system for in-process multi-stage defect reduction

01-11-2011

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31-10-2014

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Description To this purpose, industry is demanding new flexible technological solutions to enable the on-line inspection of such products.
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
 Zero Defect Manufacturing Methodology- ZDM2 Result description - Improve the productivity of small and big scale, macro and micro products, and different manufacturing processes.
 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.

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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Description sustainability issue imposes that machines/systems are able to efficiently and ecologically support the production with higher quality, faster delivery times, and shorter times between successive generations of products
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future The challenge of
 Product counter Result description Specific non cheatable sensor determining the number of products being produced within a die
 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.

CLOUDFLOW | Computational Cloud Services and Workflows for Agile Engineering

01-07-2013

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31-12-2016

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Comments Complex structures, geometries and scale Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future hydropower plants, Kaplan turbines Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing
 Product Lifecycle and Engineering Data Management (PLM) on the Cloud Result description Since the topic of PLM and visualization addressed in this study is of high relevance for many manufacturing branches, in the future hundreds or even thousands of new usages of this software per year have
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 Domain 3: Digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories Taxon description In the factories of the future, assets and inventories together with production and assembly lines would be dynamically designed, configured, monitored and maintained.

PSYMBIOSYS | Product-Service sYMBIOtic SYStems

01-02-2015

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01-02-2018

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Description take a significant part of the revenue stream and even to substitute the traditional selling of products with more innovative service-oriented business models.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Products are customized based on information
 Psymbiosis case - surveillance Result description Product-Service: Traditional products as well as services requires different competencies, methods and tools to design, implement and control all processes efficiently during the lifecycle of products
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 6.1 Manufacturing Intelligence for informed Product Design Taxon description issues are also important research directions in the future.

SatisFactory | A collaborative and augmented-enabled ecosystem for increasing SATISfaction and working experience in smart FACTORY environments

01-01-2015

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31-12-2017

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Description The SatisFactory solution and its technology products are currently deployed and evaluated in three industrial sites in Italy and Greece, namely at: COMAU S.p.A, an Italian multinational company
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
 Article on the AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) blog, introducing the SatisFactory project- "FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE". Result title Article on the AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) blog, introducing the SatisFactory project- "FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE".
 DELIVERABLE D7.1 - Market Analysis and Exploitation Strategy Result description It also provides insightful analysis of key issues that will affect this market in the future.The full list of the SatisFactory exploitable products has been identified and the way they will be offered
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future

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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Comments   R&I Objective 2.6: Predictive Manufacturing capabilities & Logistics of the future MIE Consultation 2020 (Closed) Specific Objective 2: Circular products & Climate-neutral manufacturing
 D9.7 Cost, Benefit, and Risk Evaluation Result description If more companies join the ecosystem in the future and use COMPOSITION products and solutions, the overall added value of the project will increase even more.
 RP 3.4 Energy monitoring and management in future manufacturing enterprises Taxon title RP 3.4 Energy monitoring and management in future manufacturing enterprises
 RP 4.6 Collaborative Demand and Supply Planning, Traceability, and Execution Taxon description There is need in the future to enable manufacturing enterprises collaborating in global supply networks to cope with variable demands and highly complex products.

Factory2Fit | Empowering and participatory adaptation of factory automation to fit for workers

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Comments Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Customized production set challenges for the factory work Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance
 Factory2Fit video - Worker-Centred Solutions for Factories of the Future Result title Factory2Fit video - Worker-Centred Solutions for Factories of the Future
 UTC Pilot: On-the-job Learning Result description Manual assembly of highly customized large products requires skillful workers in varying levels.
 Customised products Taxon title Customised products
 Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’) Taxon description Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems or ‘industrial symbiosis’ with minimum need of new resources

UPTIME | UNIFIED PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM

01-09-2017

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31-08-2020

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Comments   Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future UPTIME will be able to be applied in the context of the production process of any manufacturing
 MAILLIS use case: Cold Rolling Mill Result description UPTIME system will allow predictions about the equipment‘s future health and provide recommendations for future actions.
 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.

Z-BRE4K | Strategies and Predictive Maintenance models wrapped around physical systems for Zero-unexpected-Breakdowns and increased operating life of Factories

01-10-2017

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31-03-2021

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Comments Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Z-BRE4K will provide a modular solution for predictive maintenance that is highly customizable.
 Z-Bre4k semantic modelling Result description Details on Z-Bre4k ontology, modelling of production assets, products, processes and manufacturing operations.
 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.

CloudiFacturing | Cloudification of Production Engineering for Predictive Digital Manufacturing

01-10-2017

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31-03-2021

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Comments Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing SMEs are empowered to compute and solve problems that cannot be tackled
 Simulating and improving food packaging Result description In such case, for some dairy products, there is a 5 minute timeframe to solve the problem and restart the line.
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 3.12 Design and management of manufacturing strategies Taxon description Strategic decision are affected by uncertainty and therefore there is a strong need of forecasting tools that make use of statistical methods for analysing historical data and algorithms to evaluate the future

FASHION-ABLE | Development of new technologies for the flexible and eco-efficient production of customized healthy clothing, footwear and orthotics for consumers with highly individualised needs

01-11-2011

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31-10-2014

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Description Furthermore, our cross-sectoral approach will allow extending and up-scaling functional customisation with little effort to future unexpected functionalities as well as to be transferred to other products
Comments Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Resource efficient, sustainable products
 New stretch leathers lean manufacturing process, new 3D fabrics manufacturing process and equipment Result description In order to develop comfortable and fashion products (e.g. footwear and clothes) one of the results is the development of a new stretching textile, whose final mechanical properties are among the main
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 Advanced materials in manufacturing systems Taxon description The future will therefore see modern, lightweight, long-lasting/flexible and smart equipment able to produce current and future products for existing and new markets.

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 tools will be supplemented by advanced Knowledge Management techniques so that the generated knowledge can be systematically re-used in future projects.
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
 Web-based BoM generator for mass customised products Result title Web-based BoM generator for mass customised products
 Quantitative environmental impact analysis to be integrated in the production control systems. Result description It can be used to tag products as “environmentally friendly”.
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 RP 1.12 Novel supply chain approaches for innovative products Taxon description Future supply chains will need to re-configure dynamically as customer specific products will be based on an increasing number of specific components.

AREUS | Automation and Robotics for EUropean Sustainabile manufacturing

01-09-2013

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31-08-2016

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Description scheduling under a control engineering approach; LCA methods(R-LCA) to assess and optimize both environmental and economic costs linked with the flows of Material, Energy and Waste (MEW) of co-evolving products
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
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems (‘industrial symbiosis’) Taxon description Co-evolution of products-processes-production systems or ‘industrial symbiosis’ with minimum need of new resources

EUROC | European Robotics Challenges

01-01-2014

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31-12-2017

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Description The European manufacturing industry needs competitive solutions to keep global leadership in products and services.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Economic sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics Social sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics
 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.

CREMA | Cloud-based Rapid Elastic MAnufacturing

01-01-2015

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01-01-2018

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Description modelling all process steps and manufacturing assets as services it is possible to realize cross-organization manufacturing orchestrations and integrate distributed resources and ultimately manufacture products
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Resource efficient, sustainable products Manufacturing future products
 D7.5: Use Case I (Machinery Maintenance) Validation and Feedback Result description This final use case deliverable provide the validation results of the piloting activities together with the feedback for its future use in further exploitation activities postproject
 D8.5: Use Case II (Automotive) Validation and Feedback Result description This final use case deliverable provide the validation results of the piloting activities together with the feedback for its future use in further exploitation activities postproject
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future
 Advanced materials in manufacturing systems Taxon description The future will therefore see modern, lightweight, long-lasting/flexible and smart equipment able to produce current and future products for existing and new markets.

MANUWORK | Balancing Human and Automation Levels for the Manufacturing Workplaces of the Future

01-10-2016

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31-03-2020

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Description Future manufacturing will be characterized by the complementarity between humans and automation, especially regarding the production of highly customizable products.
Comments Manufacturing the products of the future Manufacturing future products Complex structures, geometries and scale Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future MANUWORK Augmentede
 Periodic Reporting for period 3 - MANUWORK (Balancing Human and Automation Levels for the Manufacturing Workplaces of the Future) Result title Periodic Reporting for period 3 - MANUWORK (Balancing Human and Automation Levels for the Manufacturing Workplaces of the Future)
 LANTEGI use case: AR assisted assembly of electrical boards Result description Through this solution of MANUWORK, people with disabilities can be integrated in the production line of complex products.
 Manufacturing the products of the future Taxon title Manufacturing the products of the future

3D-HIPMAS | Pilot Factory for 3D High Precision MID Assemblies

01-10-2012

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30-09-2015

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Description integration, with regard to the innovation degree, quality and sustainability requirements, the 21st century looks forward to the integration of new functions on plastic parts to produce smart plastic products
Comments Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Customised products Manufacturing future products Manufacturing the products of the future Resource efficient, sustainable products
 Ultra-fine pitch 3D micro structures by laser direct structuring Result description Market introduction is planned for the near future.
 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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