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SMARTHANDLE | Resilient manufacturing lines based on smart handling systems

01-01-2023

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31-12-2025

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Description Manual and automated production lines must evolve to “produce more and diverse with less”, however they need to address shortcomings such as high product variants requiring tool level
 Variform large part packaging - Metal production pilot case Result description Intelligent fixtures and machine learning algorithms will enhance the system’s performance for new product variants.

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 data management issues and standards.
Comments Social sustainability Manufacturing performance characteristics IGA gives the better understanding of product behavior.
 RP 6.5 Product-Service Simulation for Sustainability Impact Taxon title RP 6.5 Product-Service Simulation for Sustainability Impact
 RP 6.12 Implementation of creativity and user-driven innovation through flexible design and manufacturing processes Taxon description core-product base and operations.

AMEPLM | Advanced Platform for Manufacturing Engineering and Product Lifecycle Management

01-10-2011

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30-09-2014

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Description Product and production engineering in companies are typically fragmented across different functional units, distributed across companies along the value chain, requiring input from experts from a variety
Comments Standards and standardisation Domain 3 - Digital, Virtual and Resource-efficient Factories Impact Workshop D3-Area 1: Cloud services and simulation, Knowledge-based tools and integrated product-process
 Reference processes Result description Reference processes for product- and production-related business processes in industrial enterprises, especially SME:
 Standards Taxon title Standards

MIDEMMA | Minimizing Defects in Micro-Manufacturing Applications

01-11-2011

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31-10-2014

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Description There is clear need for extending the final product validation to a process monitoring approach in micro-manufacturing, where all the manufacturing process is monitored, from the raw material to the fabrication
Comments Overall impact: 4 New products / 2 Product improvement: IBS, Sensofar, NPL, Brunel, Sarix, Blum 2 Software developments close to industrialization: Tagueri, ULG 4 New services: NPL, Ideko, Bremen, Tekniker
 SARIX Result description SARIX has developed a range of machines, with different standards of precision, for the manufacturing of miniaturized parts, the production of micro-holes, micro-milling and micro-machining.
 Standards Taxon title Standards
 Mechatronics and robotics technologies Taxon description of engineering that focuses on the engineering of both electrical and mechanical systems, and also includes a combination of robotics, electronics, computer, telecommunications, systems, control, and product
 Number of developed systems and technologies Comments Overall impact: 4 New products / 2 Product improvement: IBS, Sensofar, NPL, Brunel, Sarix, Blum 2 Software developments close to industrialization: Tagueri, ULG 4 New services: NPL, Ideko, Bremen, Tekniker

PREMANUS | Product Remanufacturing Service System

01-09-2011

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30-06-2015

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Description In general, the product user possesses much greater knowledge regarding a product as he or she has used, repaired and replaced it.
Comments Standards Standards and standardisation Domain 4 - Collaborative and Mobile Enterprises Impact Workshop D4-Area 1: Networked Factories Impact Workshop Domain 4 - Collaborative and Mobile
 Standards Taxon title Standards
 RP 6.5 Product-Service Simulation for Sustainability Impact Taxon description strategy (produce to order or make to stock), product usage (profiles of customers), product servitization (type of maintenance services proposed), and eventually product recycling/reuse.

CAPP-4-SMES | Collaborative and Adaptive Process Planning for Sustainable Manufacturing Environments

01-12-2012

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30-11-2015

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Comments characteristics Economic sustainability Circular economy Manufacturing performance characteristics Environmental sustainability Innovative re-use of equipment Manufacturing performance characteristics Product
 Machine Availability Monitoring Module Result description - Motivation / Need: Disturbances on manufacturing shop-floors and the increasing number of product variants necessitate adaptive and flexible process planning methods.
 Standards Taxon title Standards

SKILLPRO | Skill-based Propagation of Plug&Produce-Devices in Reconfigurable Production Systems by AML

01-10-2012

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30-09-2015

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Comments Standards and standardisation Domain 2 - Adaptive and Smart Manufacturing Systems Impact Workshop D2-Area 1: Smart Industrial components Impact Workshop Domain 2 - Adaptive and Smart Manufacturing
 Standards Taxon title Standards
 RP 6.10 Customer focused products quality assessment standards and tools Taxon description New standards can provide data and quality assurance which can be managed in supply networks providing high quality products.

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

01-11-2012

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31-10-2015

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Description the new development will allow very precise manufacturing processes of mid- and large sized complex parts and structures, with tolerances very similar to the high-accuracy achieved for smaller parts standards
Comments technologies Performance monitoring Significant innovations and achievements Significant innovations and lessons learned, training aspects Knowledge-workers and operators Technologies and enablers Standards
 Standards Taxon title Standards

VISTRA | Virtual Simulation and Training of Assembly and Service Processes in Digital Factories

01-09-2011

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31-08-2014

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Description Reuse of product and process data is a promising approach to leverage virtual simulation of manual manufacturing processes.
Comments Standards and standardisation Domain 5 - Human-centred Manufacturing Impact Workshop D5-Area 3: Human Machine Interface and Training Impact Workshop Domain 5 - Human-centred Manufacturing Number
 Standards Taxon title Standards

CASSAMOBILE | Flexible Mini-Factory for local and customized production in a container

01-09-2013

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31-08-2016

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Comments Additional KPIs PhD-Students at Loughborough University Number of project results taken-up for higher TRLs using additional investments Additional KPIs On-Going Discussions regarding the transfer into product
 Standards Taxon title Standards
 RP 6.11 Manufacturing solutions for modular, updatable, reconfigurable and disassemblable products Taxon description standards for key interfaces, to advanced assembly technologies and advanced CAD and MES instruments for complex modular products design and production, as well as for their update and partial or total

MICRO-FAST | A FAST process and production system for high-throughput, highly flexible and cost-efficient volume production of miniaturised components made of a wide range of materials

01-09-2013

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28-02-2017

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Comments The Micro-FAST system allows an efficient management of the manufacturing cycle controlling the quality of product in line with an high degree of automation and integration of each production step.
 Standards Taxon title Standards
 RP 1.8 Robust micro- and nano-enabled production Taxon description dimensions with high resolution and absolute accuracy over large areas or with high aspect ratio on complex parts, in less temperature-controlled environments and a speed/throughput compatible with industrial standards
 Resource efficient, sustainable products Comments The Micro-FAST system allows an efficient management of the manufacturing cycle controlling the quality of product in line with an high degree of automation and integration of each production step.

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 With Use-it-wisely, the more the product-service is used, the better it gets.
Comments Design Collaborative Product-Service Factories Pathway Service Innovation and new Business Models Pathways Product-Service Innovation Collaborative Product-Service Factories Pathway Dedicated IT connection
 Final Report Summary - USE-IT-WISELY (Innovative continuous upgrades of high investment product-services) Result title Final Report Summary - USE-IT-WISELY (Innovative continuous upgrades of high investment product-services)
 Design support plug-in for Rhino3D software Result description To be offered as a plugin to major commercial software product.  
 RP 6.3 Collaborative product-service systems design environments for SME involvement Taxon description API, data standards).

SYMBIO-TIC | Symbiotic Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly: Technologies, Innovations and Competitiveness

01-04-2015

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31-03-2019

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Comments Standards and standardisation Domain 5 - Human-centred Manufacturing Impact Workshop D5-Area 2: Human Robot Interaction Impact Workshop Domain 5 - Human-centred Manufacturing Market aspects (
 Mobile worker identification and tracking system Result description Applications include product tracking, item identification, time tracking, document management, and marketing.
 Standards Taxon title Standards
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