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Machine Availability Monitoring Module

Updated at: 22-06-2018

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Description - Motivation / Need: Disturbances on manufacturing shop-floors and the increasing number of product variants necessitate adaptive and flexible process planning methods.

Requirements Communication App

Project: APPS4AME

Updated at: 22-06-2018

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Description - Motivation / Need: The formalisation of ETO product order specifications and the management and reuse of their data is needed by SMEs who cannot afford investments in large scale PLM modules - Application

Delivery Time Estimation App

Project: APPS4AME

Updated at: 22-06-2018

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Description Case based reasoning approach for storing, retrieving, and adapting past engineering cases to the requirements of new c. ETO products in order to produce a lead time estimation

Short-term Scheduling App

Project: APPS4AME

Updated at: 22-06-2018

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Description Smart user-configured decision-making algorithms for the generation and evaluation of alternative production schedules b. Scheduling visualisation through Gantt chart c.

Reconfigurable assembly cell - AUTOMOTIVE Industry demonstrator

Project: AUTORECON

Updated at: 22-06-2018

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Description The demonstrator took place at TOFAS premises and all the partners took part at the final tuning and the integration of all the AUTORECON components in order to be able to operate without problems at the

Micro-forming demonstration line

Project: MEGaFiT

Updated at: 22-06-2018

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Description Strip material entered a press, a forming tool made parts of it. During this process, several sensors measured the quality directly and indirectly of the proceess.

MEGAROB PROTOTYPE

Project: MEGAROB

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description This prototype covers a workspace of 20x6x3 meters, and it is used to mill, drill and 3D metrology inspection of several parts from different industrial sectors.

Simulation for Human Robot Cooperation

Project: LIAA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Utilization of simulation for designing and initial validation of the working place for human robot cooperation.

MICREON

Project: MIDEMMA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description The most important differences are material and shape – plane metal parts in the case of the X-ray emitters and highly heat-sensitive biopolymer tube material in the case of the stents.

CREATECH MEDICAL

Project: MIDEMMA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description During the design and manufacture of the prosthesis, exceptional care must be taken on the frame-implant connections.

SARIX

Project: MIDEMMA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description A network of local agents assures the support of the SARIX products worldwide. The company structure maintains a strong accent toward research, machine- and application-development.

Improvement on workpiece manipulation

Project: MIDEMMA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Opposite to the highly sophisticated machinery, the manipulation, alignment and clamping of workpieces as well as tools are mostly carried out manually with only little technical support.

Improvement on workpiece metrology

Project: MIDEMMA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description measurement equipment.

Improvement on µ-electro discharge machining process

Project: MIDEMMA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description On the one hand, the proper identification of the actual electrode geometry has been undertaken by the University of Leuven and BLUM-Novotest.

Improvement on µ-milling process

Project: MIDEMMA

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Regarding the variation of the process state due to the appearance of tool wear, the monitoring and statistical treatment of process signals has been tackled by Brunel and Leuphana universities, in order

Green Control Processor

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description The green control processor makes it possible to benefit from online production data and use it to verify machine efficiency, generate efficiency alerts and give information about required maintenance

Rapid Simulation Tool

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Through the Rapid Simulation Tool the energy and media load profiles of production lines can be quickly evaluated to define production line control strategies (e.g. one-piece vs. batch).

Model Predictive Eco-Control Strategies

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Model Predictive Control (MPC) techniques are used to manage control problems characterized by constraints both on control actions and on process variables by optimising the energy performance index and

Strategy for Environmental Assessment and Optimization of Aeronautic Manufacturing Plants

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Title Strategy for Environmental Assessment and Optimization of Aeronautic Manufacturing Plants
Description use of machining centres and key material flows of the production processes.

Feasibility of FSW as Assembly Technology in Aerospace

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Title Feasibility of FSW as Assembly Technology in Aerospace
Description Friction stir welding has demonstrated certain benefits that could be applied to assembly processes of linear profiles and this project aims to evaluate the feasibility and gains when substituting traditional

New Minimum Quantity Lubricant TI Machining Technology

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description The most diffused coolant technology regarding the machining of the Ti parts is the use of high pressure-high quantity of coolant due to the high temperature produced during the cutting process.

Dynamic Energy Value Stream Monitoring

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description With this new dynamic evaluation method based on an industrial hardware solution (metering and monitoring of relevant energy flows in the process chain), an ad hoc transparency and live evaluation of conventional

Life Cycle Evaluation Tool

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Applying the LCE tool the impact of physical flows that occur during all life cycle phases and for all system elements can be evaluated and compared.

Eco-Factory Holistic Perspective

Project: EMC2-FACTORY

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description The holistic perspective supports design and operations at all levels of the factory (from machine components to plant) and for various decision makers (industrial engineers, production managers, etc.)

Demonstrator PRACE (Automatica 2014)

Project: PRACE

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description of workflow in simulation or real robot system - Compensation of deviations by force feedback, vision control or compliance elements

SCM Foundry plant

Project: REEMAIN

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description SCM Foundries are constituted by a central office in Rimini and by two production factories, one in Rimini and another one in Villa Verucchio.

Demonstrator 3: 5F High Speed Spindle Head Installed in BIZKOR Machining Center Machining T7075-T6 Aluminium Parts

Project: DYNXPERTS

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Tekniker and Goi-Alde beneficiaries described in the beginning of the project the spindle head requirements (mechanical, communication, installation and cables), as well as the problem of regenerative

Sensor/Actuator/Hardware Result 3: HPC Absolute Dynamic Calibrator

Project: DYNXPERTS

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description Conventional measurements of the dynamic behaviour of machine tools are done by experts and require several manual operations.

Machine Tool Component 3: Magnetorheological Damper

Project: DYNXPERTS

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description But when the natural frequency of the fixture’s plate becomes higher, we must increase the damping and the stiffness of the DVA.

Machine Tool Component 4: Eddy Current Damper

Project: DYNXPERTS

Updated at: 21-06-2018

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Description We have looked for ways of being able to decouple stiffness and damping effects in the damper.

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Machine Availability Monitoring Module

Requirements Communication App

Delivery Time Estimation App

Short-term Scheduling App

Reconfigurable assembly cell - AUTOMOTIVE Industry demonstrator

Micro-forming demonstration line

MEGAROB PROTOTYPE

Simulation for Human Robot Cooperation

MICREON

CREATECH MEDICAL

SARIX

Improvement on workpiece manipulation

Improvement on workpiece metrology

Improvement on µ-electro discharge machining process

Improvement on µ-milling process

Green Control Processor

Rapid Simulation Tool

Model Predictive Eco-Control Strategies

Strategy for Environmental Assessment and Optimization of Aeronautic Manufacturing Plants

Feasibility of FSW as Assembly Technology in Aerospace

New Minimum Quantity Lubricant TI Machining Technology

Dynamic Energy Value Stream Monitoring

Life Cycle Evaluation Tool

Eco-Factory Holistic Perspective

Demonstrator PRACE (Automatica 2014)

SCM Foundry plant

Demonstrator 3: 5F High Speed Spindle Head Installed in BIZKOR Machining Center Machining T7075-T6 Aluminium Parts

Sensor/Actuator/Hardware Result 3: HPC Absolute Dynamic Calibrator

Machine Tool Component 3: Magnetorheological Damper

Machine Tool Component 4: Eddy Current Damper