MetaFacturing focuses on a digitized toolchain for metal part production which will lead to a more resilient production process with respect to the raw materials used (e.g., recycled materials), reduces operator effort and cost, and reduces scrap due to out-of-specification parts. The vision is to create a widely-applicable Digital Twin based process setup and control framework, fulfilling the requirements of industrial scale parts manufacturers (with a specific focus on metal parts) whose central hurdle is the effective use of available part and process data to improve the time-to-market and product quality. This framework will strongly leverage on a range of state-of-the-art technologies in the field of model-based data fusion, efficient process simulation, and data standardisation, and continuous Life Cycle Assessment in order to efficiently develop solutions which are tailored for deployment in industry. MetaFacturing project brings together 6 market leaders (FRONIUS, NEMAK, FILL, VITRONIC, BENTELER and LTH) which will closely cooperate in order to reach a new level of leadership in sustainable manufacturing while maintaining their respective market dominance. The envisaged approach will exploit all available data in the process, starting from material data, in-process measurements, end-of-line quality control and sampling-based product validation. The Digital Twin based approach will enable the holistic consideration of this data in order to provide automatic feedback for the process control, as well as providing novel (meta-)data on the materials used which will be valuable to train the engineers working with these materials.
| Web resources: |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101091635
https://metafacturing.eu/ |
| Start date: | 01-01-2023 |
| End date: | 31-12-2025 |
| Total budget - Public funding: | 5 768 142,00 Euro - 4 997 759,00 Euro |
Original description
MetaFacturing focuses on a digitized toolchain for metal part production which will lead to a more resilient production process with respect to the raw materials used (e.g., recycled materials), reduces operator effort and cost, and reduces scrap due to out-of-specification parts. The vision is to create a widely-applicable Digital Twin based process setup and control framework, fulfilling the requirements of industrial scale parts manufacturers (with a specific focus on metal parts) whose central hurdle is the effective use of available part and process data to improve the time-to-market and product quality. This framework will strongly leverage on a range of state-of-the-art technologies in the field of model-based data fusion, efficient process simulation, and data standardisation, and continuous Life Cycle Assessment in order to efficiently develop solutions which are tailored for deployment in industry. MetaFacturing project brings together 6 market leaders (FRONIUS, NEMAK, FILL, VITRONIC, BENTELER and LTH) which will closely cooperate in order to reach a new level of leadership in sustainable manufacturing while maintaining their respective market dominance. The envisaged approach will exploit all available data in the process, starting from material data, in-process measurements, end-of-line quality control and sampling-based product validation. The Digital Twin based approach will enable the holistic consideration of this data in order to provide automatic feedback for the process control, as well as providing novel (meta-)data on the materials used which will be valuable to train the engineers working with these materials.Status
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09-02-2023METAFACTURING focuses on a digitized toolchain for metal part production which will lead to a more resilient production process with respect to the raw materials used (e.g., recycled materials), reduces operator effort and cost, and reduces scrap due to out-of-specification parts. The vision is to create a widely-applicable Digital Twin based process setup and control framework, fulfilling the requirements of industrial scale parts manufacturers (with a specific focus on metal parts) whose central hurdle is the effective use of available part and process data to improve the time-to-market and product quality.
The standardisation activities will ensure the identification of proper standardisation gaps and further the recommendation to relevant bodies. This will be a 2-stage execution task, namely: 1) creation of the standardisation strategy to be implemented, covering: the activities partners will participate (ISO meetings, conference calls); internal consortium mechanisms to identify standardisation gaps aligned with MetaFacturing; “balloting” of relevant standards under development, 2) elaboration of recommendation document gathering all activities between MetaFacturing and standardisation .
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| KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Coördinator)
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| AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH)
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| BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH (BAT)
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| European Federation for Welding, Joining & Cutting - EWF
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| FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH (FRONIUS)
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| Fill GESELLSCHAFT mbH
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| Ghent University
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| ISQ - Instituo de Soldadura e Qualidade
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| LKR LEICHTMETALL KOMPETENZZENTRUM RANSHOFEN GMBH
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| LTH CASTINGS, ULITKI D.O.O.
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| NEMAK EUROPE GMBH
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| NEMAK LINZ GMBH
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| RISC SOFTWARE GMBH (RISC)
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| VITRONIC DR.-ING. STEIN BILDVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEME GMBH
METAFACTURING focuses on a digitized toolchain for metal part production which will lead to a more resilient production process with respect to the raw materials used (e.g., recycled materials), reduces operator effort and cost, and reduces scrap due to out-of-specification parts. The vision is to create a widely-applicable Digital Twin based process setup and control framework, fulfilling the requirements of industrial scale parts manufacturers (with a specific focus on metal parts) whose central hurdle is the effective use of available part and process data to improve the time-to-market and product quality.
The standardisation activities will ensure the identification of proper standardisation gaps and further the recommendation to relevant bodies. This will be a 2-stage execution task, namely: 1) creation of the standardisation strategy to be implemented, covering: the activities partners will participate (ISO meetings, conference calls); internal consortium mechanisms to identify standardisation gaps aligned with MetaFacturing; “balloting” of relevant standards under development, 2) elaboration of recommendation document gathering all activities between MetaFacturing and standardisation .