GA 680567 ComMUnion
Código da Operação: NUMBER — 680567 — ComMUnion
Acrónimo: ComMUnion
Referência: GA 680567 ComMUnion
Área Científica: Industrial technologies for advanced joining and assembly processes for multi-materials
Síntese do Projeto: ComMUnion enables productive and cost effective manufacturing of 3D metal/ Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic (CFRT) multi-material components.
ComMUnion will develop a novel solution combining tape placement of CFRTs with controlled laser-assisted heating in a multi-stage robot solution. High-speed laser texturing and cleaning will overcome the limitations of current joining technology to provide greatest performance joints. ComMUnion will rely on a robot-based approach enabling on-line inspection for layer-to-layer self-adjustment of the process. Moreover, tools for multi-scale modelling, parametric offline programming, quality diagnosis and decision support will be developed under a cognitive approach to ensure interoperability and usability.
ComMUnion will address the following key innovations:
- Texturing and cleaning based on high speed laser scanning for surface condition.
- High-speed spatially resolved control of surface temperature profile.
- Multi-scale metal/CFRP modelling, self-adaptive process control, and quality diagnosis based on multimodal active imaging.
ComMUnion approach will decrease by 30% the consumption of titanium and boron steel, (costly alloys requiring critical materials). Besides, reinforcement of textured metallic surfaces with CFRT tapes will increase mechanical performance of multi-material components over 30% without cost increase.
Manufacturing of two pilot-cases for automotive and aeronautics will demonstrate the scalability of the joining process. It will be possible trough a consortium with a strong involvement of industrial partners (73% of which 55% are SMEs). The outline of the business plan ensures the exploitation of the project results. With a target market of 2.000 companies and a fair estimate of 2% market penetration (5 years after the commercialization start), ComMUnion will result in 40M€/year incomes.
Investigador Responsável: Doutor Pedro Mariano Simões Neto
Programa de Financiamento: H2020 - Industrial Leadership
Instituição Financiadora: European Comission
Data de início: 01-12-2015
Data de conclusão: 31-05-2019
Instituições participantes no Projeto: Asociacion de Investigacion Metalurgica del Noroeste (Coordenador), Autotech Engineering, AFPT Gmbh, New Infrared Technologies SL, Tecnatom S.A., Motofil Robotics, S.A., Philips Gmbh, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Panepistimio Patron, Universidade de Coimbra (Participante), Missler Software, Aciturri Engineering SL, Sym Vouloi Kai Proionta Logismikou AE, Lunovu Gmbh, Esi Group
Custo total elegível (EUR): 5.917.391,82€
Apoio financeiro da UE: 4.963.011,00€
Técnico do Projeto: Paula Lopes
Contacto: 239247024