EUMECHA project Mechatronics and Intelligent Manufacturing

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EUMECHA project Mechatronics and
Intelligent Manufacturing

• Hubert Van Belle
• ManuFuture-HU Meeting
• Budapest, November 6, 2008

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MECHATRONICS (1)

• Approach aiming at the synergistic integration of
  mechanics, electronics, control theory, and
  computer science within the product design and
  manufacturing, in order to improve and/or
  optimise its functionality (French standard NF E
  01-010)
• Design paradigm which is the basis for concurrent
  engineering of machines where all design aspects
  (mechanical, control, interfacing, programming)
  are simultaneously considered, leading towards
  machines with superior behaviour, compared to the
  machines designed with the traditional
  non-integrated sequential engineering approach
  (prof. Hendrik Van Brussel)

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MECHATRONICS (2)

• Mechatronic product product with the ability of
  perceiving its environment, processing
  information, communicating, and acting on its
  environment with a full level of mechatronic
  integration, from a functional and physical
  integration point of view (French standard NF E
  01-010)
• As machines are of an inherently
  interdisciplinary nature, the mechatronics
  paradigm is adopted as a design approach. The
  mechatronic approach leads to globally optimised
  machines and machine systems (prof. Hendrik Van
  Brussel).

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BACKGROUND

• FP6 coordination action eumecha-pro European
  Mechatronics for a new Generation of Production
  Systems
• Cross-sector technology roadmaps www.eumecha.org
• Contribution to ManuFuture and FP7
• Proposal of a pilot action Mechatronics and
  Intelligent Manufacturing
• No EU funding available!
• Need for initiative in line with earlier
  DNA-project

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Roadmap results

• Roadmaps
• Inter-disciplinary design methods and tools
• Reliable systems monitoring diagnostics
  (including optimisation for energy efficiency)
• High performance (precision speed)
• User friendly cognitive production systems
  (in particular for assembly)  
• Adaptive production systems
• Total life-cycle cost (including resource and
  material efficiency)

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Key targets/technologies

• Intelligent equipment
• Integrated process and condition monitoring,
  advanced sensors, real-time data management,
• Digital manufacturing
• Total life-cycle cost
• Energy efficiency, waste-free and
  contaminant-free production, tailored LCA-tools,
  material-efficiency
• Integrated, mechatronic system design
• Total systems engineering, Virtual engineering
• High performance
• High speed, high precision, robustness/reliability
  , miniaturisation
• New business models
• Integrated services delivery
• Productive material processing
• Enhanced and combined processes, new processes
  for metalworking and for working non-metallic and
  exotic materials, single-hit multifunctional
  machines
• Adaptive manufacturing systems
• Adaptive equipment, adaptive factories, physical
  modularity, software modularity, scalability,
  interoperability

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E! 4193 EUMECHA

• EUREKA project European Mechatronics and
  Intelligent Manufacturing
• Mechatronics is of vital importance for the
  European manufacturing industry and especially
  the machinery sector
• First priority the initiation of concrete
  industry-led PRO-FACTORY projects
• In the longer term and if successful the
  establishment of a cluster (or co-operation with
  an other industry-oriented structure)

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EUMECHA GOALS

• Quick impact of the eumecha-pro roadmaps on
  research activities and industrial implementation
  of promising research results
• Initiation of industry-led EUREKA projects
• Assessment of the potential innovation impact of
  new developments, detection the industrial needs
  and prioritisation of the roadmaps
• Creation of a viable Mechatronics and Intelligent
  Manufacturing EUREKA cluster organisation

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APPROACH

• Network with industry and research community
• Start as an EUREKA-project
• Definition phase and implementation phase
• Technology roadmaps as guidelines
• Combination of technology push and market pull
• Focus on the machinery sector as important
  innovation driver
• Creation of conditions which are favourable to
  shape the new Mechatronics and Intelligent
  Manufacturing cluster

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EXPECTED RESULTS (1)

• Network in which the research community and the
  industry are actively involved
• Industry-oriented EUREKA projects
• Mechanism able to adjust and refine roadmaps and
  to detect new industrial needs and research
  priorities.
• These priorities will be fed to the encompassing
  ManuFuture Platform and to the Framework
  Programme for the next calls

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EXPECTED RESULTS (2)

• Mechanism able to identify best practices
• Best practices are very stimulating examples for
  industrial companies
• Updated roadmap and best practice publication
  promoted at public networking events
• Plan for the creation of a new EUREKA cluster and
  to assure the continuity of this cluster
• Group of industrial companies and funding
  institutions willing to support the cluster
  initiative for a sufficient long period of
  time

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PARTICIPATION (1)

• EUMECHA (E! 4193) is open for industrial oriented
  research centres, innovative industrial companies
  and industrial associations
• Companies active in the machinery sector and
  willing to play an important part in a future
  EUMECHA cluster are especially invited
• An original combination of technologies and the
  introduction of new enabling technologies are
  considered as a successful innovation receipt for
  the established industries (Orgalime)

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PARTICIPATION (2)

• Organisations from Austria, Belgium, Czech
  Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
  Italy, Poland, Spain and Turkey expressed their
  interest
• EUMECHA is still open for additional partners
• Belspo is willing to fund the EUMECHA secretariat
  held by Agoria
• At this stage a limited national funding could be
  sufficient to support the contribution of the
  other project participants

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE

• Establish a consortium with participation of
  research centres and industrial companies
• Contact the EUREKA National Project Coordinator
  (NPC)
• Look for local funding (if necessary)
• Contact the EUMECHA-secretariat
• Sign the EUREKA form
• Ask the EUREKA NPC to support the EUMECHA project
  proposal

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CONTACT

• EUMECHA website
• www.eumecha.org
• EUMECHA secretariat
• Chris Decubber
• e-mail chris.decubber_at_agoria.be
• tel. [phone]
• mobile [phone]
• website www.agoria.be