PON
ICOSAF

ICOSAF Project INTEGRATED COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS FOR SMART FACTORY
Start date: September 01, 2018
Duration : 30 months
Founder: PON Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020 e FSC (www.ponricerca.gov.it)

ICOSAF aims at technologies and systems for a collaborative factory with a growing integration of the operator in line with the principles of Industry 4.0 (interconnected automation) and 5.0 (humanization and re-use of resources).

This vision includes mobile and fixed robotic systems, quality and machinery active monitoring systems for operator’s assistance and AGVs that interact with operators and environment.

The integration of these systems into the smart factory leads to improvements in productivity, quality, flexibility and ergonomics.

The enhancement of operator’s capabilities, assisted by automated systems in low value-added operations, enables more pervasive utilization of human intelligence and flexibility along with the high performance of the automation.

The analysis of performance and historical data from distributed sensors and machines allows for greater efficiency in operator-managed quality and maintenance services, while using advanced human-machine interfaces (from augmented reality to wearable devices) makes it easy to work. Similarly, the use of modeling and digital simulation systems facilitates and optimizes factory design and validation, from single workstations to the entire Shop Floor. The project aims at:

  • develop models for collaborative new factory;
  • enhance the effectiveness and efficiency in the integration and use of robotic collaboration;
  • develop an active and smart logistics with AGVs that monitor, transport or perform autonomous collaborative actions (autonomous kitting and sequencing, autonomous delivery up to the product line, cooperative actions);
  • define quality control and device analysis systems designed to optimize the product/process quality and the predictive maintenance;
  • develop human-machine interfaces optimized for the cooperative factory;
  • develop methodologies for the digitalization and profitable integration of technologies developed into the shop floor of small, medium or large companies.

Technologies and cooperative systems listed in the project are analyzed at the level of modeling, theoretical development and realization of prototypes which then are validated in enterprises driven test cases.

What is PON Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020?

Fonte: http://www.ponricerca.gov.it/pon-ricerca/programma/ :

Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020 is the instrument by which Italy contributes to the improvement of the quality of higher education and the enhancement of research, technological development and innovation, achieving the objectives of the European Union's cohesion policy in the country’s disadvantaged areas.

The Programme, managed by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR), formerly Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), covers the transition regions (Abruzzo, Molise and Sardinia) and the less developed regions (Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia and Sicily), and has a total budget of 1.189 million euro.

The priority objective of the PON Ricerca e Innovazione is the competitive positioning of the country’s disadvantaged regions and the promotion of structural changes necessary to increase the capacity to produce and use quality research and innovation able to trigger smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

The Programme covers 12 specialization areas: Aerospace, Agri-food, Blue Growth (maritime economy), Green Chemistry, Design, Creativity and Made in Italy (non R&D), Energy, Smart Factory, Sustainable Mobility, Health, Smart, Secure and Inclusive Communities, Technologies for Living Environments, and Technologies for Cultural Heritage.

ISAF

Project
ISAF – Integrate Smart Assembly Factory
Project code ARS_01_01188
Start date: January 01, 2019
Duration: 30 months

Aerospace Technological District of Campania - DAC Scarl (Lead partner)
Axist Srl
EnginSoftSpA
Università degli Studi di ROMA «Tor Vergata»

ISAF (Integrated Smart Assembly Factory) project borns in order to fix the joint problem between two or more parts/structures of big dimensions in composite material and for this reason affected by the natural variability of the fabrication process.

The variability creates empty space between joint parts (“gap”). The usage of connection joint (fasteners) in proximity of gap induces tensions reducing the structure capability to resist to static and fatigue loads; for this reason it is necessary to use local fillers with adequate thickness, shape and materials.Today this problem requires the gap measurements with manual method, the shim manufacturing and adjustment in situ and makes the manual assembly activity, already considered with no high added value, less efficient in terms of quality, time and cost. In addition, the big number of possible combinations, makes very difficult the process automation, increasing further the associated costs.In order to reduce or eliminate this problem and to give an impulse toward an advanced technological level, the ISAF project studies:

  • the problem in order to understand and drive the parameters generating the variability and to know the constraints to guide the choices
  • an automatized and integrated solution to measure and eliminate the gap, operating adjusting the fabrication tools of parts
  • Study different solution to built automatized and integrated filler with traditional or innovative material using additive (Additive Manufacturing)/subtractive technologies.

ISAF has the intent to formulate a new factory model, an “Integrated Smart Assembly Factory”, in which will be realized a new sustainable production process, combining new (additive) and consolidate (subtractive) technologies, using as much as possible the potentiality of the acquisition and the real time numerical analysis of big data coming from “field” (geometry and Key Process Parameters). In this way will be fixed also the actual problems linked to safety because of composite and non composite shim sanding and bonding.

The project is an important opportunity for partners to increase the competiveness level by means of study and solutions and technologies.

Additive solutions offer a huge possibility to develop the technological sector.

In terms of occupational impact on the reference area the project places the condition to get stronger the innovation path.

POR
SINTASSI

Project Title: “SINTASSI - Integrated Systems and Additive Technologies to support Biomedical Sciences”

CUP B41B18000820007 - POR FESR CAMPANIA 2014/2020 O.S. 1.1

Aim: Development of integrated methodologies and additive technologies for the design of devices to support biomedical sciences in order to improve the level of individual and social health and well-being of the population, contemplating the possibility of analyzing a large amount of data starting from scans medical devices made available by hospitals and analysis centers, or carried out in laboratories, favoring the design of custom-made biomedical devices for tissue repair/ regeneration, virtual and physical 3D models of tissues and organs, surgical aids that allow to simulate, plan and guide the intervention.

The flexibility and adaptability of the proposed methodologies to the various process systems allow the creation of advanced custom-made 3D structures with specific mechanical and functional properties, integrating appropriate design strategies with acquisition/analysis techniques of 3D images (Reverse Engineering) and additive technologies (Additive Manufacturing).

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2018-2020

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2014-2020

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