Description
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is the oldest and most prestigious educational institution of Greece in the field of technology, and has contributed unceasingly to the country’s scientific, technical and economic development since its foundation in 1836. The NTUA team comprises of chemical, mechanical, metallurgical engineers, physicists, chemists and technicians, specialized in the fields of materials research and development, possessing a very experienced staff (including several professors, research scientists and PhD students) as well as extensive facilities for materials processing and characterization. The “Research Lab of Advanced, Composite, Nano Materials & Nanotechnology” (R-NanoLab) is established since 2007; its research group has extensive experience in Designing, Production and Characterization of Advanced-, Composite- and Nano- Materials.
Role in the Project
NTUA, will play a significant role in the following activities:
- Advanced characterization, properties correlation and design of methodology
- Recycling of plastic parts
- Management and Quality Assurance
NTUA as the Project Coordinator will be responsible for the project and consortium management, the project monitoring, as well as the risk management (WP8 leader).
Persons involved
- Constantinos Charitidis: Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens and Director of the Laboratory of Advanced, Composite, Nano Materials & Nanotechnology.
- Aikaterini Flora Trompeta: Administrative/Technical
- Dr. Melpo Karamitrou: Administrative/Technical
Description
Research and Education. UOS is a top ranked university in the UK’s national. Research Excellence Framework in 2013 (top 20 overall and the manufacturing in top 10 in research power). The Centre for Precision Manufacturing has over 40 researchers who conduct internationally leading research in materials processing, product/machine design and manufacture. The activities relevant to this project include Product/Tool Design, Manufacturing Processes (Powder Metallurgy and Rapid-Manufacturing), Machinery and Manufacturing System Development, Exploitation & Dissemination.
Role in the project
UOS will play roles in the following activities:
- Assisting PAS in improving flexibility of the production setup of injection moulding with a focus on medical products;
- Assisting PAS in developing solutions for quality control in injection moulding for delivering high-quality products;
- Design of modular tools for injection moulding to enable fast product delivery;
- Simulation of Additive Manufacturing processes with a view to creating case-bases for mould insert manufacturing for typical medical.
Persons involved
- Professor Yi Qin
- Song Yang
- Yankang Tian
- Mr. George Christoforidis
- Manaf Al-Ahmad
- Jain Gao
Description
SME Limited company in the business of over 30 years. Scottish show-case industry in precision engineering, mould & tool-making; Prototype equipment development; and Plastic injection mould of various products. The company has a wide range of customers in Medical instruments, Automotive, IT and Consuming Goods industries.
Role in the project
PAS will play roles in the following activities:
- Improving flexibility of the production setup of injection moulding with a focus on medical products;
- Developing solutions for better quality control in injection moulding production;
- Developing modular tools for injection moulding to enable fast product delivery;
- Optimising factory operations and supply chains, targeting fast delivery of medical equipment
Persons involved
- Robert Smith: Managing Director
- Bert Muscat
- Graeme Scot
Description
CONIFY is a start-up company with strong metallurgical expertise for the optimization of AM-compatible powder performance to obtain the best possible material / process pairs for the final application. Conify’ s main activities involve the revitalization, upcycling and recycling of unfused/low-cost powders, towards high-quality AM-grade powders where production chain from 3d printing and post-processing wastes is linked to design and manufacturing. Driven by its metallurgical background and expertise Conify focuses also on the development of new alloy compositions for AM based on novel metal alloy design approaches for custom powder prototyping supported by printability testing. Through parametric studies for process optimization, Conify aims to achieve print-tested, validated powdered materials verified to deliver stress-relieved, geometry- and composition-correct, homogeneous deposited materials that will enable production of higher quality parts.
Role in the project
In imPURE, CONIFY will undertake the metal AM powder procurement and supply management, by mapping existing preparedness and response capacity of global powder supply chain in order to identify the most suitable procurement options in terms of quality/cost benefit and availability, and establish an agile and responsive powder supply chain from EU powder producers and atomization plants. Powder procurement will be based on quality-cost-availability criteria, by efficient screening and characterizing samples from different suppliers and holistic quality analysis to ensure high- quality for AM materials & component manufacturing according to the requirements set from the end-users. Additionally, CONI will employ in-house dedicated powder refurbishment & recycling protocols and facilities to recycle and rejuvenate un-fused metal powders from AM machine owners to restore virgin-quality properties and provide an alternative route for material supply. Finally, CONIFY will undertake the repurposing of used moulds through a hybrid CNC/Directed Energy Deposition AM processing, to form cavities and subsequently selectively deposit material to ensure fitting of modular cavity inserts.
Persons involved
- Danalia Karaxi: Phd, MSc Mining & Metallurgical Engineer, Managing Director
- Stavros Deligiannis: PhD, Mining & Metallurgical Engineer, Metallurgy Specialist
- Chara Kousiatza: PhD, Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineer, Additive Manufacturing Specialist
Description
NTNU is the largest university in Norway. NTNU is a university with an international focus, with headquarters in Trondheim and campuses in Ålesund and Gjøvik. NTNU has a main profile in science and technology, a variety of programmes of professional study, and great academic breadth that also includes the humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational science, architecture, entrepreneurship, art disciplines and artistic activities. NTNU has eight faculties, the University Museum and University Library, more than 40 000 students and 7100 full-time equivalent employees. NTNU is committed to innovative education, especially increased use of learning methods with active student involvement and digitization. The Active participation in the European Programmes for Research and Innovation is a main priority for NTNU. Partnering with leading academics in European projects strengthens the quality and relevance of NTNU’s research. Horizon 2020 will provide 80 Billion Euro over seven years. NTNU aims to receive at least 1 Billion Euro. As of March 10th, 2020, NTNU counts 172 signed projects under the H2020.
Role in the project
NTNU, will play a significant role in the following activities:
- Metallic mould manufacturing;
- Ceramic “origami” inset parts for moulds;
- Melt flow control;
- AM process strategies.
NTNU will contribute to WP2 “Injection Moulding lines manufacturing repurposing: demo cases”; WP3 “Mould repurposing: the modular concept design”; WP4 (Leader) “AM of moulds and components”; WP5 “Standardisation and Regulation”; WP6, WP7 and WP8 “Project Management”.
Persons involved
- Prof. Kristian Martinsen: Prof. at the Dept. of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering at NTNU
- Prof. Sotirios Grammatikos: Prof. at the Dept. of Manufacturing & Civil Engineering at NTNU
- Stergios Goutianos
- Olga Ogorodnyk
- Prof. Angela Daniela La Rosa: Associate Professor at the Dept. of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering at NTNU
- Ivanna Baturynska: Associate Professor at the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering at NTNU
- Prof. Are Strandlie: Prof. at the Dept. of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering at NTNU
Description
ITAINNOVA is a non-profit technology centre whose main objective is to promote competitiveness in the industrial sector by means of the development, acquisition, adaptation, transfer and diffusion of innovative technologies. Our staff is composed of 226 employees, of which 84 are women and 43 hold a PhD degree. ITAINNOVA has 5 technological divisions: Materials Engineering, Robotics & Mechatronics, Power Electronics & EMC, IoT & Blockchain and Big Data. The Materials Engineering Division integrates 71 researchers and technicians and includes the Materials Laboratory, focused on new materials development and advanced characterisation techniques, and the Materials and Structures Modelling and Simulation Group, focused on the development of advanced models of materials and components, multiscale techniques, Reduced Order Modelling and optimization tools applied to product and process simulation. Besides traditional metallic materials, our activity is focused on engineering plastics and composites, elastomers, adhesives, paper/paperboard and fluid and heat transfer. We have a vast expertise in the modelling and simulation of a wide variety of materials and processes, mainly acquired through our project contracts with national and international industrial companies.
Role in the project
In the ImPURE project ITAINNOVA will play a significant role in the following activities:
- Injection moulding simulations, to support process parameters definition/adjustment and moulds optimization;
- Modelling for conformal cooling systems optimization;
- Implementation of tools for manufacturing in the cloud.
Persons involved
- Óscar Pascual-Munos: Bussines development
- Pablo Pérez benedì: Results exploitation
- Isabel Villarig: Financial reporting
- Jose Ramón Valdés: European projects contact point
- Manuel Laspalas: Technical contact point
Description
Based in Nantes, France, and central to the Loire Valley’s economic strategies, since 2012 Jules Verne Institute (JVERNE) activities are mainly driven by industrial needs and manufacturing challenges. Since then Jules Verne Institute has been developing industrial research dedicated to advanced manufacturing technologies and developing solutions for the design, processing and manufacturing of parts and structures for the aeronautic, shipbuilding, automotive and energy sector. JVERNE brings together manufacturers, training facilities, private and public applied research laboratories, prototyping and industrial demonstration resources with the goals of becoming a reference in the field of advanced production for composite, metallic materials and hybrid structures parts, and providing solutions to the technological challenges faced by industrials, e.g. the design and implementation of advanced breakthrough technologies for manufacturing and production engineering.
Role in the Project
In imPURE project, JVERNE will bring its expertise and assets in moulding with AM and capacity to deliver higher TRL solutions to end-users. JVERNE main Roles in imPURE:
- WP2: Support the monitoring for zero-default (In-line monitoring – zero defect module add-on);
- WP4: lead core activities in AM of moulds and components.
Persons involved
- Céline Constantin
- PhD Gouenou Girardin
- PhD Philippe Le Bot
- PhD Serge Prigent
- PhD Oliver Fouché
- PhD Julio Cesar De Luca
Description
BioG3D, is an R&D company, dedicated to new and innovative 3D printing solutions and optimization of “smart” customized products. It can be engaged with all stages of research for Additive Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering as well as the development of novel composite materials for Additive Manufacturing,
Role in the Project
BioG3D is one of the main partners with expertise in application of Additive Manufacturing technologies, such as Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process. BioG3D will be engaged in the following activities:
- Ceramic 3D printing for modular molds and interchangeable inserts;
- Ceramic inset parts for moulds;
- AM process strategies for improved part precision and feature accuracy.
Persons involved
- Maria Kitsara: Technical/Management
- Anna Karatza: Technical
- Eleni Gkartzou: Technical/Management
- Panagiotis Zouboulis: Technical
Description
Warrant Hub S.p.A. – Tinexta Group is a privately held consultancy services company that provides full-spectrum consulting in business finance. Warrant Hub has been active since 1995, growing over the years to become a leader in its sector today. WH Business Units work in synergy with its Innovation Lab to give their clients the best support tools for the success of their business initiatives and to assist them in the preparation and management of strategic projects: business projects, research projects, training and technology transfer activities, under National and International support frameworks.
Role in the project
WH will be lead dissemination and communication activities. WH will be responsible of the project website, will prepare the communication materials and coordinate communication actions, as well as organise targeted events..
Moreover, WH will collaborate to exploitation activities, to support industrial partners in defining adequate exploitation plans or plans for the industrial research follow-up.
Persons involved
- Isella Vicini: European Funding Development Director | Dissemination Manager| WP5 Leader
- Massimo Rinaldi: Senior Materials Engineer
- Stefania Melandri: Operations Specialist
- Sara Attanà: Dissemination Specialist
Description
Producta is specialized in the manufacture of gaskets and extruded profiles and it has been on the national and international market for about 40 years. Producta’s planning centre makes use of the latest CAD-CAM technology to design and manufacture dies for extruding profiles. This permits to offer to customers its technical expertise overseeing analysis and development of new system, also calculating the thermal transmittance of the thermal cutting systems by using software based on a calculation method applied to finished components in compliance with Standard EN ISO 10077-2. Producta’s also equipped with an internal laboratory boasting various equipment which enable to provision of genuine technical support in quality control of products and raw materials.
Role in the Project
Producta as industrial end user will support identification, validation and testing of the materials output of the projects, mainly referred to application in our area of competence, performing extrusion gaskets with new mixture materials realized using virgin compounds and recycling ones.
Producta will supply and support evaluation and testing of scrapes and end-of-life materials from specific production and products of gaskets (EPDM, TPE, PVC, PP, Silicone Rubber, PA66 25% GF).
Producta will perform the following activities:
- definition of materials requirements
Associated with document Ref. Ares(2020)6113770 – 29/10/2020
- high performance elastomer characterization in Extrusion and vulcanization process (lab – pilot testing)
- characterization of elastomers used in manufacturing of extruded gaskets
- samples production
- gaskets validation
- lab and market testing
Persons Involved
- Dimitrios Ladikos: Marketing
- Laura Giovagnola: Purchasing and procurement manager
- Eleftherios Ladikos: General Manager
- Maicol Flamini: Technical Dp
- Andrea Vitali: Producta Industrial Manager and Advisor
- Pastore Genny
Description
IRES is an independent Belgian firm (SME) administering all peripheral aspects of research projects, providing specialized services in the fields of innovation management, technology transfer and international research projects
Role in the project
In the context of imPURE, IRES in line with its expertise, will lead tasks related with safety & recycling, in-line monitoring (zero defect module) and qualification of operators for the repurposed production. In addition, IRES will lead tasks regarding Data analysis by implementing Data Management Plan (DMP) in combination with Machine learning (ML) analysis.
Persons involved
- Dr. Elias Koumoulos: MSc Chemical Engineer
- Panos Karayiannis
- Konstantinos Paraskevoudis: Data Scientist
- Dr. Foteini Petrakli: BSc in Environmental Engineering
Description
Stil Gomma was born in 1977 and it grows up in the middle of Valle Calepio, territory historically specialized on manufacturing of industrial gaskets and many other similar products. The company is not only a producer of standard gaskets, it is always focused on realization of custom products, special items, raw material and special production processes in order to provide our costumer the best way to solve various situation and requests.
Role in the Project
Stil Gomma s.r.l. will play an important role in the following activities:
- study of materials;
- compatibility of components and processes;
- component design with strict vision of the complete final application;
- not only the production of components, but the ability to manage complete finished products (delivery to the user);
- identification and resolution of critical aspects in the design phase to obtain a safe and simple final process;
- design of existing or new industrial processes;
- prototype production;
- design and construction of molds / dies / slices / dies / general equipment;
- production of series product.
Thanks to the diversity of our articles, processes and materials we are strongly used to collaborating with other companies (customers and / or suppliers and / or partners).
Persons involved
- Giulia Sala: Quality Manager, New Project Engineer and Technical Office Manager
Description
DBM, located in the northern part of Italy, is one of the world’s major biomedical districts is located, with over 100 companies specialized in disposable plastic products and dialysis, heart-surgery and transfusion appliances, etc., used in the haemodialysis, heart-surgery, anaesthesia and resuscitation, apheresis and plasmapheresis, transfusion, nutrition and gynaecological health sectors.
Role in the project
DBM will play a significant role in the following activities:
- Support EU level distribution through associated companies;
- Support the project with established suppliers of associated companies;
- Support the project trought relationship network of distributors and medical staff of healthcare services;
- Press office services;
- Exhibition and Business meetings organization.
Persons involved
- Alberto Nicolini
- Alice Luppi
- Alice Sabatini
- Lara Dalloli
Description
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), officially founded in April 14th 1837, is the first University not only of Greece but both the Balkan peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean region
Role in the project
- Management and Administration
- Project Management
- Ethics, legal and regulatory framework
- Translation unit (publication support)
- Retrospective and prospective data collection, annotation, curation and sharing
- Clinical validation studies
- Central Unit for Clinical Research and Clinical Trials
Persons involved
- Prof. Konstantinos N. Syrigos : Head of 3rd Department of Medicine, ”Sotiria” General Hospital, Athens School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Dr. Georgios Lolas: Coordinator of Systems Medicine Group, 3rd Department of Medicine, Athens School of Medicine, ”Sotiria” General Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Dr. Eleni Kokkotou : Pulmonologist – TB Specialist, 3rd Department of Medicine, “Sotiria” General Hospital, Athens School of Medicine National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Description
Company ELVEZ d.o.o. (SME), is the manufacturer of specialized products for automotive industry, electrical and mechanical engineering, and white goods manufacturers. The excellence of their products and services, continual improvement and development of know-how, as well as good relations with all stakeholders are the baselines.
Role in the project
ELVEZ will participate and provide quality demands of automotive industry for the assembly of wire harness, technical requirements for assembly device and parts for demonstration and testing within the workcell.
Persons involved
- Dr. Žiga Gosar, PhD: Mechanical engineering
Description
Founded in the heart of Mirandola’s biomedical district, in just little bit more than twenty-five years SIDAM managed to become a leader in the European biomedical sector thanks to major investments in research and development.
Role in the project
SIDAM will lead the WorkPackage on Standardisation and Regulation SIDAM will play a significant role in the following activities:
- Definition of specification on systems for respiratory monitoring and management;
- Tests of an innovative line to be incorporated in a production plant for the realization of systems for respiratory monitoring;
- Verification of Flexibility and built-in capacity for the manufacturing site.
Persons involved
- Piero Camurati: Chief Marketing Officer at SIDAM.
Description
NIT is a SME which core business is manufacturing and commercializing high speed uncooled detectors and systems sensitive in the Medium Wave IR spectral region (MWIR/1-5 microns). At time being NIT is the only company in the World able to manufacture uncooled/low cost MWIR imaging FPAs and systems with extended response from 1 – 5 microns. NIT designs and manufactures customized detectors, sensors and systems (including OEM modules) to adapt its standard products to customer’s solutions.
Role in the project
imPure project aims the repurposing and digital transformation of industrial lines for production of critical medical consumables. Project concept will be based on repurposing injection moulding lines, by fast track development of modular moulds with interchangeable inserts enabled by Additive Manufacturing (AM). Several case studies for medical goods will be developed in the frame of imPURE. NIT will be in charge of developing a critical medical supply (CMS): oximeter according the designs rules defined in imPURE. NIT will be also involved in activities related with in line control of plastic mould processes using IR imaging techniques.
Persons involved
- Dr. Germán Vergara: Physicist, CTO
- Carlos Fernández: Engineer, belongs to the Operations Department
- Raul Gutiérrez: Electronics engineer, Electronics Department Manager
- Arturo Baldasano: CEO
Description
Created from a spin-off from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IUNGO S.p.A. is specialised in the optimisation of Supply Chain Collaboration and related company processes, thanks to the technological excellence of its innovative IUNGO software.
Role in the project
IUNGO will lead the task on Supply chain Distribution Channels definition, the specific action will be: monitoring of suppliers set up structured integration methods; supplier mapping; management of complex furniture chains.
Persons involved
- Luca Mongiorgi: Marketing Director
- Silvia Cavani
Description
IES believe that every building of every city in the world can be decarbonised. Our purpose is developing the technology to make that happen. Our ultimate aim is to create a built environment that is resource and energy efficient. Eliminating global reliance on fossil fuels and promoting comfort, health and wellbeing, and fairer access to energy for every citizen in the world.
Role in the project
IES will make available the iSCAN for manufacturing platform to handle data collected from the production lines via MQTT communication. The time-series data output by digital twins and Machine Learning algorithms will also be uploaded in the platform via API. This will allow remote virtual manufacturing monitoring, to support troubleshooting during production.
IES will design a Command Centre for each pilot to visualise the data from the line and other sources connected to iSCAN, such as models developed by partners for forecasting (e.g. demand growth, production output, etc.) or simulated/optimised production data/setpoints; and the results of analytics carried out on this data, such as to raise alarms when thresholds are hit. The Command Centre will display the data through colour-coded graphs and KPI cards to provide the main information needed by pilot line managers to decide how to act & transform their production.
Persons involved
- Giulia Barbano: Project Manager
- Alessio Ferracuti: UX Designer