Record #184804 - GSI Repository

ComMUnion

Net-shape joining technology to manufacture 3D multi-materials components based on metal alloys and thermoplastic composites

Coordinator	New Infrared Technologies (Spain) ; Asociación de Investigación Metalúrgica del Noroeste ; FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. ; Tecnatom (Spain) ; SYM VOULOI KAI PROIONTA LOGISMIKOU AE ; University of Coimbra ; TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH ; MOTOFIL, S.A. ; PANEPISTIMIO PATRON ; TOPSOLID ; Philips GmbH ; ESI GROUP ; ACITURRI ASSEMBLY SA ; AFPT GMBH ; AUTOTECH ENGINEERING SL ; LUNOVU GMBH
Grant period	2015-12-01 - 2019-05-31
Funding body	European Union
Call number	H2020-FoF-2015
Grant number	680567
Identifier	G:(EU-Grant)680567

Note: 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.

Recent Publications

There are no publications

Record created 2016-02-14, last modified 2023-02-14

Similar records

Add to personal basket
Export as Author List with IDs BibTeX (UTF-8), EndNote XML, EndNote Text, RIS, MARC, Print MARC, MARCXML, DC,
Request correction
Submit fulltext

GSI Homepage \| GSI Library \| English Deutsch \| guest :: login GSI Repository
Search	Submit	Personalize Your alerts Your baskets Your searches	Help