Digital Intelligent Modular Factories

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The digitalization of industry opens the path for mass customization but requires leveraging the existing manufacturing ecosystems. DIMOFAC project will enable the modularity, adaptability and responsiveness of a production line by the integration of Plug-and-Produce (PnP) modules in a Closed-Loop Lifecycle Management System, for continuous production optimization and improvement, in a fast and flexible manner, linking product and process dataflow in conformance to RAMI4.0.

DIMOFAC partners based on the leading European open initiatives on smart manufacturing will further extend their services and networks to leverage on the increased flexibility brought by modular systems. A key result will be the network of open pilot lines, offering services and supporting process implementation in different sectors and companies.

Six industrial pilot lines, involving multi-material manufacturing, additive manufacturing and advanced assembly capabilities, will demonstrate DIMOFAC Modular Factory Solution reducing reconfiguration time of production lines, up to 75% expected for interactive displays, 50% for cosmetic, aeronautic and additive manufacturing and 30% for shavers and industrial modules.

AIMEN will be a key player working on multi-material metal-thermoplastic manufacturing pilot line, involving laser texturing and metal/thermoplastic joining. Moreover, AIMEN is going to provide hardware and software interfaces for PnP capabilities, online process control and inline quality assurance.

• Sectors: Aerospace, Consumer goods, Cosmetics, Electronic equipment, Medical device
• Partners: AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, MISSLER SOFTWARE, NIT - NEW INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES, Tecnalia, TNO, PHILIPS CONSUMER LIFESTYLE B.V., ESI SOFTWARE GERMANY GMBH, DATAPIXEL SL, PANEPISTIMO PATRON, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, TTS - Technology Transfer System S.r.l., IPC - Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites, SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE SAS, ALBEA SERVICES, VDL BUS MODULES, Schaltag AG - SLT, Intrasoft International SA, COMAU SPA, SCULPTEO, FILL GESELLSCHAFT MBH, EIRECOMPOSITES TEORANTA, EXOM Engineering, FundingBox Research APS, Brainport Industries, TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE SMART FACTORY KL E.V., COMITE EUROPEEN DE COOPERATION DES INDUSTRIES DE LA MACHINE-OUTIL CECIMO AISBL, Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG - SSF, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH
• Acronym: DIMOFAC
• Ambit: International