I4MS 2015: Enhancing digital transformation in manufacturing SMEs
I4MS 2015 will explore the progress achieved by the I4MS initiative and the impact participation has had on SMEs.
To date I4MS has achieved over 80% industrial participation. An initial participation of 80 SMEs has now grown to 150 as momentum continues to build. Success is also evident with SME participation in projects leading to the adaption of new technologies and approaches. I4MS phase two will take this success further through additional projects supported by a budget of approximately EUR 35 Mn.
At I4MS 2015 participating SMEs will present their experiences, results achieved and impact made. They will explain how they have benefited and what the adaption of innovative ICT has meant for their business. European support does not just exist at EU level.
Action at regional level supported through programmes such as Smart Specialisation present the good opportunity to reach out to and involve the diverse landscape of European SMEs. At I4MS 2015 participants will be introduced to a new activity designed for such outreach – digital innovation competence centres – and an outlook towards the next stage of I4MS.
I4MS is a EUR 77 Mn initiative of the 'Factories of the Future' partnership designed to support the adaption of innovative ICT by SMEs. Through seven integrated projects in four key areas, I4MS brings manufacturing SMEs directly into research and innovation projects, introducing them to innovative technologies and supporting the adoption of such technologies.
2. INDEX
1. WHAT WE ACHIEVED
2. HOW WE DID IT
3. HOW I4MS HELPED
4. HOW WE WILL TAKE IT FORWARD
3. WHAT WE ACHIEVED
1. Motivation for Development of concept for redurcing vibration in work piece
• The dynamic interaction between work piece and tool causes undesired
vibrations, leading to a negative economic impact resulting from
• Poor machining quality (e.g. chatter marks)
• High scrap rates caused by failed quality checks
• High lead times due to prevention of poor quality (e.g. lower feed rate)
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2. Specific requirments to the concept
• Doubling the accuracy of the work piece
• Minimizing the lead time
• Improvement of surface quality (related to lead time)
4. WHAT WE ACHIEVED
1. Solution approach
• Development of Active Vibration Reducer (AVR)
• Retrofit solution to reduce vibrations in work piece
• Simply attachable to the work piece
• Integrated sensor-actuator device
• Significant vibration attenuation in the region close
to the device
• With the AVR-system the operator has 2 options to
improve the operating and economic efficiency:
1. operate the machine at a higher speed, or
2. improve surface qualitiy
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5. HOW WE DID IT
1. Project Implementation
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• Close conversation to the end-user among the INTEFIX partners
• Listing the specific technical requirements
• Checking and considering the most relevant boudary conditions
• Setting up a control strategy
• Setting up a concept for a hardware solution
• Assembly of first prototype
• Next step: Performance test
6. HOW I4MS HELPED
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• Possibilities to the dissemination of results and advance in the exploitation plans
• Possibilities for NETWORKING
7. HOW WE WILL TAKE IT
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• Contribute to the operating and consequently the economic efficiency improvement of
tooling process in the framework of INTEFIX
• Contribute to Establishment of commercial networks within EU in the field of
• Production engineering in general
• Work piece fixtures
• Machining tools
• Precision engineering
• Create business in the specific technical field of Active Vibration Reduction for tooling
processes like cutting, milling and drilling of metal and also CFRP