Objective
The overarching goal of AMAZE is to rapidly produce large defect-free additively-manufactured (AM) metallic components up to 2 metres in size, ideally with close to zero waste, for use in the following high-tech sectors namely: aeronautics, space, automotive, nuclear fusion and tooling.
Four pilot-scale industrial AM factories will be established and enhanced, thereby giving EU manufacturers and end-users a world-dominant position with respect to AM production of high-value metallic parts, by 2016. A further aim is to achieve 50% cost reduction for finished parts, compared to traditional processing.
The project will design, demonstrate and deliver a modular streamlined work-flow at factory level, offering maximum processing flexibility during AM, a major reduction in non-added-value delays, as well as a 50% reduction in shop-floor space compared with conventional factories.
AMAZE will dramatically increase the commercial use of adaptronics, in-situ sensing, process feedback, novel post-processing and clean-rooms in AM, so that (i) overall quality levels are improved, (ii) dimensional accuracy is increased by 25% (iii) build rates are increased by a factor of 10, and (iv) industrial scrap rates are slashed to <5%.
Scientifically, the critical links between alloy composition, powder/wire production, additive processing, microstructural evolution, defect formation and the final properties of metallic AM parts will be examined and understood. This knowledge will be used to validate multi-level process models that can predict AM processes, part quality and performance.
In order to turn additive manufacturing into a mainstream industrial process, a sharp focus will also be drawn on pre-normative work, standardisation and certification, in collaboration with ISO, ASTM and ECSS.
The team comprises 31 partners: 21 from industry, 8 from academia and 2 from intergovernmental agencies. This represent the largest and most ambitious team ever assembled on this topic.
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Call for proposal
FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF
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Coordinator
CV7 9JU Coventry
United Kingdom
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Participants (28)
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28062 CAMERI
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0255 OSLO
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75015 PARIS
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67400 Illkirch Graffenstaden
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96215 LICHTENFELS
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GL12 8JR Wotton Under Edge
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71254 Ditzingen
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44263 DORTMUND
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20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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92220 BAGNEUX
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CB1 7EG Cambridge
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80686 Munchen
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82024 Taufkirchen
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10040 Rivalta Di Torino
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405 08 Goteborg
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31100 Toulouse
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BT3 9DZ Belfast
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OX14 3DB Abingdon
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M13 9PL Manchester
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B15 2TT Birmingham
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10129 Torino
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1015 Lausanne
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91054 Erlangen
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3800 Victoria
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MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
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GU14 6YU Farnborough
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SA2 8PP Swansea
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00187 ROMA
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