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Additive Manufacturing Aiming Towards Zero Waste & Efficient Production of High-Tech Metal Products

Objectif

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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FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF
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CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs)

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THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED
Contribution de l’UE
€ 1 123 762,00
Adresse
PILOT WAY, ANSTY BUSINESS PARK
CV7 9JU Coventry
Royaume-Uni

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West Midlands (England) Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire Warwickshire
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Contact administratif
Leigh Carnes (Ms.)
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Dernière mise à jour: 7 Decembre 2017

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