1. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROJECT CLUSTER MEETING
Fundació CIM
C/Llorens i Artigas, 12
Parc Tecnològic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROJECT CLUSTER MEETING
Workshop & Lab equipped with Additive Mfg. Technology
Sistemas Automotrices de México
SISAMEX
Gilberto Villarreal
2 May 2016

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Main goal is to establish a R&D Lab equipped with representative process capabilities implemented in the manufacturing facilities.
Workshop capabilities are also considered to complete scope of the project: research plus shop floor support.
In the research scope, need to add advanced manufacturing process. Additive Manufacturing technology comes as a priority to include in the project to support potential line peripherals solutions.
As a complement, dual interaction with main sister companies in next level of integration to develop potential applications in tooling and mold applications using additive manufacturing technology.

3. Exploitable results (ERs)
ER 1: Peripherals to production lines such as tooling, tools, fixtures.
ER2: Fabrication of critical spare parts in main machines and processes.
ER3: Investigation on impacts and adapting requirements with suppliers within our group (cast, forging and tooling sister companies).

4. ER 1: Peripherals to production lines
Describe the type of result and the resulting innovation
Example: Fabrication of induction coils adapted to each geometry configuration required (spindles, shafts, …), optimizing energy and final results.
Avoid welding requirements which could cause failures.
Potential customers
Production lines requiring special toolings/fixtures.
Customer Benefits  
Increased durability
Optimization
Repeateability
Energy savings

5. ER 1: Peripherals to production lines
Technological Readiness Level  
TRL 8
Milestones in the TRL progression up to TRL9  
Procces and material confirmations.
Validation in lab., prototypes.
Main technical challenges in this result
Material availability.
Achieving good results due to part dimensions /sizes required.
Time to market (Mth/yr):  
2 - 3 years

6. ER 1: Peripherals to production lines
IPRs
Have you protected or will you protect this result before disclosing it?
To be defined / third party.

7. ER 2: Fabrication of critical spare parts
Describe the type of result and the resulting innovation
Immediate attention and solution in low spare parts availability.
Decreased training time of maintenance technicians to the new technologies/configurations.
Potential customers
Production lines
Customer Benefits
Continuous operation
Interim stock availability
Adaptation feasibility for in-house fabricated devices

8. ER 2: Fabrication of critical spare parts
Technological Readiness Level  
TRL 1
Milestones in the TRL progression up to TRL9 
Technical feasibility
Investigation of supplier design restrictions
Main technical challenges in this result
Different materials required
Validation of scanning method when design not available
Time to market (Mth/yr)
 3 – 5 years

9. ER 2: Fabrication of critical spare parts
IPRs
Have you protected or will you protect this result before disclosing it?
Not required

10. ER 3: Investigation on impacts and adapting requirements
Describe the type of result and the resulting innovation
As anchor company, lead investigation on opportunities and impacts with developing Additive Mfg. Solutions.
Enable a process/infrastructure adaptation plan where neccesary.
Potential customers
Sister companies
Strategic suppliers
Customer Benefits
R&D requirements on Additive Mfg. considered in road maps.
Sinergy on projects with vertical integration scope.

11. ER 3: Investigation on impacts and adapting requirements
Technological Readiness Level  
TRL 1
Milestones in the TRL progression up to TRL9  
Lab infrastructure feasibility
Accreditation requirements
Main technical challenges in this result
Knowledge acquisition on Additive Mfg.
Capex
Time to market (Mth/yr)
3 – 5 years

12. ER 3: Investigation on impacts and adapting requirements
IPRs
Have you protected or will you protect this result before disclosing it?
Not required.

13. Expressions of Interest – Metals , Polymer-Bio and Generic
1. M7-MX-FRISA (METALS)
ER2 Cladding and repair of forge tool (3)
ER4 Superalloy components (2)
2. M9-EU-AMAZE
ER1 Defect-free metallic components (2)
ER3 Adaptronics, novel sensing and process (1)
3. M11-EU-RepAIR
ER1 Technologies for repairing (2)
4. M13-EU-AATID
Select most appropriate powder bed printer (1)
1. PB2-SA-POLYAM (POLYMER-BIO)
ER3 Hybrid AM business case (1)
2. PB4-EU-ToMAX
ER3 Software tools for advanced support (2)
1. GT4-SA-DESIGN (GENERIC)
ER2 Design and FEA toolkit (2)
2. GT8-MX-UASLP
ER1 Analysis of rapid man. techniques (2)
3. GT10-EU-CAXMAN
ER1 Cloud Portal for Additive Manufacturing (2)
4. GT11-EU-FOFAM
ER1 AM roadmap (2)
ER3 AM FoFAM network (2)