Objective NIWE project will demonstrate a new production process able to decrease the embodied energy of the foundry products by over 25%, reducing drastically its carbon footprint. The demonstration will be performed in the aluminium, iron and steel sectors.The expected energy efficiency gains are due to a new furnace that, by means of a power transmission system based on induction, will allow a highly flexible production. This increase on the production flexibility attends to the current variability of the foundry products demand.The current crisis has introduced a high variability in the demand, which can be measured in terms of quantity and diversity of the demanded products. The manufacturers are now forced to start and stop many times their production chains, change the moulds and, the most important in energy penalty terms, to reheat many times big quantities of raw materials. Consequently, the cost efficiency of the process has suffered a high decrease.NIWE tackles these actual and current problems by providing a new furnace that will take the power by an inductive coupling. This will provide a very quick power transmission from the grid to the furnace. This power will be supplied to the heating system, which, depending on the foundry material could consist on resistances or induction heating.The rapidity of the power transmission system, as well as the wireless operation, will allow the use of smaller furnaces. This way, the reserve of melted material for feeding the moulds will be smaller, and therefore the required energy to maintain it melted.In addition, the wireless furnace will provide a flexible operation, allowing a quick modification of the factory layout, which will be based on easy interchangeable furnaces of different types andsizes, depending on the demand. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metalsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology Keywords . Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY.2011.8.1-2 - Energy efficiency demonstration in manufacturing industry Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2011-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION EU contribution No data Address PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE GIPUZKOA, PASEO MIKELETEGI 2 20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA) Spain See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jose Carlos Garcia Alonso (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ABP INDUCTION SYSTEMS GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address KANALSTRASSE DORTMUND See on map Administrative Contact Martin Maas (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data BILBOBUL OOD Bulgaria EU contribution No data Address TSARKOVNA NEZAVISIMOST STR 3 FL5 RUSE See on map Administrative Contact Yanitsa Mihova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data GIESSEREI INSTADSETZUNG SERVICE 2003 S.L. 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