Objective
Manufacturing represents approximately 21 % of the EU’s GDP and 20 % of its employment, providing more than 30 million jobs in 230 000 enterprises, mostly SMEs. Moreover, each job in industry is considered to be linked to two more in related services. European manufacturing is also a dominant element in international trade, leading the world in areas such as automotive, machinery and agricultural engineering. Already threatened by both the lower-wage economies and other high-tech rivals, the situation of EU companies was even made more difficult by the downturn.
The Z-Fact0r consortium has conducted an extensive state-of-the-art research (see section 1.4) and realised that although a number of activities (see section 1.3) have been trying to address the need for zero-defect manufacturing, still there is a vast business opportunity for innovative, high-ROI (Return on Investment) solutions to ensure, better quality and higher productivity in the European manufacturing industries.
The Z-Fact0r solution comprises the introduction of five (5) multi-stage production-based strategies targeting (i) the early detection of the defect (Z-DETECT), (ii) the prediction of the defect generation (Z-PREDICT), (iii) the prevention of defect generation by recalibrating the production line (multi-stage), as well as defect propagation in later stages of the production (Z-PREVENT), (iv) the reworking/remanufacturing of the product, if this is possible, using additive and subtractive manufacturing techniques (Z-REPAIR) and (v) the management of the aforementioned strategies through event modelling, KPI (key performance indicators) monitoring and real-time decision support (Z-MANAGE).
To do that we have brought together a total of thirteen (13) EU-based partners, representing both industry and academia, having ample experience in cutting-edge technologies and active presence in the EU manufacturing.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensors
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesremanufacturing
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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Participants (13)
1077 Nicosia
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
551 02 THESSALONIKI
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
UB8 3PH Uxbridge
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1015 Lausanne
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20821 Meda (Mb)
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
48930 Getxo
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
NP26 5YW Gwent
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25031 CAPRIOLO
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
24121 BERGAMO
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4450-309 Matosinhos
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
41100 MODENA
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3854 909 Albergaria-A-Velha
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48230 Elorrio
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.