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Versalite tooling for roll bending of sections
Start date:1999-12-15
End date:2000-06-14
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Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:METAALBEWERKING EN HANDELSONDERNEMING DE STAALMEESTERS BV | |
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Name:H. |
Geijsterseweg - Westhaven 12 5861 BL WANSSUM NEDERLAND Region:ZUID-NEDERLAND LIMBURG (NL) Noord-Limburg |
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Description
Objective:
In the metalworking industry, the bending of sections (tubes, profiles) is steadily gaining significance. Available section-bending techniques cover a wide range of product shapes and manufacturing conditions, but there remains a need for improved process flexibility, especially in a context of increasing product diversity and decreasing batch sizes. One of the bottlenecks of the roll-bending process is the section-uniqueness of the tools. The proposed research aims at evolving this technique by developing a new kind of tooling that incorporates flexible components (of synthetic rubber) and is thus able of supporting a range of different sections. Implementation of this versatile tooling is to increase the efficiency in the workshop. Except for the direct benefit of lower manufacturing costs, throughput time will be reduced and flexibility increased: no specific tooling has to acquire anymore, where changes in machine configuration will be minimised. In effect, a 60-80% reduction in tooling expenses, accompanied by an increase in productivity of up to 12,5% and a reduction in throughput time of 60-75% for new products are anticipated.
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Project Details
Start date:1999-12-15
End date:2000-06-14
Duration:6 months
Project Reference:G1ST-CT-1999-00036
Project cost:30000 EURO
Project Funding:22500 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP5-GROWTH
Programme type:Fifth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation
Contract type:Exploratory awards
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Subject index:Economic Aspects, Industrial Manufacture, Innovation, Technology Transfer, Safety, Environmental Protection
Other participants
| Organization name:FACCIN S.R.L. | |
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Name:Nicola |
Via Remedello 1 25010 ACQUAFREDDA ITALIA Region:LOMBARDIA Brescia |
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Record control number:52209
