Objective ACCENT addresses the relevance to the call 7.1: “Aeronautics and Air Transport” by “Improving Cost efficiency” and quality of safety critical aircraft engine components. The manufacture of safety critical rotating components in modern aero engines is by nature very conservative. In order to achieve the required engine performance, thermal and mechanical stresses are pushed to the maximum, which in turn leaves the choice of materials to exotic super alloys. These materials are classed as difficult to machine under normal circumstances, but when added to the changes in mechanical properties which occur naturally from part to part, consequently variable and often unpredictable tool life, and the ever present possibility of random and unexpected process anomalies, machining processes can never be fully optimised. Stringent legislative controls are placed on safety critical component manufacture to ensure that parts entering service will function correctly and safely to a declared service life, and in declaring the service life for such a part, the machinability issues stated above have to be taken into consideration. Hence manufacturing process parameters are often reduced or tools are changed early to ensure part surface integrity. The industry method adopted, is to “freeze” to process following process qualification to first article inspection, and successful part validation via laboratory examination and testing. Once frozen, no changes to process parameters are permitted without time consuming and costly re-validation. ACCENT will allow the European Aero Engine manufacturers to improve their competitiveness by applying adaptive control techniques to the manufacture of their components. Being able to adapt the machining process to the constantly changing tool and component conditions whilst operating in a multi-dimensional “approved process window”, processes will be optimised to the prevailing conditions and no longer “frozen”. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturingengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineering Keywords Aero Integrity control Machining Surface engine manufacture Manfacturing Adaptive Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) AAT-2007-4.1-05 - Production Call for proposal FP7-AAT-2007-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator ROLLS-ROYCE PLC EU contribution € 412 100,00 Address KINGS PLACE 90 YORK WAY N1 9FX London United Kingdom See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Bone (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN Germany EU contribution € 528 800,00 Address TEMPLERGRABEN 55 52062 Aachen See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Drazen Veselovac (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH Germany EU contribution € 344 000,00 Address Dachauer Strasse, 665 80995 MUENCHEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stephan Servaty (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AVIO SPA Italy EU contribution € 302 000,00 Address VIA ANTONIO SALANDRA N18 00187 ROMA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Massimo Negro (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES France EU contribution € 386 780,00 Address BVD DU GENERAL MARTIAL VALIN 2 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Patrick Houel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GKN AEROSPACE SWEDEN AB Sweden EU contribution € 323 226,00 Address - 46181 Trollhaettan See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Henrik Runnemalm (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INDUSTRIA DE TURBO PROPULSORES S.A.U. 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