Objective "It is increasingly evident that the era of mass production is being replaced by the era of market niches. The key to creating products that can meet the demands of a diversified customer base is a short development cycle yielding low cost, high quality goods in sufficient quantity to meet demand. This makes flexibility an increasingly important attribute to manufacturing.In response the reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) concept has emerged in the last few years as an attempt to achieve the required manufacturing flexibility. A RMS proposes a manufacturing system where machine components, machines, cells, or material handling units can be added, removed, modified, or interchanged as needed to respond quickly to changing requirements. Compared to flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), this approach is believed to have the potential to offer a cheaper solution, in the long run [...] as it can increase the life and utility of a manufacturing system.A lot of research has been conducted towards establishing such a production system, the most prominent of those approaches being the ""Plug&Produce"" paradigm - in analogy to the ""Plug&Play"" paradigm of the Computer Industry. 'Plug-and-Produce' allows the automatic configuration and seamless integration of heterogeneous devices into a system.However, while the ""Plug&Produce"" paradigm has contributed greatly towards reducing commissioning effort and ramp-up time for new components, it has been too focussed on solving interoperability issues by means of standardized interfaces and service or agent-oriented ICT-architectures.Enhancing these approaches by taking into account the knowledge about the capabilities/skills of the new devices and their impact on the overall capabilities/skills of the production system in terms of operational procedures and economical KPI would increase the versatility and efficiency of production sites." Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) FoF.NMP.2012-3 - Intelligent production machines and 'plug-and-produce' devices for the adaptive system integration of automation equipment, robots and other intelligent machines, peripheral devices, smart sensors and industrial IT systems Call for proposal FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs) Coordinator KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE Address Kaiserstrasse 12 76131 Karlsruhe Germany See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Thomas Maier (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 521 600,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FAUDE AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK Germany EU contribution € 283 200,00 Address Max planck strasse 10 71116 Gartringen See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dieter Faude (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AKEO PLUS France EU contribution € 640 942,50 Address 769 rue de l'outarde za en beauvoir 01500 Chateau gaillard See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Ain Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stephane Morel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window VISUAL COMPONENTS OY Finland EU contribution € 333 600,00 Address Vanrikinkuja 2 02600 Espoo See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ricardo Velez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ROBOCONCEPT S.L. Spain EU contribution € 101 400,00 Address Paseo mikeletegi 7 20009 San sebastián See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Yon San Martin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window FZI FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM INFORMATIK Germany EU contribution € 269 013,00 Address Haid und neu strasse 10-14 76131 Karlsruhe See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Viktor Schubert (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window PANEPISTIMIO PATRON Greece EU contribution € 416 800,00 Address University campus rio patras 265 04 Rio patras See on map Region Κεντρική Ελλάδα Δυτική Ελλάδα Αχαΐα Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Vasso Velaora (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 439 714,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christoph Schulte (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION Spain EU contribution € 212 062,00 Address Parque cientifico y tecnologico de gipuzkoa, paseo mikeletegi 2 20009 Donostia-san sebastian (gipuzkoa) See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Iñigo Lazkanotegi (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window DRESDEN ELEKTRONIK INGENIEURTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 193 875,00 Address Enno-heidebroek-strasse 12 01237 Dresden See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Anett Mesch (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window K.MET AS Estonia EU contribution € 175 500,00 Address Hanila sjk hanila vald 90102 Laanemaa See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Raivo Kallas (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ACTIMAGE CONSULTING SAS France EU contribution € 252 293,50 Address Rue du louvre 15 boïte 1 75001 Paris See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marc Lott (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
