Projektbeschreibung
Automatisierte Robotermontage von Kabeln spart Zeit und Kosten
Elektrische Kabel sind in der Industrie allgegenwärtig. Sie versorgen elektrische Systeme und Teilsysteme mit Elektrizität. Dazu fließt Strom durch Metalldrähte, die von einer Isolierschicht umschlossen sind. Die Kabelkonfektionierung erfolgt immer noch fast ausschließlich manuell, was den Zeit- und Kostenaufwand sowie das Risiko menschlicher Fehler erhöht. Das israelische KMU Frisimos Technologies hat drei bahnbrechende automatisierte Roboter-Montagemaschinen entwickelt, die allein oder zusammen in einer Prozesslinie eingesetzt werden können. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt ACE wird dem Unternehmen helfen, die Prototypen zu optimieren sowie wichtige Tests und Demonstrationen zur Vorbereitung der Kommerzialisierung durchzuführen.
Ziel
Cables are at the heart of electronic equipment that serves the medical, marine, aerospace, communications and automotive industries. The assembly of electrical cables is primarily based on human workmanship - however, manual assembly of cables is a delicate art that increases product cost, reduces quality as well as increases supply chain lines and cost. As a means to increase profitability, cable manufacturers from Europe have relocated their production facilities to low cost labour regions like North Africa, Mexico and China. Because of technological advances and statutory regulations as defined by IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards, it no longer viable to continue with manual assembly. There is an imminent need to develop machines that allow to automate the assembly to meet the standards requirements.
As Frisimos, we have developed a evolutionary automated robotic assembly machines that will disrupt the electric cable assembly industry. The project idea is composed of three modules that can work as standalone machines or together forming a process line. The Layer Removal machine that enables cutting of metal with almost no heat, and to separately cut each layer with precise profile, is based on Laser ablation process, which uses specific wavelength and additional parameters. The Wire Sort machine that allows sorting cable wires according to their color or lettering, is based on a machine vision based algorithm. The Wire soldering machine welds the cable by laser, using a laser beam, which allows controlling the soldered spot size and the power, so creating the most optimal soldering. We will specifically concentrate on the automotive and communications market segments. The targeted market potential for our solution will grow from €12.29b in 2017 to €19b by 2022. We anticipate that ACE will help grow our turnover to €35.45m with a cumulative profit of €50m within the first 5-years of commercialisation.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer vision
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics
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Thema/Themen
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Finanzierungsplan
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Koordinator
43663 RA ANANA
Israel
Die Organisation definierte sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unterzeichnung der Finanzhilfevereinbarung selbst als KMU (Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen).