Description du projet
L’assemblage robotique automatisé de câbles permet d’accomplir le travail plus rapidement et à moindre coût
Les câbles électriques sont omniprésents dans l’industrie. Ils fournissent de l’énergie aux systèmes et sous-systèmes par le biais d’un courant circulant dans des fils métalliques entourés d’un isolant. L’assemblage des câbles est encore presque entièrement manuel, ce qui augmente le temps et le coût du processus, sans compter le risque d’erreur humaine. La PME israélienne Frisimos Technologies a mis au point trois machines automatisées d’assemblage robotisé qui peuvent être utilisées seules ou ensemble pour former une chaîne de production. Le projet ACE, financé par l’UE, aidera cette entreprise à optimiser les prototypes et à réaliser d’importants tests et démonstrations en vue de leur commercialisation.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
- 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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Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
43663 RA ANANA
Israël
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.