Objective
Composite materials find innumerable applications and they are manufactured in most cases via the open-mold process. However, when the object to manufacture is large in size, complex in shape, and to be produced in a few units only (e.g. for prototyping purposes or small production batches) the open-mold process becomes very expensive because of the cost of the mold, so the production is moved to Asia to save at least on the labor costs. This introduces though long lead times (up to 8 weeks). This situation is common in the maritime and industry sectors, in which small batches of complex and large composite-made parts are used very often. These industries need a solution to manufacture locally (in order to reduce the lead time) and inexpensively custom-made parts.
Our innovation addresses exactly this need. We offer the largest (1.5 m × 4 m × 2 m) Additive Manufacturing machine capable of producing carbon- and glass-fiber parts with a high throughput (up to 15 kg/h) and low costs (about 50 €/h, including material, personnel, and depreciation). Our Continuous-Fiber Additive Manufacturing (CFAM) machine exists as a TRL 6 prototype, which is a small-scale version of the final product but in which all critical technologies have been thoroughly tested. The main goal of this project is to take the CFAM machine to TRL 9, manufacture and test it, and finally bring it to the European market. We have already two launching customers (Dutch SMEs working in the maritime and industrial sectors) and we have planned business development activities Europe-wide that will guarantee to our company a turnover of over €17 million in 2022. During the project, we will also build an Experience Center in which our CFAM machine will be available for demonstrations and for 'manufacture as a service' purposes for clients that want to test it or use it for prototyping purposes.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology materials engineering fibers
- engineering and technology materials engineering composites
- engineering and technology civil engineering
- social sciences economics and business business and management business models
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering additive manufacturing
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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2627 BP DELFT
Netherlands
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.