Obiettivo Objectives and content In all manufacturing sectors there is a continuous need to reduce the time to market of products, and to reduce the costs of design and manufacture of those products. An essential part of the process of taking a product from design to manufacture is the 'Prototyping' stage, which can be split into four broad groups: Geometric, Functional, Technical and Pre-Series. All four types of prototype are used in the product development process. However, whereas the ability to create Geometric and Functional prototypes has developed dramatically over the last few years, the same cannot be said of Technical prototypes which are still made late on in the product development process. If these technical prototypes can be made more easily and much earlier in the design process, then product lead times and costs can be significantly reduced and final quality improved. This programme will be improving the performance of 'Process Chains' leading to the manufacture of Technical prototypes using Rapid Prototyping methods. The reason for improving process chains is that although an individual process may be excellent, there are often many processes working in conjunction with each other which lead to the creation of a Technical prototype. As these processes form a chain, they will be reliant on the weakest link. Consequently, it is important to develop these processes as a chain and to tune them to each other for best effect. As European manufacturing business is competing with businesses throughout the world, it is essential that we make every effort to reduce the lead time and costs of our products to help them compete in the marketplace. This project supports the EUCAR master plan. The proposal will identify critical technologies which can directly impact the improvement of process chains that lead to the manufacture of Technical Prototypes. These processes and process chains will be analysed and developed, tuning the process chains. The approach will include the identification of appropriate components that are representative of key component groups. The component groups will be defined at the beginning of the project according to size, complexity and difficulty of manufacture. The project addresses two main groups of components: Injection moulded plastic parts and sheet metal parts. The project will combine the use of new manufacturing processes with Rapid Prototyping techniques. Campo scientifico engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering Programma(i) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Argomento(i) 0302 - Transports Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore Rover Group Ltd. Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Avanced Technology Centre CV4 7AL 3 Coventry Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (9) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 147,Knorrstraße 147 80788 München Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato BREMER INSTITUT FUER BETRIEBSTECHNIK UND ANGEWANDTE ARBEITSWISSENSCHAFT AN DER UNIVERSITAET BREMEN Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Hochschulring 20 28335 BREMEN Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A. Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Strada Torino 50 10043 ORBASSANO Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Centre de Recherches Scientifiques etTechniques de l'Industrie des Fabrications Métalliques - CRIF/WTCM Belgio Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 12,Rue du Bois Saint-Jean 4102 Seraing Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Chateauroux Fonderies SA Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 21,Route de la Châtre 21 36028 Châteauroux Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato DESKARTES OY Finlandia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 3 A,Pihlajatie 28 00270 HELSINKI Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato EOS GMBH ELECTRO OPTICAL SYSTEMS Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo ROBERT STIRLING RING 1 KRAILLING Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Mercedes-Benz AG Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 71059 Sindelfingen Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Universität Stuttgart Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 32,Pfaffenwaldring 32 70569 Stuttgart Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato