Objective The main strategic objective of the Des-MOLD project is to reduce the cost of injection-moulding production by developing and validating a set of knowledge-based tools specifically oriented to mould makers and plastic injection companies, which will reduce the need for mock-ups of moulds, and several try-and-error trials to calibrate process control variables.A lot of effort has been put to study and monitor the correlations between process control variables, or to validate, at the design time, mould geometries by simulating the material flow dynamics inside the mould. However, no approach considers as a whole the entire industrialization and production process, starting from the desired features and the geometry of the piece, to the geometry of the mould, the material properties, and the process control through sensorized moulds and machine parameters. This is the focus of Des-MOLD.Our hypothesis is that within the new scenario where plastic converters industry has moved from highly standardized moulds to customized products with small batches, it is possible to construct an intelligent knowledge-based system that uses as a main source, past empirical experiences and simulation data to optimize, at the design time, the geometries of the pieces and moulds according to the desired features, and to the expected process control variables that will be monitored during production time. Artificial intelligence techniques such as case-based reasoning and computational argumentation permit both the inference of quantitative and qualitative information based on a large variety of empirical data and the justification of each decision. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceexpert systemsnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometry Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) FoF.NMP.2012-6 - Knowledge-based tools and approaches for process planning and integrated process simulation at factory level Call for proposal FP7-2012-NMP-ICT-FoF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator FUNDACIO EURECAT EU contribution € 370 252,00 Address AVENIDA UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA 23 08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona) Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Liceth Rebolledo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FUNDACIO PRIVADA ASCAMM Participation ended Spain EU contribution No data Address AVENIDA UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA , PARC TECNOLOGIC DEL VALLES 23 08290 CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Liceth Rebolledo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLASTIASITE SA Spain EU contribution € 178 520,00 Address CERAMISTES 2 PARC TECNOLOGIC DEL VALLES 08290 CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bernat Ballester (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data T-SYSTEMS ITC IBERIA SA Spain EU contribution € 140 180,00 Address CALLE PERE IV, 313 PLANTAS 6 A 12 08020 BARCELONA See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Roger Martí Falguera (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution € 309 360,00 Address SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD SW7 2AZ LONDON See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shaun Power (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAZEL GMBH Germany EU contribution € 418 200,00 Address GOETHESTRASSE 58 38440 WOLFSBURG See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Burkert (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DEL CALZADO Y CONEXAS Spain EU contribution € 170 600,00 Address C/ ALEMANIA 102 POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL CAMPO ALTO 03600 Elda Alicante See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Alicante/Alacant Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Raúl Segura (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MPT PLASTICA SRL Italy EU contribution € 129 360,00 Address VIA DEL MARRUCCO 50/52/42 56012 CALCINAIA PI See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Piscicelli Elena (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROSUOLE SPA Italy EU contribution € 92 240,00 Address VIA PERTINI ZONA INDUSTRIALE A 8 62012 CIVITANOVA MARCHE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rosaria Ercoli (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CRDM LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 157 200,00 Address LANE END ROAD UNIT D WYCOMBE HP12 4HH HIGHWYCOMBE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Abhilash Katkoria (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
