Development of a hybrid machine tool concept for manufacturing of free-form surface moulds

Project Information

HYMOULD

Grant agreement ID: 32931

Start date 1 October 2006

End date 30 September 2008

Funded under

• Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 1 806 779,00

EU contribution € 1 023 337,00

Coordinated by

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DE ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Germany

Objective

The competitive strength of European industry is based on continuous product innovation, reduced production time and costs and the maintenance of high quality in manufacturing. In this field, the small and medium sized enterprises (SME) play a major role in supporting global players like automotive, aircraft, or capital goods industries or tapping the full potential of traditional sectors by the use of advanced technologies. An important market sector is the injection moulding of plastics for household or industrial use. Today's applications require extensive throughput time and costs in mould and die making. Modern applications in heat resistant metal dies suffer significantly from a lack of suitable machining capabilities. Therefore, the intended project aim is an integrated hybrid machine tool solution on basis of three manufacturing technologies - HSC-milling, laser ablation, and dry-ice blasting - for automated machining high-quality free-form moulds and dies.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › manufacturing engineering › subtractive manufacturing
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › laser physics

Programme(s)

• FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology)

Call for proposal

FP6-2004-SME-COOP
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Funding Scheme

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Coordinator

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DE ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

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• Address: Hansastraße 27C ; MUENCHEN ; Germany
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Participants (8)

BRANDENBURGISCHE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET COTTBUS

Germany

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• Address: Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 1 ; COTTBUS
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GESELLSCHAFT FUER FERTIGUNGSPROZESSPLANUNG MBH FORSCHUNG AND ENTWICKLUNG PROF DR ING HANS JOACHIM HELML

Germany

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• Address: Grosswalding 5 ; DEGGENDORF
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IDEKO SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA

Spain

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• Address: Arriaga Kalea 2 ; ELGOIBAR
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KLASEN UND PARTNER U KLASEN UND W GRUMBRECHT GBR

Germany

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• Address: Altes Dorf 2 ; EMERN
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M E C METODOLOGIE ECOLOGICHE E CRIOGENICHE S R L

Italy

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• Address: Viale Italia 19 ; CALTIGNAGA (NOVARA)
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NISAFORM S.R.O.

Czechia

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• Address: U Samotky 1172, Liberec 30 ; LIBEREC 30
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SORALUCE S. COOP.

Spain

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• Address: OSINTXU AUZOA ; BERGARA
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WALTER PACK S. L.

Spain

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• Address: Igorreko Industrialdea C-4 ; IGORRE
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