Funding:
HAZITEK Program. SPRI, Basque Government
Co-financed by the Basque Government and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 (FEDER).
Project:
“High Breakout Rate Tooling with Surface Integrity Safeguarding: New Designs and Comprehensive Process Monitoring” and acronym “HATASU”.
File no: ZL-2023/00594
Project information:
Start and end date:
Start: April 1, 2023
End: December 31, 2025
Overall budget:
€1.430.993,13
Coordinator:
EKIN SDAD. COOP.
Number of participants:
7
Description and objectives:
This industrial research project aims to improve both the manufacturing technology and the quality of the final product by monitoring significant variables and continuous learning of the process. The aim is to obtain an intelligent production system that guarantees the quality of the components manufactured, increasing the performance of the tools used and extending their life cycle by recovering their cutting capacity.
Machining operations such as finish milling and especially broaching are considered complex operations, used in various industrial sectors, with the aeronautical sector being the most demanding in terms of quality and the automotive sector requiring the highest productivity. At the same time, it is an undeniable fact that artificial intelligence has become a ubiquitous presence in our daily lives, and manufacturing processes cannot be left behind. The application of artificial intelligence linked to machining operations is a challenge to be taken up as it has a direct impact on the automation of production, maintaining or exceeding existing quality standards. As far as this project is concerned, there are three aspects on which data acquisition and processing will focus in order to have a haptic production system with the necessary sensitivity to keep the process stable. Firstly, the machine will be equipped with intelligence to identify anomalous deviations in both the process and its state of health. Secondly, it will focus on the conservation and control of the cutting tool to maximise its performance and life cycle and, lastly, it will be equipped with the capacity to inspect the production environment to ensure the quality of the operation carried out.
With this point of view, FAGOR AUTOMATION will be a fundamental part in the determination and identification of information that arrives at the CNC and that can be used for the detection of out-of-normal behaviour, working on a solution that can be integrated as standard in the CNC and that facilitates the integration of additional sensors to the machine signals.
Participants:
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES:
- EKIN SDAD. COOP. (LÍDER)
- FAGOR AUTOMATION S. COOP.
- METROLOGIA SARIKI
- TALLERES WOLCO
RESEARCH CENTERS:
- UPV/EHU – CFAA
- FAGOR AOTEK S. COOP.
- VICOMTECH