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TITLE: Remote Laser Welding System Navigator for Eco & Resilient Automotive Factories
 
ACRONYM: RLW NAVIGATOR
 
FROM: 01/01/2012
 
TO: 31/12/2014
 
ABSTRACT: RLW Navigator aims to develop an innovative Process Navigator to configure, integrate, test and validate applications of Remote Laser Welding (RLW) in automotive assembly addressing todays critical needs for frequently changing operating conditions and product-mix provisions. Thus, RLW Navigator will crucially serve as an enabler for future energy efficient smart factories. RLW is emerging as a promising joining technology for sheet metal assembly due to benefits on several fronts including reduced processing time, (50-75%) and decreased factory floor footprint (50%), reduced environmental impact through energy use reduction (60%), and providing a flexible process base for future model introduction or product change. Currently, RLW systems are limited in their applicability due to an acute lack of systematic ICT-based simulation methodologies to navigate their efficient application in automotive manufacturing processes. The project aims to address this by developing a Process Navigator simulation system that will deal with three key challenges thereby allowing manufacturers to utilize the advantages of the RLW system.
Firstly, the most critical obstacle that currently prevents the successful implementation of RLW is the need for tight dimensional control of part-to-part gap during joining operations, essential to ensure the quality of the stitch.
Secondly, the existing assembly system architecture must be reconfigured to provide the opportunity to evaluate the RLW system in terms of its feasibility to perform all required assembly tasks. This will provide crucial information about the most advantageous workstation/cell reconfiguration, which will serve as the basis for optimal robot path planning to reduce joining process time and workstation level efficiency assessment.
Finally the project will develop systematic evaluation and learning methods to assess and improve the overall performance, cost-effectiveness and eco-efficiency of the RLW system.
 
PROJECT REFERENCE: 285051
 
TOTAL COST: € 6 687 036
 
EU CONTRIBUTION: € 3 979 984
 
COORDINATOR: THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK - UNITED KINGDOM
 
PARTICIPANTS:
ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA SZAMITASTECHNIKAI ES AUTOMATIZALASI KUTATO INTEZET - HUNGARY
JAGUAR CARS LIMITED - UNITED KINGDOM
QUOTEC LIMITED - UNITED KINGDOM
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE - SWITZERLAND
LAND ROVER - UNITED KINGDOM
ENGINSOFT SPA - ITALY
UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS - GREECE
POLITECNICO DI MILANO - ITALY
PRECITEC KG - GERMANY
STADCO LIMITED - UNITED KINGDOM
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE - ITALY
COMAU SPA - ITALY
 
OFFICIAL PROJECT WEBSITE: http://www.rlw-navigator.eu/
 
UNIMOL REFERENCE AND CONTACT:
Prof. Salvatore Gerbino – DIBT, email: salvatore.gerbino@unimol.it Tel. +39 0874404700-593
 

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