Consortium focuses on precision micro assembly
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Feb 28, 2005
The Eupass project aims to develop the next generation of automatic assembly machines with specific emphasis on precision micro assembly.
The Eupass consortium has been successful in its application and has begun its EU funded project under the European Commission's framework 6 programme.
The total project is worth approximately Eur 18 million with the European Commission funding Eur 10.5 million.
The project, led by Philips, involves 21 partners in 9 countries.
The Eupass project aims to develop the next generation of automatic assembly machines with specific emphasis on precision micro assembly.
The consortium aims to develop an open machine architecture and demonstration equipment to offer plug and produce capability.
The consortium also aims to set up a network of European depots for equipment modules to allow rapid deployment and reduce the time to market for new products.
This will be achieved by developing and delivering a number of breakthrough technologies and solutions including: the development of affordable, cost effective and sustainable ultraprecision manufacturing solutions by offering rapidly deployable ultraprecision assembly services on demand; a European wide pilot infrastructure of depots of micro-assembly modules and integration software, enabling rapid configuration and deployment of flexible precision assembly systems with minimum investment cost; the next generation of ultraprecision enabling technologies, including modular high-precision manipulators, grippers and feeders; the development of novel micro joining techniques including micro-mechanical joints, nanodispensing, and laser welding; robust and legacy-compliant knowledge driven methodology, cost models and software tools to support the offering of rapidly deployable ultraprecision assembly services with low investment cost, high capacity utilisation and improved equipment reusability; and a set of new standards for seamless integration of precision assembly modules and control systems using open architecture approach.
Within the UK there are two key consortium members: the University of Nottingham Precision Assembly Group and TQC a Nottingham based automated assembly and test system manufacturer.
In the UK, Eupass with a DTI funded Eureka Factory project E-Race, places an emphasis in the UK on medical device assembly automation.
These projects build further on an already close working partnership between TQC and the university that has resulted in research projects worth more than GBP 3.0 million in the last 3 years.
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