Hybrid Production of Metal Components
PT2020 - Metal.Bot
Development of a Robotic Hybrid Manufacturing System with active dimensional control for the production of large, high-performance metal parts.
Project File
Project name: R&D Projects in Business Co-Promotion
Universal code: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-069600
Main onjective: Strengthening Research, Technological Development, and Innovation
Intervention region: Centro; Norte.
Beneficiary entity: MOLDETIPO II - ENGINEERING MOULDS AND PROTOTYPES (PORTUGAL), LDA
Co-promoters: PLACIDO ROQUE-INDÚSTRIA DE MOLDES E MÁQUINAS LDA; INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LEIRIA, AGIX, LDA; INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO.
Objectives, activities and expected/achieved results:
The aim of the Metal.Bot project is to build a robotic hybrid manufacturing facility with active dimensional control for building large, high-performance metal parts. This project is highly innovative in terms of materials technologies, mechanical design, implementation of digital systems, instrumentation and advanced robotics for the additive manufacture of large metal parts, and is part of the development vectors for Industry 4.0 with the development of state-of-the-art additive processes in intelligent systems.
Approval date: 02/12/2020
Start date: 01/02/2021
Completion date: 30/06/2023
Total eligible cost: 981 268,14€
European union financial support: FEDER - 720 034,03€