industria 4.0

Concluye el proyecto colaborativo de I+D Facendo 4.0


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Stellantis Vigo ha venido liderando el proyecto “FACENDO, 4.0 – Competitividad Industrial y Electromovilidad a través de la Innovación y la Transformación Digital”, en el que CTAG ha participado junto con Gradiant, Aimen y la Universidad de Vigo, y a través del cual se ha logrado incrementar la competitividad y reforzar las competencias del tejido empresarial del sector de automoción de Galicia.

Facendo 4.0 ha desplegado su plan de trabajo entre octubre de 2020 y abril de 2023, movilizando una inversión total de más 22 millones de euros en torno a los ámbitos tecnológicos de la Fábrica del Futuro, el Vehículo del Futuro y la Conectividad, y las Tecnologías de la Información.

En este marco, CTAG ha implicado a un equipo de trabajo de más 120 personas, con una inversión acumulada superior a los 9 millones de euros.

Este proyecto ha estado subvencionado por la Axencia Galega de Innovación, con el apoyo de la Vicepresidencia Primera y Consellería de Economía, Industria e Innovación de la Xunta de Galicia, mediante la convocatoria del programa Fábrica del futuro, fábrica inteligente y sostenible de la industria 4.0 (cuarta convocatoria), orientado a proyectos de investigación industrial, desarrollo experimental e innovación centrados en tecnologías industriales innovadoras dentro de la iniciativa Industrias 4.0 – captación de inversiones (DOG Nº 173, de 27 de agosto de 2020), con código de expediente IN854A-2020/01, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea a través del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) – “Una manera de hacer Europa”, dentro del Programa Operativo FEDER Galicia 2014-2020, con el objetivo de “Promover o Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico, a Innovación e unha Investigación de Calidade”.

The ITHACA Project kicks off


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CTAG announces the launch of the ITHACA project (AutomotIon of THe electricAl vechicle ChArging), which aims to develop a safer and more efficient electric vehicle charging process through robotization, in order to facilitate access and use by vulnerable groups.

ITHACA is integrated into the framework of the European SMART4ALL H2020 Project (GA No. 872614), as a winner of the third open call for cascade funding. Its launch seeks to build capacity among EU member countries through the development of self-sustained cross-border experiments for knowledge and technology transfer between academia and industry.

The project is led by the Bulgarian company IKEM and managed by INFOCOM, which will also coordinate sustainability, market and dissemination activities.

CTAG will contribute to the development of a robotic solution for plugging and unplugging the charger, sharing its extensive experience in developing innovations for the Factory of the Future.

The project will run from April to December 2023.

CTAG continúa avanzando en el proyecto colaborativo Facendo 4.0


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Stellantis Vigo lidera el proyecto “FACENDO, 4.0 – Competitividad Industrial y Electromovilidad a través de la Innovación y la Transformación Digital”, en el que participa CTAG junto con Gradiant, Aimen y la Universidad de Vigo, y a través del cual se pretende incrementar la competitividad y reforzar las competencias del tejido empresarial del sector de automoción de Galicia.

Con un marco de trabajo de 31 meses y una inversión prevista de 22,3 millones de euros, de los cuales se han ejecutado 18,8 millones hasta la fecha, las investigaciones se centran en tres ámbitos tecnológicos: la Fábrica del Futuro, el Vehículo del Futuro y la Conectividad, y las Tecnologías de la Información, habiéndose dedicado más de 691.000 horas de investigación e ingeniería avanzada en total.

Concretamente CTAG ha ejecutado hasta el momento un total de 70 acciones a lo largo de las dos primeras anualidades de la iniciativa, contando con la implicación de más 120 personas, y una inversión acumulada de 7,8 millones de euros.

Este proyecto está subvencionado por la Axencia Galega de Innovación, con el apoyo de la Vicepresidencia Primera y Consellería de Economía, Industria e Innovación de la Xunta de Galicia, mediante la convocatoria del programa Fábrica del futuro, fábrica inteligente y sostenible de la industria 4.0 (cuarta convocatoria), orientado a proyectos de investigación industrial, desarrollo experimental e innovación centrados en tecnologías industriales innovadoras dentro de la iniciativa Industrias 4.0 – captación de inversiones (DOG Nº 173, de 27 de agosto de 2020), con código de expediente IN854A-2020/01, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea a través del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) – “Una manera de hacer Europa”, dentro del Programa Operativo FEDER Galicia 2014-2020, con el objetivo de “Promover o Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico, a Innovación e unha Investigación de Calidade”.

 

 

 

Finaliza con éxito el proyecto estratégico de I+D CLAuDiiA


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CLAuDiiA Gamelsa y CTAG, junto con Arantia y Gainsa, lanzaron en 2019 el proyecto estratégico de I+D Claudiia, cuyo objetivo general es la implementación del modelo de Industria 4.0 para flexibilizar los procesos productivos, ganar competitividad y ofrecer productos y soluciones personalizadas, ajustadas a las necesidades de los clientes.

En esta última anualidad 2022 los trabajos desarrollados dentro del proyecto CLAuDiiA, han estado focalizados en el modelado del Gemelo Digital de la planta y la realidad aumentada, permitiendo validar las propuestas surgidas de los estudios para la mejora del proceso industrial, además de plantear soluciones con tecnologías de visión, y mejorando también la ergonomía de los puestos con estudio de implementación de exoesqueletos.

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El proyecto CLAuDiiA ha sido subvencionado por la Axencia Galega de Innovación, en el marco de la convocatoria de “Axudas para o programa Industrias do Futuro 4.0 (tercera convocatoria)” (DOG Nº 28, de 8 de febrero de 2019), dentro de la iniciativa Industrias 4.0 – Captación de inversiones, cofinanciada por la Unión Europea a través del programa operativo FEDER Galicia 2014-2020, código de expediente IN854A 2019/07, y contando con el apoyo de la Consellería de Economía, Emprego e Industria de la Xunta de Galicia.

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CTAG participa en INTEX, una iniciativa para la creación de bancos de pruebas para exoesqueletos


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prueba con exoesqueletosA través de la iniciativa InteX “Next Generation Al Based Testbeds for Wearable Robotics” creamos e implementamos bancos de pruebas instrumentados y modulares: se utilizan para simular el proceso de fabricación específico del cliente, así como para valorar el rendimiento del exoesqueleto en ciertas tareas. Los bancos de prueba permiten la medición cuantitativa del valor añadido de un exoesqueleto sin la necesidad de realizar pruebas in situ; que resultan costosas y consumen mucho tiempo en las instalaciones del fabricante.

Gracias a esta iniciativa, CTAG capitalizará los resultados del proyecto TestEd y la patente P201930911 “Sistema para la realización de pruebas de exoesqueletos en un entorno controlado”.

El uso de exoesqueletos es cada vez más creciente en el ámbito industrial. Mejora la ergonomía del puesto de trabajo y optimiza el sistema productivo. Sin embargo, antes de que las empresas puedan beneficiarse de las ventajas del uso de exoesqueletos, es necesario validar previamente que están preparados para las tareas específicas a realizar por parte del usuario final.

Por lo tanto, habrá que llevar a cabo una evaluación previa y exhaustiva de múltiples factores, así como la evaluación del impacto en la introducción de exoesqueletos en los lugares de trabajo.

Nuestras plataformas están diseñadas para evaluar y mejorar la seguridad, usabilidad y el rendimiento de los exoesqueletos, a la vez que ayudan a promover su adopción y aceptación, inspirando la confianza del usuario final.

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Intex es una iniciativa co-financiada por el EIT Manufacturing, en la que además de CTAG participan también Tecnalia, COMAU, IUVO, Acciona Construcción y la Universidad libre de Bruselas.

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QUALIS: Safety at the forefront of industry 4.0


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Qualis

Despite the great improvements in the last decades, factories are still dangerous places where a person can easily be harmed and injured if norms are not followed. Machinery safety, in particular, is a complex issue due to the huge variety of devices, technologies, manufacturers, etc, and the diversity of means and people in charge. The specific methods to guarantee the safety of a machine are usually confined in the hands of maintenance, and stated through documentation which is barely checked sometimes by the personnel, being the daily experience the main source of knowledge to understand how to behave with a machine. In the new 4.0 scenarios, a special effort should be performed in using the new possibilities of hyperconnection in assessing that machines are used by whom has permission and assessing by tests who is qualified.

In this framework, CTAG, together with the company SEIN EUROPA S.L.U, will develop the project QUALIS- Metal machinery health and safety qualification service, a service that is connected to every machine in the organisation and that monitors that the safety conditions are respected. This service is developed within Market 4.0 platform.

European Commission LogoThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 822064

 

More than 1,500 researchers from CTAG and TECNALIA will work together on the mobility of the future


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The two leading technology centres in Spain have reached an agreement to offer their joint expertise and face the challenges of advanced manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and robotics in the mobility  sector. These are the Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia (CTAG) and the research and technological development centre TECNALIA, which have sealed their collaboration with the virtually formalised signature of an agreement between Óscar Fernández Besteiro, president of CTAG, and Emiliano López Atxurra, president of TECNALIA.

The objective of the collaboration in which more than 1,500 researchers from both centres will work together, is to propose comprehensive services to complement the offer and capacities of the companies in the sector. To do so, CTAG and TECNALIA will offer companies new solutions and results through R&D and Innovation projects in the fields of mobility and advanced manufacturing, as well as activities that foster the creation of new technology-based companies. They will also be able to share the state-of-the-art facilities at each centre and move forward together in the provision of advanced services.

It is worth highlighting the following initiatives: first of all, as a result of the knowledge and experience of both centres in the field of robotics and exoskeletons, new solutions to improve the ergonomic conditions of operators will be developed. Secondly, new developments for the automation of special vehicles in different environments, such as ports, airports and industrial estates will be enhanced. They will also implement a joint strategy for the development of the electric car and its components, among others.

Furthermore, through this collaboration, both organisations will strengthen and increase their talent volume in areas of specialisation, such as the automotive industry, manufacturing or digitalisation, becoming a national and European benchmark in these areas.

For further information please download the press release about the agreement.

MAINGAP European Project kick-off meeting


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Reunión lanzamiento primeras actividades del Proyecto Europeo MAINGAP The MAINGAP project, “Innovative Manufacturing in the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion”, is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020 Programme. The main objective of this project is to accelerate the implementation of cutting-edge technological solutions that respond to the great challenges of moving towards Industry 4.0 in the Euroregion, taking as a starting point the Automotive and the Aeronautical sectors, but with a multi-sector approach.

CTAG coordinates this project of transfer and valorisation of 4.0 technologies to innovative SMEs of the Euroregion, in collaboration with the Agencia Gallega de Innovación – CIS Tecnoloxía de Deseño (Galician Innovation Agency – Centre for Innovation and Services of Technology and Design), the Centro de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento, CEIIA (Centre of Engineering and Development) and the University of Minho.

During the meeting held today at CTAG, the partners involved announced the progress of the developments of the nine technological solutions that will be carried out in the project, which by applying the principles of Factory 4.0 aim to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of companies. The solutions will be validated through demonstrators with innovative companies in the Euroregion and cover key technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, additive manufacturing, digital manufacturing, flexible production systems, exoskeletons and collaborative robotics.

In order to inform the companies in the Euroregion and other interested agents about the project, an open event will be held in the coming months, in which the technological developments will be presented and the way the companies will participate will be explained.

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CTAG will evaluate the current technology of industrial exoskeletons within the framework of the EUROBENCH project


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TestEd, operación con exoesqueletos en el Process Lab 4.0 de CTAGThe EUROBENCH European project will finance TestEd – Benchmark for Benchmarking Industrial Exoskeleton Technology: Testbed and Software routine development for a scenario “Moving in Narrow Space”. This project, led by CTAG’s Processes and FoF Department, proposes the development of a reconfigurable testbed and methodology based on the local and global performance metrics of industrial exoskeletons. We aim to link these metrics with the main stakeholder goals and objectives in order to facilitate seamless and cost-effective implementation of industrial exoskeleton technology.

In short, TestEd aims to reduce the testing time by 30% from the selection phase to the implementation phase of an industrial exoskeleton by designing a testbed and software routines for “Moving in Narrow Spaces”.

Unión Europea“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, via an Open Call issued and executed under Project EUROBENCH (grant agreement No 779963)”

For more information on the project, visit http://eurobench2020.eu/

 

National and international experts will present in Vigo the latest advances in composite materials


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  • This is the XIII National Congress of Composite Materials (MATCOMP 2019), to be held in Vigo from July 3 to 5
  • The Congress, promoted by AEMAC and organised by CTAG and the University of Vigo, is the most important in the field of composite and high-performance materials in Spain
  • In this edition, there will be more than 200 presentations and posters and more abstracts were received than in the whole history of MATCOMP
  • Less than a month away, there are very few places left
  • The president of CSIC, Rosa María Menéndez López, Gilles Ausias, from the University of Southern Brittany, Juan José Vilatela, from the IMDEA Materials Institute and Luis Miguel Requejo Morcillo, governmental expert from the European Defense Agency, will be some of the experts that will participate in the event
  • CTAG and the University of Vigo, as co-organisers, will focus the theme of this edition on the impact of composites on Industry 4.0 and the Circular Economy
MATCOMP 2019, organizado por AEMAC, CTAG y Universidade de Vigo

From July 3 to 5 Vigo will host the event of reference at academic, scientific and business levels in the field of composite materials. The Spanish Association of Composite Materials, AEMAC, will hold the XIII Edition of the National Congress of Composite Materials, MATCOMP 2019 in which the latest advances in composites will be shared with national and international experts.

CTAG, Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia and the University of Vigo (UVigo) promoted the selection of Vigo as the venue for the event, so MATCOMP will be held for the first time in its history in Galicia. In this edition, there will be more than 200 presentations and posters and more abstracts were received than in the whole history of MATCOMP.

With CTAG and the University of Vigo as co-organisers, this edition will give a greater presence to the automotive sector, due to the challenges and barriers that new materials must overcome to access such a competitive environment in terms of costs and times. In this way, during the Congress, a thematic session will be held with international experts on the use of composites in automobiles and their role in the transformation of the automotive industry.

On the other hand, the congress will also try to reinforce the impact of composites on Industry 4.0 and on the Circular Economy, betting on the automation of processes, as well as on technologies that promote recycling and sustainability of composite materials, so that processes and products will be more efficient from the environmental point of view.

This congress is open to the participation of all those companies, researchers, entrepreneurs, professionals and students interested in sending their scientific contributions, presenting their products or attending the congress.

You may download the full press release.

If you are interested in attending the congress, you can register through https://matcomp19.com/inscripciones/