PRODUTECH partnership demonstrates customised manufacturing technology at ADIRA

6 May, 3 pm, at the industrial facilities of ADIRA in Canelas (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

The PRODUTECH projects will be presented for the first time at the Portuguese company ADIRA Metal-Forming Solutions, SA. The goal with the technology, in the area of operations management and logistics, was to develop methodologies, tools and equipment that allow Portuguese companies to produce customised products (according to the needs of each customer) in a more competitive way.

ADIRA is implementing a new concept of assembly line that will make it possible to deviver highly customised machines to customers in about 10 days. “Through this system, ADIRA will be able to assemble high added value products and be more competitive in national and international markets. We hope to reinforce our position as a world manufacturer of machines to work with metal sheets,” states the CEO of ADIRA, António Cardoso Pinto.

This project involved a broad and multidisciplinary consortium, covering areas such as operation and layout optimisation, production scheduling and control, automated material and information flows, and material and component management. The new ADIRA PRODUCTION SYSTEM is based on a highly flexible assembly line, fed by autonomous vehicles that provide each work station with the materials necessary to produce customised orders, fully integrated with the remaining systems and processes to manage the company. “These results illustrate the potential of this type of joint work, involving developer companies and users of advanced systems, as well as entities from the science and technology system. Furthermore, the results are proof of the impact that these technologies can have on the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry,” states José Carlos Caldeira, Executive Director of PRODUTECH.

Other than the demonstration, the event will also include presentations by Maurizio Gattiglio, President of the EFFRA – Factories of the Future Research Association, and by the Secretary of State for Innovation, Investment and Competitiveness, Pedro Gonçalves (to be confirmed).

PROGRAMME

3 pm – Registration

3.15 pm – Welcome. Projects PRODUTECH PSI and PTI (CATIM and PRODUTECH)

3.30 pm – Presentation of the results of the PPS3 (Partners)

4 pm – Visit to the Assembly Line

4.45 pm – Coffee Break

5 pm - Factories of the Future PPP: an opportunity for European Manufacturing Industry (Maurizio Gattiglio – PRIMA Power / Chairman of EFFRA)

5.30 pm – PRODUTECH Roadmap: challenges and priorities for the national manufacturing industry (PRODUTECH)

5.45 pm – The importance of clustering dynamics: the experience of ADIRA (ADIRA)

6.30 pm – Presentation by the Secretary of State for Innovation, Investment and Competitiveness, Pedro Gonçalves (*)

7 pm – Closing session

(*) To be confirmed

CONTEXT
THE PROJECT

These developments are part of projects PRODUTECH PSI (New Products and Services for the Manufacturing Industry) and PRODUTECH PTI (New Processes and Innovative Technologies for the Cluster of Manufacturing Technologies). Combined, the projects had had a budget of 12 million Euros, and they were coordinated by the Technological Center for the Metal Industry – CATIM.

Partners of Projects PRODUTECH PSI and PRODUTECH PTI

ACONTROL, ADIRA, AZEVEDOS INDÚSTRIA, BRESIMAR, CATIM, CEI, CENI, CENTIMFE, CEVALOR, CITEVE, COLEP, CREATIVESYSTEMS, CTCOR, CTCP, CTCV, CTIC, EFACEC, Faculty of Science and Technology of the Nova University of Lisbon, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, FELINO, Fortunato O. Frederico & Cª Lda (Kyaia), IDEPA, INEGI, INESC PORTO, INOCAM, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, ISQ, KAIZEN Institute Portugal,  M. J. Amaral, MICROPROCESSADOR, Oficina de Soluções Informáticas, PHC, PRONORMA, SILAMPOS, SILVA E FERREIRA LDA, SISTRADE, SOFTI9, SONAE INDÚSTRIA, TEGOPI, University of Aveiro, VANGUARDA.

PRODUTECH

PRODUTECH’s mission is to promote the sustainable development and competitiveness of the Portuguese industry of manufacturing technologies.  For that, PRODUTECH promotes innovative, flexible, integrated and competitive solutions in close collaboration with the main industrial sectors and with entities of the science and technology system.

Supported by the Compete programme, as part of its System to Promote Research and Technological Development, together the projects PRODUTECH PSI (No. 13849) and PRODUTECH PTI (No. 13851) received about 8,549,046.02€, in a total investment of 11,972,212.41€.

For more information, please go to Produtech.