iQonic
Innovative process automation strategies for improved quality, reconfigurability, and recyclability in the manufacturing of optoelectronic parts.
Start: October 2018
End: March 2022
G.A. 820677
Partners
- FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- ATLANTIS ENGINEERING AE
- BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON
- CORE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY OE
- POLITECNICO DI MILANO
- THE SHADOW ROBOT COMPANY LIMITED
- SENSAP SWISS AG
- FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR V.V.I
- PRIMA ELECTRO SPA
- ALPES LASERS SA
- FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS
- FILAR-OPTOMATERIALS SRL
- SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA COOPERATIVA
- FICONTEC SERVICE GMBH
- TTY-SAATIO
- BRIGHTERWAVE OY
Project goals
The project aims to provide a scalable IT platform to support the zero-defect manufacturing paradigm within the optoelectronic components process chain, and to enable companies in this field to meet the challenges of technological evolution, from increased volumes to demand mix and the trend towards customization. Consistent with current market trends, the project aims to provide IT tools to promote flexibility, reconfigurability and sustainability in order to implement a zero-defect manufacturing at minimal costs.
Specifically, a framework will be developed, applicable to new and existing production lines for optoelectronic components, in order to:
- Support machinery design
- Monitor machinery conditions and status with a view to predictive maintenance and performance maximization
- Increase the sustainability level of the process chain
- Ensure and support quality control, thanks to machine learning regulated by pre-selected settings
- Reintroduce components into the value chain through appropriate end-of-life management strategies
The system will be tested directly in the field through the application in significant use cases, in particular in the field of manufacturing and assembly of optoelectronic components of laser machines (design, monitoring and process optimization).
The role of Holonix
Within the project, Holonix wants to:
Propose and develop a cloud platform instance for receiving, historicizing and exchanging data acquired from the field, accompanied by a Knowledge Base System that enables other components to use, process and reuse the information made available.
The solution will follow and innovate i-Live Machines logic of processing, which is an augmented intelligence and machinery management tool already commercially available, with the aim of adapting it to the use cases of the project, introducing new advanced features aimed explicitly at the production of optoelectronic parts to the zero-defect paradigm.