MARWIN

Decision making and augmented reality support for automatic welding installations

Coordinatore	TWI LIMITED    more  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Debbie Cognome: Mcconnell Email: send email Telefono: 441224000000 Fax: 441224000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙463˙356 €
EC contributo	1˙108˙800 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2011
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-11-01   -   2014-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Debbie Cognome: Mcconnell Email: send email Telefono: 441224000000 Fax: 441224000000	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	coordinator	69˙100.00
2	RECAM LASER SL  Organization address address: CALLE BORGES BLANQUES SN city: CALDES DE MONTBUI BARCELONA postcode: 8140 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Pere Cognome: Sturlese Barrios Email: send email Telefono: 34938655405	ES (CALDES DE MONTBUI BARCELONA)	participant	256˙679.00
3	ROLAN ROBOTICS BV  Organization address address: De Corantijn 6 city: zwaag postcode: 1620a contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Hans Cognome: Stam Email: send email Telefono: +31229 248484	NL (zwaag)	participant	255˙740.00
4	G-ROBOTS SZOLGALTATO ES KERESKEDELMI KFT  Organization address address: SZOVETKEZET U 6 city: VESZPREM postcode: 8411 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Lajos Cognome: Toth Email: send email Telefono: 36704086835	HU (VESZPREM)	participant	242˙406.00
5	NEMETSCHEK OOD  Organization address address: INDUSTRIALNA 11 city: SOFIA postcode: 1202 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Lyuba Cognome: Filipova Email: send email Telefono: 35924210992 Fax: 35929178696	BG (SOFIA)	participant	219˙858.00
6	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT  Organization address address: TETENYI UT 84-86 city: BUDAPEST postcode: 1119 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Emese Cognome: Karácsonyi Email: send email Telefono: +36 1 787 4024 Fax: +36 1 787 4390	HU (BUDAPEST)	participant	40˙860.00
7	SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: HOWARD STREET city: SHEFFIELD postcode: S1 1WB contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Marcos Cognome: Rodrigues Email: send email Telefono: 441142000000 Fax: 441142000000	UK (SHEFFIELD)	participant	24˙157.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Robot welding is critical to welding automation in many industries and it is estimated that as much as 25% of all industrial robots are being used for welding tasks. The biggest challenge for small companies is to have flexible automation that can be set up quickly and can be switched over to another product line. The current proposal addresses the need to increase the competitiveness of welding SMEs by developing a low cost computer vision based welding robot with automatic track calculation and quality control system that can reduce manufacturing time and costs, increase production flexibility, improve product quality and production efficiency. Currently available welding technologies such as manual welding and welding robots have several drawbacks. Manual welding is time consuming, while existing welding robots are not efficient enough for manufacturing small batch sized products but they also often face discrepancies when reprogramming is necessary. This reprogramming is also extremely time-consuming. In contrary, MARWIN will offer a flexible, programmable system to manufacturers and with this solution they will be able to optimize the welding process in a timely and cost effective manner. Aware of the business opportunity and growing market in the welded parts industry, SMEs in the current proposal, with the help of RTD performers, intend to capitalise on this need by developing a product that will overcome the limitations of available systems for end-users, thereby fulfilling a real market need. It will provide a competitive edge for consortium SMEs and within the EU and worldwide in a field where the production of differentiated, high quality welded parts is mainly dominated by large enterprises. By using MARWIN system companies will not only widen the range of products / services offered but they will also reduce their production costs. The combination of these two elements will result in higher effectiveness and significantly increased competitiveness.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Robotic welding accounts for about one fourth of all industrial robotic tasks, yet automation is lacking. A novel low-cost robot with automatic track calculation and quality control will have major impact on quality, costs and competitiveness.