Area: Advanced Manufacturing Processes

USERM – IMPROVING TRADITIONAL PROCESSES THROUGH THE SEARCH AND INCORPORATION OF NEW RAPID MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS

Rapid manufacturing techniques are strongly penetrating the market, particularly in the plastics sector and that of moulds. Techniques of rapid tool manufacturing or Rapid Tooling are becoming very important in this field and in the field of production of single metal items, metal inserts and parts of moulds. [...]

TUSACT – Adhesive technologies in sectors with high technology component

The main aim of the UNIT "Adhesive technologies in sectors of high technology component" is in combining the interests of various industrial sectors and research centres to establish, in the Region of Valencia, the technology infrastructure necessary to jointly carry out research and specific developments on adhesive technologies across the whole range: adhesives, coatings, paints, etc. as well as on novel surface treatments involved in processes of bonding of materials, applications of paints, coatings, etc. [...]

Financed

ADDITIMOULD – Development of nanocomposite moulds for short series of injection moulding through additive manufacturing

The aim of this project is to develop short life injection moulds using additive manufacturing technologies that would enable an significant reduction of cost and time compared to conventional manufacturing techniques. Additive manufacturing techniques to be used during this project will be Laser Sintering and photopolymerisation by ultraviolet light (polyjet 3D printing), which are commonly used for the development of prototypes and pre-series of plastic products from simple polymeric materials. [...]

Financed

BOND-CONTROL: Inspection and evaluation of adhesive bonds in compound materials for quality control

The general aim of the project is to obtain non-destructive evaluation techniques and procedures based on ultrasonic inspection of adhesive bonds and coatings. This will help to improve the quality control process in the manufacture of products with adhesive bonds, introducing tools enabling the evaluation of the state of the bond, be quick in diagnosis to be implemented in the production process, represent economic saving and expand the potential for evaluating various bond properties. [...]

Financed

ROTONEW – New rotational moulding process

The main aim of the project is the design of a new rotational moulding oven that automates the process of opening and closing of moulds, creating a continuous cycle that would greatly increase production compared to current ovens. [...]

Financed

Manufacture of tooling through rapid manufacturing techniques, validation of experimental sintering technology – AIJUSLSV1

Continuing the line of research referring to Tooling for the auxiliary industry, the aim is to develop industrial tools for the manufacture of series, pre-series and production (electrodes, inserts, moulds and matrices) through additive manufacturing techniques within tooling workshops in the mould manufacturing stage. [...]

Financed

New systems of decorating miniature toys through tampography – MINITAMP

The main aim of this project is to develop and optimise the process of decorating miniature toys with irregular geometry through the technique of tampography with costs similar to current costs, replacing in this way the use of adhesive labels. [...]

Financed

Development of experimental machinery for Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) for application in Rapid Manufacturing in the toy sector – AIJUSLSV1

The main aim of this project is to develop our own technology (although initially experimental) so that Spanish auxiliary companies and industry can correctly apply and implement Rapid Manufacturing (RM) technologies and contribute the added value necessary to enable them to recover from the crisis and position themselves in the forefront of other European companies. [...]

Financed

DIGITEX-PLAS

This project involving 8 companies (4 textile companies and 4 plastics/toy companies) and the AIJU and AITEX technology centres aims to research and develop new processes and products enabling rationalisation of digital printing on textiles and plastic materials. [...]

DecoraToy – Customised decoration of toys

Toy industry trends show that products are increasingly required with a higher degree of customisation in shorter production times. Improvement in the techniques of decoration/finishing of items largely facilitates the work involved in solving technical problems and costs to satisfy these trends. [...]

Financed