Special Issue "Stereolithography (SLA) and Digital Light Processing (DLP)": call for contributions

The vat photopolymerization processes (as both stereolithography and digital light processing) allow to manufacture miniaturized components, or parts with microscale features, achieving a very high resolution and an excellent part quality. These processes can also be exploited for an easy and cost-effective rapid prototyping of customized microparts since they do not imply high time consumption and costs for tooling.

Embedding micro/nano particles in the photocuring resin allows to improve the material properties and even to create smart materials, which are materials that can be modified by external stimuli. The smart materials can be customized for specific applications, such as shape morphing components, programmable materials, thermomagnetically responsive actuators and grippers, soft robotics, etc.

The Special Issue of MDPI - Micromachines (IF 2.523, ISSN 2072-666X) focuses on the novel advancements and applications of micro stereolithography and digital light processing techniques, including the topics of the process characterization and optimization, and development of advanced materials.

Full details are available at:  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special_issues/Stereolithography

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021

Guest Editors:

1. Lara Rebaioli
2. Irene Fassi

DrapeBot H2020 project Kick-off meeting, on January 13-14, 2021

The draping is a process used for about 30% of all carbon fibre composite parts to place layers of carbon fiber fabric in a mould. During this process the flat fabric distorts to fit to the shape of the mould. Ensuring the accuracy of draping in terms of position and fiber orientation while avoiding wrinkles is a challenging task.

The DrapeBot project, funded by the EU H2020 Programme, aims at human-robot collaborative draping. The robot is supposed to assist during the transport of the large material patches and to drape in areas of low curvature. The role of the human is to drape regions of high curvature. To enable an efficient collaboration, DrapeBot develops a gripper system with integrated instrumentation, low-level control structures, and AI-driven human perception and task planning models. All of these developments aim at a smooth and efficient interaction between the human and the robot. Specific emphasis is put on trust and usability, due to the complexity of the task and the sizes of involved robots. The DrapeBot project runs over a period of four years from January 2021 to December 2024.

On January 13 and 14, 2021, the kick-off meeting for the DrapeBot project took place. Due to travel restrictions, the meeting was held online via video conferencing. Nevertheless, very fruitful discussions on the project and upcoming activities were conducted. A total of 24 people from all 9 partner organisations were present at the meeting. The consortium is highly motivated and will tackle the first activities in the project right after the end of the kick-off.

Project website: https://www.drapebot.eu/

Project contact person for STIIMA: Enrico Villagrossi

Fabrics that change colour with pH: STIIMA-CNR of Biella participates to SensiChrom project

SensiChrom research project funded by Piedmont Region through Po.In.Tex, the Textile Innovation Cluster in Città Studi Biella, aimed to develop pH-sensitive textile materials at industrial level. The project was participated by two companies of Biella, Yanga from Crevacuore, a manufacturer of bandages and medical products, and Tintoria Finissaggio 2000 from Masserano, and STIIMA-CNR, based in Biella for the scientific support.

The fabrics developed by the project are able to change their colour based on the pH: they have one colour in an acidic environment and another in a basic environment.

Starting from the results obtained in the STIIMA-CNR laboratory, which have already been published in the scientific journal Coloration Technology, dyes were selected on the basis of technical parameters and dyeing capabilities and, subsequently, the most suitable fabrics were identified for the application.

During the project, therefore, an industrial process in several stages was developed to improve the dyeing involving a step of preparation of the fabric, a subsequent dyeing and a final phase for fixing the dye. The fabrics also showed high sensitivity to the “pH reversing”: if immersed in a solution at a fixed pH, they can return to their original colour many times.

This particular feature can also be exploited in different technical applications, including that in the biomedical field. It is known that the pH of an intact and healthy skin takes on characteristic values ??of about pH 5.5, while in the case of an inflammatory state the pH of the skin can reach pH 8: having a bandage that signals these changes can be of great help in the care of wounds.

Virtual Open Day "Safer robots for a safer world"

Within the COVR project, funded by the EU H2020 program, STIIMA-CNR has organized a virtual Open Day entitled "Safer robots for a safer world", on 4 February 2021, from 15:00 to 18:00.

The webinar will focus on the topic of security in the field of robotics, and will have insights from University, Research Organizations and industry experts, on the following topics:

• Robotic safety requirements and standardization
• What are the main research activities in the safety domain and STIIMA Safety shared Facility
• What is COVR and why the work is relevant for the scientific and industrial community
• Cross-domain applications from the COVR community

Link for registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6326270360822442251

Further information and the agenda are detailed in the leaflet, here downloadable

Sesto Sensore at Maker Faire Rome 2020

The Sesto Sensore project was born from a real need of real people: people with severe motor disabilities who move independently in an electric wheelchair need to recognize and avoid obstacles.

The prototype created is a sensor system that can be used with all types of electric wheelchairs, which can be positioned in different points, for a conscious management of the surrounding space. It allows innovative reverse and safer maneuverability. 

What makes the project even more significant is the period of development: during the lockdown!

The innovation consisted in the organization of a distributed laboratory consisting of the Arduino starter kit and sensors for each student and the Arduino Tinkercad simulator for the teacher. A beautiful way to safeguard experiential teaching, a distinctive trait of ITS training and the GREEN Foundation where learning-by-doing, problem solving, design thinking are tools and topics of study.

The protagonists are the first year students of the Green Foundation's ITS "Higher Technician for Smart Factory and Industry 4.0" course, coordinated by STIIMA-CNR.

The device was developed with the collaboration of:

Sim-patia cooperative, health residence for people with severe or very severe motor disabilities. It offers numerous services including the creation of prototypes aimed at improving the quality of life of people with frailty.

Caporali 2000 s.r.l., a company specialized in the marketing and maintenance of aids for the disabled and hospital equipment.

https://makerfairerome.eu/it/exhibitors/?edition=2020&exhibit=200301

1st Exploitation Seminar of the H2020 project “CarE-Service” on Circular Economy of electric vehicles

The H2020 project CarE-Service, coordinated by STIIMA-CNR, aims at developing new technologies and approaches to address the circular economy of electric vehicles and, at the same time, to improve the offering of innovative mobility services to European citizens (https://www.careserviceproject.eu/). Key-topics of the project are: batteries End-Of-Life, remanufacturing and recycling of other high added value automotive parts (such as techno-polymers and metals), platforms for the circular economy of components and materials of electric vehicles, legislation, standardisation and re-design for Circular Economy, green integrated mobility services and circular business models (see project newsletter and other documents at this link).

On December 9th, CarE-Service is organising its first Exploitation Seminar, in virtual mode, promoted by the partner FCA-Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The goal of the seminar is to present preliminary results to companies and professionals that are interested in the topic of the project and that might be potential future users and partners. Participants will have an insight on latest developments in this area, will meet companies and RTOs operating in the automotive and circular economy sector and will have the possibility to give feedbacks and suggest further requirements that the project partners can consider to produce solutions and methods useful to them. In this final year of the project, it will be also possible to become tester of some solutions and to participate to “training sessions” that will be organized in the next months.

Participation is open to any interested stakeholder. For agenda and registration go to this registration link. It will be possible to attend all sessions or connect to the ones that fit more with company business and interest.

Twitter and Linkedin: @CarE_Service_EU

The online course on Digital Manufacturing, developed within the Digit-T project, funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Community, concerns factory digitization and related skills and is addressed to SMEs. It aims to present the opportunities related to the adoption of enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 and support SMEs in their path towards digitalization. The course deepens three main topics, Management in I4.0, Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Intelligent Robotics, which are discussed in specific training modules available in English, Italian and Spanish.  

Next Thursday, November 26th, from 2 to 3 pm, a digit-t project dissemination event will be held online, in order to illustrate the training contents and the way to access them through the specific e-learning platform. Participation in the event is free, upon registration at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digit-t-digital-manufacturing-training-course-tickets-128735616695.  

Further information on the Digit-T project, developed by the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of the University of Nottingham (coordinator), the STIIMA Institute of the National Research Council, the EURECAT Technology Centre of Catalonia and the Lombard Intelligent Factory Association, can be found at the website https://www.digit-t.eu/ 

Special Issue - Materials

The special issue falls in the context of the structural monitoring of complex components in composite material. This application area is aimed at achieving high standards of product quality and safety to make the production processes more sustainable from both an environmental and economic point of view. This can be pursued through new experimental principles and technologies for the measurement-based evaluation of bulk materials or complex structures, either to monitor the production processes or to check the structural integrity under working conditions. At the same time, new algorithms driven by artificial intelligence are required for processing complex data generated by experimental inspections.

The special issue, therefore, aims to collect innovative contributions in the wide area of structural monitoring sector of complex components in composite material, focusing attention on the integration of different disciplines, such as engineering, physics, mathematics, and computer science, for the autonomous detection and characterization of possible anomalies.

Special issue of the journal “Polymers”: call for contributions

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the novel aspects of polymer processing and manufacturing. Polymer processing covers a wide range of techniques including extrusion-based processes and molding-based processes, such as injection, compression, rotational, blow, plastic foam, precision and micro molding. Indeed, there is an ever-increasing need to understand these processes and specifically the influence of process parameters, optimization of product properties, and characterization of results. 

This Special Issue will provide insights into the recent advances in material, process and product interactions, with a special focus on sustainable and climate neutral approaches. All colleagues are invited to send contributions.

Dr. Rossella Surace
Dr. Irene Fassi
Dr. Claudia Pagano
Guest Editors

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2021.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/Polym_Process_Molding

Special issue of MDPI Sustainability Journal: invitation to send contributions

Carlo Brondi (CNR-STIIMA), Jonathan Sze Choong Low (Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A * STAR)) and Mark Mennenga (Technische Universität Braunschweig) are guest editors in the magazine MDPI Sustainability (Impact Factor 2.576) for the Special Issue "Digital Transformation and its Opportunities for Sustainable Manufacturing".

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/sus_manufacturing

Guest Editors invite to contribute to this Special Issue focused on digital tools and methodologies specifically supporting the paradigm of sustainable manufacturing and sustainable industry. The keywords include the following topics: Life Cycle Engineering, Industrial Sustainability, Eco-design, Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Production System (CPPS), Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), Smart sensoring, LCA.

The research topics focus mainly, but are not limited, on the intersection between the new digital tools/methodologies in an industry 4.0 perspective and the growing sustainability challenges for industries. Descriptions of original solutions capable of meeting these challenges, description of evolutions of existing solutions and original reviews are welcome.

The deadline for submitting manuscripts is May 31, 2021.

Special issue of Polymers Journal: invitation to send contributions

Claudia Vineis (CNR-STIIMA Biella), Vincenzo Guarino (CNR-IPCB Napoli) and Liliana Liverani (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Biomaterials) are Guest Editors in MDPI Polymers Journal (Impact Factor 3.426) for Special Issue "Electro-Fluid Dynamic Technologies for Bio-Applications". https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/electro_fluid_dynamic_tecnologies

Guest Editors invite you to contribute to this Special Issue focused on Electro-Fluid Dynamic Technologies for Bio-Applications. The Keywords are: nanofibers, nanoparticles, smart textiles, functionalization/coatings, core–shell, nanocomposites, membranes, filters, scaffolds.

Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to, recent advances related to technology and materials science as well as the description of novel ideas/proof-of-concept studies addressing the development of new solutions for healthcare and environmental applications.  Both original articles and reviews are welcome.

The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 November 2020.

Three CNR institutes in the ASINA European project. STIIMA activities

The ASINA project (https://www.asina-project.eu/) aims to promote coherent and scientifically valid Safe-by-Design methodologies for the production and the application of nanotechnologies, taking into account functionality, production processes, safety, environmental sustainability, cost effectiveness and regulatory requirements.

ASINA will use the production value chains of nano-enabled textile products and nano-encapsulating systems in cosmetics, to formulate design hypothesis and make design decisions by applying a data-driven approach and methodology. The Safe-by-design Management Methodology developed in ASINA can be easily adopted by manufactures to deliver products designed to be as safe as possible, so achieving ASINA vision to increase stakeholders (entrepreneurs, scientists, regulators, innovators, policy makers, consumers) confidence in safe-by-design nanomanufacturing.

The ASINA project is coordinated by CNR-ISTEC (Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, https://www.istec.cnr.it/index.php/eng/) in collaboration with CNR-ISAC (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, http://www.isac.cnr.it/) and CNR-STIIMA (Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing).

CNR-STIIMA participates in the project in the evaluation of the antibacterial properties of textile finishing based on nanotechnologies developed following the paradigm of intrinsic safety. In addition, CNR-STIIMA is involved in the analysis of the stability of the performance of treated fabrics subjected to stress that simulate the normal uses.

STIIMA is pleased to announce the Workshop on "Advanced Manufacturing for Millimeter-Wave and Sub-THz Space Payloads", to be held virtually next Monday 15th, jointly organized by STIIMA, IEIIT and IFAC with the endorsement of CNR DIITET Department.

For more info please visit the website http://www.diitet.cnr.it/en/am4space_cnr_workshop/ and download the workshop brochure.

White Paper by CNR-STIIMA on digital technologies for rehabilitation during the Phase II of the COVID-19 emergency

Researchers from the Lecco premises of CNR-STIIMA published a White Paper on the potential of digital technologies, based on mobile devices, computers or virtual/augmented reality headsets, for respiratory, motor, cognitive and psychological rehabilitation.

Such technologies are especially useful, nowadays, during the so-called Phase II of the COVID-19 emergency, which forced hospitals and clinical centers to interrupt many rehabilitation activities.

In spite of the current situation, it is essential to guarantee the continuity of care to all the patients. The possibility, offered by digital technologies, of performing rehabilitative exercises while staying at home, is emerging as a promising solution especially because it allows overcoming all the limitations related to the ongoing situation, such as social distancing, the need for personal protection, reduced mobility and psychological factors. In this White Paper, STIIMA-Lecco discusses the potential and the criticalities related to the implementation of home-based rehabilitation, and presents a few practical examples on the basis of the outcomes of previous research projects.

The document is available at the following link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341651070_COVID-19_PHASE_II_Digital_technologies'_potential_for_rehabilitation_processes

LINarm++ @ MEDICA 2018

CNR-ITIA presents the project LINarm++ at the ECHORD++ booth at the MEDICA 2018 trade fair from November 12th to 15th, 2018 (Stand F37).

LINarm++ is a device for neuromuscular rehabilitation of the upper limb which integrates a variable-stiffness mechatronic device, a neuromuscular electrical stimulation system, a virtual rehabilitation scenario, a low-cost unobtrusive sensory system and a patient model for adapting training task parameters. LINarm++ monitors the user behaviour during each single session and its evolution throughout the entire training period. The result is a modular and integrated rehabilitation device, enabling a biomechanical, neurological and physiological-based training of patients.

The research project "LINarm++ - Affordable and Advanced LINear device for ARM rehabilitation" is financed by the European Project ECHORD++ (FP7-ICT-601116).

Newsletter Greenomed #6

Check the latest news and progress of the GREENOMED project. You can have access to all our newsletters in GREENOMED library.

https://greenomed.interreg-med.eu/library/newsletters/

The 15th CIRP Conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing at Politecnico di Milano

The Mechanical Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano, with the support of AFIL (Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardia), AITeM (Associazione Italiana di Tecnologia Meccanica) e ITIA-CNR (Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione del CNR) organized the 15th CIRP Conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing.

The CIRP CAT 2018 is organized by Mechanical Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano, and will be held at Campus Bovisa Sud, Building BL28, via Lambruschini 4, Milano, Italy , from 11th to 13th June 2018

Conference chair: prof. Giovanni Moroni.

More information: www.cirpcat2018.polimi.it

CNR-ITIA at MECSPE 2018: Pad. 5, Stand N55

CNR-ITIA is at MECSPE 2018, in Parma from 22nd to 24th march 2018: Motek Italy Sector, Pad. 5, Stand N55.

In the exibition area is presented the research project “EURECA – Enhanced Human Robot cooperation in Cabin Assembly tasks” that received founding in the Programma di Ricerca e Innovazione Clean Sky 2 in Horizon 2020 dell'Unione Europea - www.cleansky-eureca.eu

The EURECA project framework is dedicated to innovate the assembly of aircraft interiors using advanced human-robot collaborative solutions.

Tavola rotonda: Robotica e formazione della fabbrica digitale (24 marzo 2018, Presso fiera MECSPE)

Gli obiettivi che si prefigge la tavola rotonda sono di trattare in termini concreti e pratici le competenze richieste per l’uso della robotica, individuare le criticità, se esistono, per l’aumento delle competenze interne (tempo, risorse, moduli formativi, tipologia di formazione) ed analizzare la struttura della domanda di formazione (tecnici, operatori di macchina, progettisti senior): quali strumenti/esigenze esistono in un ambiente complesso (fabbrica/produzione) a diversa dimensione e penetrazione di robot?

Conference: "Green manufacturing: Opportunities, challenges and impacts on citizens' lives" (7th march 2018, Greece)

On 7th of March 2018, GREENOMED will held its first conference “Green manufacturing: Opportunities, challenges and impacts on citizens' lives” in Aristotle University Research Dissemination Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference aims at raising awareness about green manufacturing and its opportunities and impacts on citizens’ lives through implementing green innovations in manufacturing industry.

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Workshop: "SOStenibilità delle TEcNologie ManifatturiERE: dalla teoria alla pratica" (29th January 2018)

The Workshop, organized by the Working Group SOSTENERE dell’ AITEM - Associazione Italiana Tecnologia Meccanica, will take place at ITIA, "Sala Convegni" room from 8.30 to 14.00.

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Workshop: "Innovation paths in the Factory of the Future: challenges, best practices and actions for the manufacturing sector" (16 october 2017)

Percorsi di innovazione nella Fabbrica del Futuro: sfide, best practice e azioni per il settore manifatturiero

Lunedì 16 Ottobre 2017, 9:30 – 14:30

Sala Conferenze “G. Gusmani” – Palazzo Antonini – via Petracco 8, UDINE

This workshop is a dissemination event with the main players of manifacturing sector. It is one of the most important events of the project "BIFOCAlps – Boosting Innovation in Factory Of the future value Chain in the Alps", that is financed with the programme "Interreg Alpine Space 2014-2020" and coordinated by "Polo Tecnologico di Pordenone". BIFOCAlps main objective is to boost collaboration and synergies among main actors of the AS innovation system for a sustainable, smart and competitive development of the manufacturing value chain towards the FoF.

For more information and the workshop agenda, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-percorsi-di-innovazione-nella-fabbrica-del-futuro-sfide-best-practice-e-azioni-per-il-settore-38272893254

Registration form:

https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-percorsi-di-innovazione-nella-fabbrica-del-futuro-sfide-best-practice-e-azioni-per-il-settore-38272893254

Free admission. Registrations end on 13th october.

For information:
Laboratorio di Ingegneria Gestionale
email: labgest@uniud.it
phone: 0432 558043

PRO-VE 2017, 18th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (18-20 Sep 2017 - Vicenza, Italy)

PRO-VE 2017 will provide a forum for sharing experiences, discussing trends, identifying challenges, and introducing innovative solutions aimed at fulfilling the vision of beneficial collaboration in a data-rich world.

www.pro-ve.org

Cinisello Balsamo, 8th June 2017: Conference The Next Factory "Industria 4.0: Un’opportunità per il manifatturiero italiano"

The manufacturing world is experiencing a moment of great transformation where technology, organization, innovation and data management play a leading role.

The conference "Industria 4.0: Un’opportunità per il manifatturiero italiano" will be held on June 8, 2017 at Hotel Cosmo in Cinisello Balsamo from 9.00 to 17.30.

Further information:
www.thenextfactory.it/convegno-next-factory/

International Forum "Ceramics for Energy", Workshop "Industria 4.0: La sfida energetica per la fabbrica intelligente"

During the International Forum "Ceramics for Energy" there will be the workshop "Industria 4.0: La sfida energetica per la fabbrica intelligente" by Dr. Alessandro Brusaferri of ITIA-CNR.

8th JUNE, 2017 - ORE 16:00, at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche (MIC), Viale Baccarini 19 - Faenza (RA).

Free admission to subscribed participants. To subscripe please write an email to: cen2017(at)istec.cnr.it

The PIROS team lead by ITIA in final of the EuRoC Challenge

The European Robotics Challenges (EuRoC), as a key factor for driving innovation in European robotics and manufacturing, has the main objective to strengthen collaboration and cross-fertilisation between the industrial and the research community. EuRoC is the Factories of the Future project, in the I4MS initiative (http://i4ms.eu).

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Bergamo, 21st june 2017: SAVE THE DATE “Tecnologie 4.0: motori per la fabbrica intelligente”

On 21st giugno 2017 at Bergamo, during the IV Assemblea Generale dell’associazione Cluster Fabbrica Intelligente there will be the Workshop about“TECNOLOGIE 4.0: MOTORI PER LA FABBRICA INTELLIGENTE” starting from 13.30 to 17.30 at the University of Bergamo, ex chiesa di Sant'Agostino.

The programme will be available soon. Free admission to subscribed participants. Click here to subscribe to the Workshop.

Acaya (Lecce), 4-9 June 2017: SMMSO 2017 - 11th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations

We are happy to invite you to the 11th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations – SMMSO 2017. The conference is organized by the Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ITIA-CNR and the University of Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell‘Innovazione and will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton Acaya Golf Resort in Acaya (Lecce), Italy, in June 4-9, 2017.

Further information: http://smmso.org/SMMSO2017/index.html

Hannover Messe - KUKA Innovation Award 2017

The MACHAMP team of ITIA (Manupulator Assistive Control for Human Amplification in Mounting Procedures) is making an excellent impression during the Kuka Innovation Award (https://www.kuka.com/en-de/about-kuka/research-and-innovation/kuka-innovation-award) at the Hannover Messe (http://www.hannovermesse.de/home).

ITIA completes the semi-final Round of EuRoC Challenge

ITIA coordinates the Challenger Team PIROS http://www.euroc-project.eu/index.php?id=piros in the highly-competitive contest for winning the Finals of EU Project European Robotics Challenges (EuRoC) http://www.euroc-project.eu/index.php?id=challenge_1

As Challenge 1 forerunners after the previous Rounds, we completed our final demonstration session earlier last month in Stuttgart (Fraunhofer IPA). We deployed a collaborative robot solution for assisting the manual assembly of machining pallets.
Our End Users (MCM http://www.mcmspa.it/english/ together with Cembre SpA http://www.cembre.it/group) was actually performing the task, with a real hands-on "touch and feel" experience about the benefits of collaborative robots. With a friendly app, a solid software integration backbone for flexible task programming, a number of core advanced robot control routines, our task was successfully completed by a non-expert user. Last, we do care about safety and are actively exploring the most advanced collaborative modes and new methods for analysing risks.

What’s next? The next Round (the Finals!) will be a real shopfloor deployment of our robot solution.. coming soon!

More info? federico.vicentini@itia.cnr.it

Overview of PIROS Showcase Round application

Diversity and adaptability of small production batches. Fast setup and reconfiguration. Supervision and augmented role of human operators. Safety. These are the hot keywords in the world of machine tools and shopfloors, where collaborative robots are expected to provide a substantial help to machine operators. Despite a high degree of automation, in fact, machining shopfloors experience a remarkable number of manual operations in pallet and fixtures setup, quality inspection of machined items, handling of raw materials.
PIROS solution: a collaborative robot unit, including

• a modular software framework for loading "library tasks",
• a mobile device app for loading a "playlist" of user-defined tasks,
• a library of functional routines (force control for enabling collaborative assembly, bin-picking for loading materials, motion planning for optimizing the comfort of operators, perception for gesture recognition, etc),
• a dynamic model-based risk assessment tool for supporting hazards identification and risk reduction in human-robot interaction (in cooperation with DEEP-SE group in Politecnico di Milano http://deepse.dei.polimi.it/)

Benefits: operators are free to allocate robot tasks at runtime, while organizing their supervisory tasks among multiple machining tools. End users (machining and assembly shopfloors) can experience a competitive advantage in allowing added-value time to operators, improving ergonomics, prevent the saturation of operators’ tasks.

An End User experiencing the robot assistant in preparing a machine tool pallet with fixtures (picture taken at EuRoC C1 host site during demonstration, March 2017)

Workshop February 21, 2017, Politecnico di Milano - Intelligent Factory in the National Plan Industria 4.0

Italian Technology Cluster Intelligent Factories invites you to attend the workshop The Intelligent Factory in the National Plan Industria 4.0, that will be held next February 21st, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, at the Politecnico di Milano.

The workshop, with an original schema to match demand and supply of advanced technologies, is targeted at all stakeholders in the manufacturing sector to provide details on the opportunities offered to the sector by the National Plan Industria 4.0 of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.

The workshop will analyze the main actions introduced by the plan, in particular related to the incentives for digitization at different stages of the production process, and will explain the possible areas of industrial development based on 4.0 advanced technologies.

At the plenary session, introduced by the Dean of Politecnico di Milano, Ferruccio Resta, will participate as speakers the representatives of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, Stefano Firpo, and of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Oscar Pasquali, the President of the Cluster Intelligent Factories, Gianluigi Viscardi, the President of the Technical Scientific Committee of the Cluster Intelligent Factories, Tullio Tolio, and the Director of Industrial Policy Area of Confindustria, Andrea Bianchi.

During the plenary session, industrial companies will introduce first ideas on Lighthouse Plant, according to the strategical CFI Roadmap’s guidelines.

A set of parallel sessions will follow to discuss and define initiatives for the development of industrial projects, in the strategic frame of Industria 4.0. During these sessions, important players in the Italian market - including both leading technology providers, like Prima Industrie, Comau, ABB and research institutions and universities, like CNR and Politecnico di Milano - will present their proposals for applied research and technological innovation projects, as part of the seven lines of action of the Research and Innovation Roadmap of the Cluster.

Press release: INSPIRE project Kick-off-meeting – Brussels, Belgium, 10-11 October 2016

"Efficient and sustainable production of high value-added goods is of crucial importance for the European manufacturers to stay in business in today’s fierce competitive environment. Given the more demanding consumers along with the shortened life cycles of product offerings, it is of grave importance for the value chain of companies to provide high quality products, reduce time to market while minimizing production costs."

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Fieramilano Congress Centre, 4th-8th October 2016: the European project Miman-T, Micro-manufacturing training system for SMEs, will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016

Fieramilano Congress Centre, 4th-8th October 2016: the European project Miman-T, Micro-manufacturing training system for SMEs, will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016 at the stand F47A / Hall 11.
The project team will be pleased to show you the results such as the e-learning platform technologies for Micro-Manufacturing.

On 7th October, in the GAMMA room Hall 9/11, from 10:00 to 13:00, will take place the final workshop of the project with the presentation of the training system.
For further information about the workshop program: http://www.itia.cnr.it/docs/Agenda_Finalworkshop.pdf

For further information: www.miman-t.eu

Fieramilano Congress Centre, 7th October 2016: Annual Conference The Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro”

Annual Conference The Flagship Project "La Fabbrica del Futuro" 7th October 2016 from 14:00 to 17:30
AQUARIUS Hall of the Fieramilano Congress Centre

The Flagship Project "La Fabbrica del Futuro" welcomes you at the project Annual Conference which will be held at the Fieramilano Congress Centre within BI -MU 2016 (Milan, 4th-8th October 2016).

The Annual Conference is the official event of the Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro” (Factory of the Future) and is the occasion for closing and presenting the activities and the results of the funded projects.

Please confirm your participation by completing the pre-registration form ...

NB: This confirmation procedure is not a substitute for pre-registration required for (free) entry at BIMU2016 which to be made at your care to link http://www.bimu.it/en/visitors/pre-registration/

Please note that during the whole duration of the exhibition, the Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro” will also have a stand in Hall 11 (STAND E26-F35), where the prototypes carried out will be displayed.

For further information: segreteria@fabbricadelfuturo-fdf.it

Fieramilano-Rho, 4-8 October 2016: The Flagship Project “Factory of the Future” at the fair BI-MU 2016

From 4th to 8th October 2016, The Flagship Project “Factory of the Future” will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016 in Fieramilano-Rho, at the stand E26-F35 / Hall 11, where the prototypes carried out by the projects will be displayed.

BI-MU has always been the only Italian exhibition capable of representing the world offering of machine tools and production systems.
Third in the international exporters ranking, and fourth in the manufacturers ranking, Italy can boast BI-MU as one of the historical and most qualified international events dedicated to the Italian industry of machine tools, robots, production systems and auxiliary technologies.

Bergamo, 20-21 June 2016: 8th CIRP IPSS CONFERENCE, Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle

Theoretical and practical experiences show that transition towards IPSS pushes organisations to change their strategies, operations and value chains, technologies, people expertise and system integration capabilities. Innovative knowledge intensive solutions, business and societal value from expertise in varied domains, new solutions design, development and delivery throughout the product lifecycle are the key drivers to promote a competitive advantage in the long term.
As a consequence, different competences and multidisciplinary approaches are requested to have a complete understanfing of the IPSS (Industrial Products-Service System) and PSS (Product-Service System) phenomena. The aim of the IPSS 2016 (Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle) conference is to promote new knowledge in the Product-Service Systems field along all its life cycle phases and facilitate its dissemination among academics and practitioners.

E-mail: ipss2016@unibg.it
Conference website: ipss2016.unibg.it

Important European Commission survey on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT)

This survey takes place in a strategic project that our Consortium, composed by Fraunhofer-ISI, ITIA-CNR, IDEA Consult e VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland, conducts on behalf of the European Commission on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies to perform a study entitled:

“An analysis of drivers, barriers and readiness factors of European companies for adopting advanced manufacturing products and technologies".

We are particularly interested in identifying the main drivers and barriers related to the diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and knowing how companies perceive the drivers and barriers related to the diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies in the European industry.

The findings will provide input for policy recommendation for the European Union.

We estimate that it will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire and your answers will be treated strictly confidential and will be processed anonymously.

You can click on the following link: https://s.chkmkt.com/?e=56451&h=47FAE6E9D83D79E&l=en

MiMAN-T external user testing results “Extremely encouraging”

MiMAN-T aims to create a complete training system that provides a comparative overview on all the up to date Micro-Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) together with technical and economic details, allowing participants to develop and manufacture miniaturised products. The online E-Learning platform will be supplemented by a Springer publication; a reference book for industry, co-developed by leading EU project partners.

External user testing
After development and extensive internal testing, over 200 invitations were sent to organisations requesting feedback. Project leader (Dr Irene Fassi of ITIA) commented: “Given we sought responses from a range of companies with different levels of engagement with micro-manufacturing, and a range of job roles within those organisations, I think the feedback is extremely encouraging!”

Summary of the respondents
Responses were received from nine EU member states, and one from Mexico! A representative cross-section (by size, and organisational role) was secured. 20% of respondents were micro-businesses (10 or less employees); 20% had between 10 and 49 employees; 18% had between 50 and 249 employees; 20% had more than 250 employees; 20% were not representing a company (individuals undertaking personal development or sole traders).

Training effectiveness
In response to the question: “Did the platform provide effective training?”

• 93% stated it was either OK/Very good/Excellent
• 62% stated it was either Very good/Excellent

Potential impact/improving company performance
In response to the question: “Could the training improve company performance?” - 87% of respondents stated they thought their company performance could be improved by using the MiMAN-T resources.
Overall satisfaction with the training: In response to the question: “How satisfied overall are you with the online training?”
97% of respondents were either “somewhat” or Very” satisfied.

MIMAN-T Project: www.miman-t.eu

A complete training system that provides a comparative overview on all the up-to-date Micro-Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) together with the technical and economical details.

Hannover Messe, 25th to 29th April 2016: the Miman-T team will have the pleasure to greet you on KIT stand

From 25th to 29th April the Miman-T team will have the pleasure to greet you on KIT stand at the Hannover Messe (hall 06, stand L42). Come to discover our new products:

The E-learning platform, ready to be used in 4 languages (English, German, Italian and Spanish) is dedicated to companies that want to improve fast and efficiently their knowledges on Micro-manufacturing technologies. It also provides technical types!

The book, soon published by the editor Springer. You will have the chance to discover a unique book that provides in depth knowledge on Micro-manufacturing technologies. Our book written by technical experts from top universities and research centre in Europe, guaranties the best quality standard.Save the date and come to meet our team.

More info on: http://www.hannovermesse.de/exhibitor/karlsruher-institut-fuer-technologie/U557150?source=dl_prev

MIMAN-T project press release issued at the fair EMO MILANO 2015

To download the press release, click on the following link: http://www.itia.cnr.it/docs/Press_release_EN_MIMAN_new.pdf

EMO MILANO 2015
FIERAMILANO, 2015/10/5-10
www.emo-milano.com/en/home

Milan, 5th May 2015: Lombardy Dialogues “Food Safurity: Bridging Safety and Security”

Tuesday, 5th May 2015 from 09:00 to 16:00 at the Auditorium Testori, Palazzo Lombardia, Milan will be held the conference Research and territory in EXPO2015: "Lombardy Dialogues” "Food Safurity: Bridging Safety and Security".

The Conference will start with the description of a modern and, to some extent, futuristic food producing factory devoted to guarantee the food value, then will be illustrate the available technologies to ensure quality and safety of products, ensure their proper packaging through the use of new materials and manage territorial sorting through modern systems of logistics and transportation.

The Conference is part of the cycle of conferences within the project "Exhibition Ground for Scientific Research – Italian Pavilion for EXPO2015” within the framework Agreement between the National Research Council of Italy and the Lombardy Regional Government, in partnership with Unioncamere Lombardia.

For further information https://www.expo.cnr.it/en/lombardy-dialogues or download the Conference program.

Participation at the Conference is free, upon pre-registration at https://www.expo.cnr.it/en/node/124 or click here.

1st Ordinary General Assembly of "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" in Milan, 11 December 2014

The 1st Ordinary General Assembly of "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" will be held at "Auditorium Gio Ponti" of Assolombarda in Via Pantano 9, Milan on December 11th December 2014.

The event is open to everyone, members or not, who want to know more about "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente", its organization and its technological content.

During the private session in the morning, the 300 members of the cluster will meet for the first time, they will be called to approve the general policy of the Association on the basis of proposals from the "Organo di Coordinamento e Gestione" (OCG) and to elect their own representatives, which will become part of the OGC elective component. During the public session in the afternoon, where will partecipate regional, national and European institutions, together with companies, research centers, universities and associations, will present the "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" and will be shown the roadmap content of the cluster that will be handed over to the representatives of MISE and Education Ministry.

For further information, visit Fabbrica Intelligente web site.

Flagship project “La fabbrica del futuro”, subproject 2 – Final ranking

4th February 2014: The final ranking of the project proposals submitted within the Subproject 2 has been published

Flagship project “La fabbrica del futuro”, subproject 2 – Final ranking

Brussels, 13rd November 2014: H2020 NMBP work program 2015

A brokerage event for the coming H2020 NMBP work program 2015 is organized by the European Technology Integrating and Innovation Platform on Nanotechnology NANOfutures with the collaboration of the European Platforms for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies EUMAT and Manufacturing, MANUFUTURE.

The event will be held at Egmont Palace in Brussels on November 13rd 2014 and will be opened by the European Commission.

Attendees will have a unique opportunity to network and get in contact with top-level European industrialists and world-class researchers in order to find the right partner for the next H2020 proposal. Moreover, they will have the possibility to present project ideas in 5 min to the whole audience.

The event will be organized around a number of panels corresponding to each of the NMBP topics open under the 2015 calls. The panels will each be coordinated by a coach that will facilitate dialogue between each participants, proposing their organization or searching for partners. A system will be in place and logistic organized to allow for easy identification of participants and their matchmaking interests.

The brokerage event is free of charge. Space is limited so attendance is restricted to one person per entity and subscribers will be accepted and confirmed observing the need for a balanced participation from industries and research entities.

Further info: http://www.nanofutures.eu/brokerage, Brokerage Event 2014, Leaflet

Milan, 31st March - 2nd April 2015: Call for Papers della 4M/ICOMM2015

Call for Papers of the 4M/ICOMM2015 - International Conference on Micromanufacturing, that will be hel in Milan from 31st March to 2nd Apri 2015 (www.4m-icomm-2015.polimi.it).

The event is organized by CNR-ITIA and Politecnico di Milano; it will present the conferences of both the leading association of the sector (4M Association - www.4m-association.org  - and International Institution for MicroManufacturing - i2m2.northwestern.edu/content/I2M2-ICOMM_Conference.php)

Amministrazione Trasparente

The DIITET video is avaible on cnrweb.tv

LET'S 2014 - Leading Enabling Technologies for Societal Challenges - Bologna, 29th september/1st october 2014

LET’S 2014 will be held in Bologna (Italy) from September 29th to October 1st 2014 with the aim of discussing the role of the Key Enabling Technologies pinpointed by Horizon 2020, the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

LET’S 2014 is a conference bringing together more than 1000 delegates from all over the world to discuss how Europe can support the growth and the creation of new jobs and face Societal Challenges through new products, processes and services, creating opportunities for European actors.

Further info: www.lets2014.eu

CIRP 24th Design Conference 2014 "Mass Customization and Personalization"

On 11th June 2013, ITIA-CNR inaugurated the new De-Manufacturing Pilot Plant

ITIA CNR at MECHA-TRONIKA 2013 presented the results of the R&D activities

Annual Conference and Presentation of the “Call for project proposals” within Subproject 2 – Rome, 21st November 2013

Presentation of ITIA-CNR "De-Manufacturing" pilot plant, 11th june 2013, Milan

ITIA honored with Laval Virtual Awards 2012

Conference “The Italian-Israeli Business Forum – Partners in Innovation"

Statuto del CNR

ITIA at Fuori Salone with Moleskine: Scriba

REMS Project, Kick-off meeting

ITIA at Fuori Salone, Micam Point - La Fabbrica in Città

ITIA-CNR at Festival dell’Innovazione 2010

ITIA-CNR at 27.BI-MU/SFORTEC

Inauguration of ITIA-CNR new center, in Bari

• ITIA Bari inauguration programme
• Invitation to ITIA Bari inauguration

CNR Production Systems Department, new acting director

MANUFUTURE Conference 2009

• Brochure

• Press Release

• Press Release

• Press Release

• ITIA poster

• Prese Release

Special Issue "Stereolithography (SLA) and Digital Light Processing (DLP)": call for contributions

The vat photopolymerization processes (as both stereolithography and digital light processing) allow to manufacture miniaturized components, or parts with microscale features, achieving a very high resolution and an excellent part quality. These processes can also be exploited for an easy and cost-effective rapid prototyping of customized microparts since they do not imply high time consumption and costs for tooling.

Embedding micro/nano particles in the photocuring resin allows to improve the material properties and even to create smart materials, which are materials that can be modified by external stimuli. The smart materials can be customized for specific applications, such as shape morphing components, programmable materials, thermomagnetically responsive actuators and grippers, soft robotics, etc.

The Special Issue of MDPI - Micromachines (IF 2.523, ISSN 2072-666X) focuses on the novel advancements and applications of micro stereolithography and digital light processing techniques, including the topics of the process characterization and optimization, and development of advanced materials.

Full details are available at:  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special_issues/Stereolithography

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021

Guest Editors:

1. Lara Rebaioli
2. Irene Fassi

DrapeBot H2020 project Kick-off meeting, on January 13-14, 2021

The draping is a process used for about 30% of all carbon fibre composite parts to place layers of carbon fiber fabric in a mould. During this process the flat fabric distorts to fit to the shape of the mould. Ensuring the accuracy of draping in terms of position and fiber orientation while avoiding wrinkles is a challenging task.

The DrapeBot project, funded by the EU H2020 Programme, aims at human-robot collaborative draping. The robot is supposed to assist during the transport of the large material patches and to drape in areas of low curvature. The role of the human is to drape regions of high curvature. To enable an efficient collaboration, DrapeBot develops a gripper system with integrated instrumentation, low-level control structures, and AI-driven human perception and task planning models. All of these developments aim at a smooth and efficient interaction between the human and the robot. Specific emphasis is put on trust and usability, due to the complexity of the task and the sizes of involved robots. The DrapeBot project runs over a period of four years from January 2021 to December 2024.

On January 13 and 14, 2021, the kick-off meeting for the DrapeBot project took place. Due to travel restrictions, the meeting was held online via video conferencing. Nevertheless, very fruitful discussions on the project and upcoming activities were conducted. A total of 24 people from all 9 partner organisations were present at the meeting. The consortium is highly motivated and will tackle the first activities in the project right after the end of the kick-off.

Project website: https://www.drapebot.eu/

Project contact person for STIIMA: Enrico Villagrossi

Fabrics that change colour with pH: STIIMA-CNR of Biella participates to SensiChrom project

SensiChrom research project funded by Piedmont Region through Po.In.Tex, the Textile Innovation Cluster in Città Studi Biella, aimed to develop pH-sensitive textile materials at industrial level. The project was participated by two companies of Biella, Yanga from Crevacuore, a manufacturer of bandages and medical products, and Tintoria Finissaggio 2000 from Masserano, and STIIMA-CNR, based in Biella for the scientific support.

The fabrics developed by the project are able to change their colour based on the pH: they have one colour in an acidic environment and another in a basic environment.

Starting from the results obtained in the STIIMA-CNR laboratory, which have already been published in the scientific journal Coloration Technology, dyes were selected on the basis of technical parameters and dyeing capabilities and, subsequently, the most suitable fabrics were identified for the application.

During the project, therefore, an industrial process in several stages was developed to improve the dyeing involving a step of preparation of the fabric, a subsequent dyeing and a final phase for fixing the dye. The fabrics also showed high sensitivity to the “pH reversing”: if immersed in a solution at a fixed pH, they can return to their original colour many times.

This particular feature can also be exploited in different technical applications, including that in the biomedical field. It is known that the pH of an intact and healthy skin takes on characteristic values ??of about pH 5.5, while in the case of an inflammatory state the pH of the skin can reach pH 8: having a bandage that signals these changes can be of great help in the care of wounds.

Virtual Open Day "Safer robots for a safer world"

Within the COVR project, funded by the EU H2020 program, STIIMA-CNR has organized a virtual Open Day entitled "Safer robots for a safer world", on 4 February 2021, from 15:00 to 18:00.

The webinar will focus on the topic of security in the field of robotics, and will have insights from University, Research Organizations and industry experts, on the following topics:

• Robotic safety requirements and standardization
• What are the main research activities in the safety domain and STIIMA Safety shared Facility
• What is COVR and why the work is relevant for the scientific and industrial community
• Cross-domain applications from the COVR community

Link for registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6326270360822442251

Further information and the agenda are detailed in the leaflet, here downloadable

Sesto Sensore at Maker Faire Rome 2020

The Sesto Sensore project was born from a real need of real people: people with severe motor disabilities who move independently in an electric wheelchair need to recognize and avoid obstacles.

The prototype created is a sensor system that can be used with all types of electric wheelchairs, which can be positioned in different points, for a conscious management of the surrounding space. It allows innovative reverse and safer maneuverability. 

What makes the project even more significant is the period of development: during the lockdown!

The innovation consisted in the organization of a distributed laboratory consisting of the Arduino starter kit and sensors for each student and the Arduino Tinkercad simulator for the teacher. A beautiful way to safeguard experiential teaching, a distinctive trait of ITS training and the GREEN Foundation where learning-by-doing, problem solving, design thinking are tools and topics of study.

The protagonists are the first year students of the Green Foundation's ITS "Higher Technician for Smart Factory and Industry 4.0" course, coordinated by STIIMA-CNR.

The device was developed with the collaboration of:

Sim-patia cooperative, health residence for people with severe or very severe motor disabilities. It offers numerous services including the creation of prototypes aimed at improving the quality of life of people with frailty.

Caporali 2000 s.r.l., a company specialized in the marketing and maintenance of aids for the disabled and hospital equipment.

https://makerfairerome.eu/it/exhibitors/?edition=2020&exhibit=200301

1st Exploitation Seminar of the H2020 project “CarE-Service” on Circular Economy of electric vehicles

The H2020 project CarE-Service, coordinated by STIIMA-CNR, aims at developing new technologies and approaches to address the circular economy of electric vehicles and, at the same time, to improve the offering of innovative mobility services to European citizens (https://www.careserviceproject.eu/). Key-topics of the project are: batteries End-Of-Life, remanufacturing and recycling of other high added value automotive parts (such as techno-polymers and metals), platforms for the circular economy of components and materials of electric vehicles, legislation, standardisation and re-design for Circular Economy, green integrated mobility services and circular business models (see project newsletter and other documents at this link).

On December 9th, CarE-Service is organising its first Exploitation Seminar, in virtual mode, promoted by the partner FCA-Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The goal of the seminar is to present preliminary results to companies and professionals that are interested in the topic of the project and that might be potential future users and partners. Participants will have an insight on latest developments in this area, will meet companies and RTOs operating in the automotive and circular economy sector and will have the possibility to give feedbacks and suggest further requirements that the project partners can consider to produce solutions and methods useful to them. In this final year of the project, it will be also possible to become tester of some solutions and to participate to “training sessions” that will be organized in the next months.

Participation is open to any interested stakeholder. For agenda and registration go to this registration link. It will be possible to attend all sessions or connect to the ones that fit more with company business and interest.

Twitter and Linkedin: @CarE_Service_EU

The online course on Digital Manufacturing, developed within the Digit-T project, funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Community, concerns factory digitization and related skills and is addressed to SMEs. It aims to present the opportunities related to the adoption of enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 and support SMEs in their path towards digitalization. The course deepens three main topics, Management in I4.0, Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Intelligent Robotics, which are discussed in specific training modules available in English, Italian and Spanish.  

Next Thursday, November 26th, from 2 to 3 pm, a digit-t project dissemination event will be held online, in order to illustrate the training contents and the way to access them through the specific e-learning platform. Participation in the event is free, upon registration at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digit-t-digital-manufacturing-training-course-tickets-128735616695.  

Further information on the Digit-T project, developed by the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of the University of Nottingham (coordinator), the STIIMA Institute of the National Research Council, the EURECAT Technology Centre of Catalonia and the Lombard Intelligent Factory Association, can be found at the website https://www.digit-t.eu/ 

Special Issue - Materials

The special issue falls in the context of the structural monitoring of complex components in composite material. This application area is aimed at achieving high standards of product quality and safety to make the production processes more sustainable from both an environmental and economic point of view. This can be pursued through new experimental principles and technologies for the measurement-based evaluation of bulk materials or complex structures, either to monitor the production processes or to check the structural integrity under working conditions. At the same time, new algorithms driven by artificial intelligence are required for processing complex data generated by experimental inspections.

The special issue, therefore, aims to collect innovative contributions in the wide area of structural monitoring sector of complex components in composite material, focusing attention on the integration of different disciplines, such as engineering, physics, mathematics, and computer science, for the autonomous detection and characterization of possible anomalies.

Special issue of the journal “Polymers”: call for contributions

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the novel aspects of polymer processing and manufacturing. Polymer processing covers a wide range of techniques including extrusion-based processes and molding-based processes, such as injection, compression, rotational, blow, plastic foam, precision and micro molding. Indeed, there is an ever-increasing need to understand these processes and specifically the influence of process parameters, optimization of product properties, and characterization of results. 

This Special Issue will provide insights into the recent advances in material, process and product interactions, with a special focus on sustainable and climate neutral approaches. All colleagues are invited to send contributions.

Dr. Rossella Surace
Dr. Irene Fassi
Dr. Claudia Pagano
Guest Editors

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2021.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/Polym_Process_Molding

Special issue of MDPI Sustainability Journal: invitation to send contributions

Carlo Brondi (CNR-STIIMA), Jonathan Sze Choong Low (Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A * STAR)) and Mark Mennenga (Technische Universität Braunschweig) are guest editors in the magazine MDPI Sustainability (Impact Factor 2.576) for the Special Issue "Digital Transformation and its Opportunities for Sustainable Manufacturing".

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/sus_manufacturing

Guest Editors invite to contribute to this Special Issue focused on digital tools and methodologies specifically supporting the paradigm of sustainable manufacturing and sustainable industry. The keywords include the following topics: Life Cycle Engineering, Industrial Sustainability, Eco-design, Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Production System (CPPS), Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), Smart sensoring, LCA.

The research topics focus mainly, but are not limited, on the intersection between the new digital tools/methodologies in an industry 4.0 perspective and the growing sustainability challenges for industries. Descriptions of original solutions capable of meeting these challenges, description of evolutions of existing solutions and original reviews are welcome.

The deadline for submitting manuscripts is May 31, 2021.

Special issue of Polymers Journal: invitation to send contributions

Claudia Vineis (CNR-STIIMA Biella), Vincenzo Guarino (CNR-IPCB Napoli) and Liliana Liverani (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Biomaterials) are Guest Editors in MDPI Polymers Journal (Impact Factor 3.426) for Special Issue "Electro-Fluid Dynamic Technologies for Bio-Applications". https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/electro_fluid_dynamic_tecnologies

Guest Editors invite you to contribute to this Special Issue focused on Electro-Fluid Dynamic Technologies for Bio-Applications. The Keywords are: nanofibers, nanoparticles, smart textiles, functionalization/coatings, core–shell, nanocomposites, membranes, filters, scaffolds.

Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to, recent advances related to technology and materials science as well as the description of novel ideas/proof-of-concept studies addressing the development of new solutions for healthcare and environmental applications.  Both original articles and reviews are welcome.

The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 November 2020.

Three CNR institutes in the ASINA European project. STIIMA activities

The ASINA project (https://www.asina-project.eu/) aims to promote coherent and scientifically valid Safe-by-Design methodologies for the production and the application of nanotechnologies, taking into account functionality, production processes, safety, environmental sustainability, cost effectiveness and regulatory requirements.

ASINA will use the production value chains of nano-enabled textile products and nano-encapsulating systems in cosmetics, to formulate design hypothesis and make design decisions by applying a data-driven approach and methodology. The Safe-by-design Management Methodology developed in ASINA can be easily adopted by manufactures to deliver products designed to be as safe as possible, so achieving ASINA vision to increase stakeholders (entrepreneurs, scientists, regulators, innovators, policy makers, consumers) confidence in safe-by-design nanomanufacturing.

The ASINA project is coordinated by CNR-ISTEC (Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, https://www.istec.cnr.it/index.php/eng/) in collaboration with CNR-ISAC (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, http://www.isac.cnr.it/) and CNR-STIIMA (Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing).

CNR-STIIMA participates in the project in the evaluation of the antibacterial properties of textile finishing based on nanotechnologies developed following the paradigm of intrinsic safety. In addition, CNR-STIIMA is involved in the analysis of the stability of the performance of treated fabrics subjected to stress that simulate the normal uses.

STIIMA is pleased to announce the Workshop on "Advanced Manufacturing for Millimeter-Wave and Sub-THz Space Payloads", to be held virtually next Monday 15th, jointly organized by STIIMA, IEIIT and IFAC with the endorsement of CNR DIITET Department.

For more info please visit the website http://www.diitet.cnr.it/en/am4space_cnr_workshop/ and download the workshop brochure.

White Paper by CNR-STIIMA on digital technologies for rehabilitation during the Phase II of the COVID-19 emergency

Researchers from the Lecco premises of CNR-STIIMA published a White Paper on the potential of digital technologies, based on mobile devices, computers or virtual/augmented reality headsets, for respiratory, motor, cognitive and psychological rehabilitation.

Such technologies are especially useful, nowadays, during the so-called Phase II of the COVID-19 emergency, which forced hospitals and clinical centers to interrupt many rehabilitation activities.

In spite of the current situation, it is essential to guarantee the continuity of care to all the patients. The possibility, offered by digital technologies, of performing rehabilitative exercises while staying at home, is emerging as a promising solution especially because it allows overcoming all the limitations related to the ongoing situation, such as social distancing, the need for personal protection, reduced mobility and psychological factors. In this White Paper, STIIMA-Lecco discusses the potential and the criticalities related to the implementation of home-based rehabilitation, and presents a few practical examples on the basis of the outcomes of previous research projects.

The document is available at the following link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341651070_COVID-19_PHASE_II_Digital_technologies'_potential_for_rehabilitation_processes

LINarm++ @ MEDICA 2018

CNR-ITIA presents the project LINarm++ at the ECHORD++ booth at the MEDICA 2018 trade fair from November 12th to 15th, 2018 (Stand F37).

LINarm++ is a device for neuromuscular rehabilitation of the upper limb which integrates a variable-stiffness mechatronic device, a neuromuscular electrical stimulation system, a virtual rehabilitation scenario, a low-cost unobtrusive sensory system and a patient model for adapting training task parameters. LINarm++ monitors the user behaviour during each single session and its evolution throughout the entire training period. The result is a modular and integrated rehabilitation device, enabling a biomechanical, neurological and physiological-based training of patients.

The research project "LINarm++ - Affordable and Advanced LINear device for ARM rehabilitation" is financed by the European Project ECHORD++ (FP7-ICT-601116).

Newsletter Greenomed #6

Check the latest news and progress of the GREENOMED project. You can have access to all our newsletters in GREENOMED library.

https://greenomed.interreg-med.eu/library/newsletters/

The 15th CIRP Conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing at Politecnico di Milano

The Mechanical Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano, with the support of AFIL (Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardia), AITeM (Associazione Italiana di Tecnologia Meccanica) e ITIA-CNR (Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione del CNR) organized the 15th CIRP Conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing.

The CIRP CAT 2018 is organized by Mechanical Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano, and will be held at Campus Bovisa Sud, Building BL28, via Lambruschini 4, Milano, Italy , from 11th to 13th June 2018

Conference chair: prof. Giovanni Moroni.

More information: www.cirpcat2018.polimi.it

CNR-ITIA at MECSPE 2018: Pad. 5, Stand N55

CNR-ITIA is at MECSPE 2018, in Parma from 22nd to 24th march 2018: Motek Italy Sector, Pad. 5, Stand N55.

In the exibition area is presented the research project “EURECA – Enhanced Human Robot cooperation in Cabin Assembly tasks” that received founding in the Programma di Ricerca e Innovazione Clean Sky 2 in Horizon 2020 dell'Unione Europea - www.cleansky-eureca.eu

The EURECA project framework is dedicated to innovate the assembly of aircraft interiors using advanced human-robot collaborative solutions.

Tavola rotonda: Robotica e formazione della fabbrica digitale (24 marzo 2018, Presso fiera MECSPE)

Gli obiettivi che si prefigge la tavola rotonda sono di trattare in termini concreti e pratici le competenze richieste per l’uso della robotica, individuare le criticità, se esistono, per l’aumento delle competenze interne (tempo, risorse, moduli formativi, tipologia di formazione) ed analizzare la struttura della domanda di formazione (tecnici, operatori di macchina, progettisti senior): quali strumenti/esigenze esistono in un ambiente complesso (fabbrica/produzione) a diversa dimensione e penetrazione di robot?

Conference: "Green manufacturing: Opportunities, challenges and impacts on citizens' lives" (7th march 2018, Greece)

On 7th of March 2018, GREENOMED will held its first conference “Green manufacturing: Opportunities, challenges and impacts on citizens' lives” in Aristotle University Research Dissemination Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference aims at raising awareness about green manufacturing and its opportunities and impacts on citizens’ lives through implementing green innovations in manufacturing industry.

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Workshop: "SOStenibilità delle TEcNologie ManifatturiERE: dalla teoria alla pratica" (29th January 2018)

The Workshop, organized by the Working Group SOSTENERE dell’ AITEM - Associazione Italiana Tecnologia Meccanica, will take place at ITIA, "Sala Convegni" room from 8.30 to 14.00.

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Workshop: "Innovation paths in the Factory of the Future: challenges, best practices and actions for the manufacturing sector" (16 october 2017)

Percorsi di innovazione nella Fabbrica del Futuro: sfide, best practice e azioni per il settore manifatturiero

Lunedì 16 Ottobre 2017, 9:30 – 14:30

Sala Conferenze “G. Gusmani” – Palazzo Antonini – via Petracco 8, UDINE

This workshop is a dissemination event with the main players of manifacturing sector. It is one of the most important events of the project "BIFOCAlps – Boosting Innovation in Factory Of the future value Chain in the Alps", that is financed with the programme "Interreg Alpine Space 2014-2020" and coordinated by "Polo Tecnologico di Pordenone". BIFOCAlps main objective is to boost collaboration and synergies among main actors of the AS innovation system for a sustainable, smart and competitive development of the manufacturing value chain towards the FoF.

For more information and the workshop agenda, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-percorsi-di-innovazione-nella-fabbrica-del-futuro-sfide-best-practice-e-azioni-per-il-settore-38272893254

Registration form:

https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-percorsi-di-innovazione-nella-fabbrica-del-futuro-sfide-best-practice-e-azioni-per-il-settore-38272893254

Free admission. Registrations end on 13th october.

For information:
Laboratorio di Ingegneria Gestionale
email: labgest@uniud.it
phone: 0432 558043

PRO-VE 2017, 18th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (18-20 Sep 2017 - Vicenza, Italy)

PRO-VE 2017 will provide a forum for sharing experiences, discussing trends, identifying challenges, and introducing innovative solutions aimed at fulfilling the vision of beneficial collaboration in a data-rich world.

www.pro-ve.org

Cinisello Balsamo, 8th June 2017: Conference The Next Factory "Industria 4.0: Un’opportunità per il manifatturiero italiano"

The manufacturing world is experiencing a moment of great transformation where technology, organization, innovation and data management play a leading role.

The conference "Industria 4.0: Un’opportunità per il manifatturiero italiano" will be held on June 8, 2017 at Hotel Cosmo in Cinisello Balsamo from 9.00 to 17.30.

Further information:
www.thenextfactory.it/convegno-next-factory/

International Forum "Ceramics for Energy", Workshop "Industria 4.0: La sfida energetica per la fabbrica intelligente"

During the International Forum "Ceramics for Energy" there will be the workshop "Industria 4.0: La sfida energetica per la fabbrica intelligente" by Dr. Alessandro Brusaferri of ITIA-CNR.

8th JUNE, 2017 - ORE 16:00, at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche (MIC), Viale Baccarini 19 - Faenza (RA).

Free admission to subscribed participants. To subscripe please write an email to: cen2017(at)istec.cnr.it

The PIROS team lead by ITIA in final of the EuRoC Challenge

The European Robotics Challenges (EuRoC), as a key factor for driving innovation in European robotics and manufacturing, has the main objective to strengthen collaboration and cross-fertilisation between the industrial and the research community. EuRoC is the Factories of the Future project, in the I4MS initiative (http://i4ms.eu).

Read more, download the PDF (in Italian)...

Bergamo, 21st june 2017: SAVE THE DATE “Tecnologie 4.0: motori per la fabbrica intelligente”

On 21st giugno 2017 at Bergamo, during the IV Assemblea Generale dell’associazione Cluster Fabbrica Intelligente there will be the Workshop about“TECNOLOGIE 4.0: MOTORI PER LA FABBRICA INTELLIGENTE” starting from 13.30 to 17.30 at the University of Bergamo, ex chiesa di Sant'Agostino.

The programme will be available soon. Free admission to subscribed participants. Click here to subscribe to the Workshop.

Acaya (Lecce), 4-9 June 2017: SMMSO 2017 - 11th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations

We are happy to invite you to the 11th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations – SMMSO 2017. The conference is organized by the Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ITIA-CNR and the University of Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell‘Innovazione and will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton Acaya Golf Resort in Acaya (Lecce), Italy, in June 4-9, 2017.

Further information: http://smmso.org/SMMSO2017/index.html

Hannover Messe - KUKA Innovation Award 2017

The MACHAMP team of ITIA (Manupulator Assistive Control for Human Amplification in Mounting Procedures) is making an excellent impression during the Kuka Innovation Award (https://www.kuka.com/en-de/about-kuka/research-and-innovation/kuka-innovation-award) at the Hannover Messe (http://www.hannovermesse.de/home).

ITIA completes the semi-final Round of EuRoC Challenge

ITIA coordinates the Challenger Team PIROS http://www.euroc-project.eu/index.php?id=piros in the highly-competitive contest for winning the Finals of EU Project European Robotics Challenges (EuRoC) http://www.euroc-project.eu/index.php?id=challenge_1

As Challenge 1 forerunners after the previous Rounds, we completed our final demonstration session earlier last month in Stuttgart (Fraunhofer IPA). We deployed a collaborative robot solution for assisting the manual assembly of machining pallets.
Our End Users (MCM http://www.mcmspa.it/english/ together with Cembre SpA http://www.cembre.it/group) was actually performing the task, with a real hands-on "touch and feel" experience about the benefits of collaborative robots. With a friendly app, a solid software integration backbone for flexible task programming, a number of core advanced robot control routines, our task was successfully completed by a non-expert user. Last, we do care about safety and are actively exploring the most advanced collaborative modes and new methods for analysing risks.

What’s next? The next Round (the Finals!) will be a real shopfloor deployment of our robot solution.. coming soon!

More info? federico.vicentini@itia.cnr.it

Overview of PIROS Showcase Round application

Diversity and adaptability of small production batches. Fast setup and reconfiguration. Supervision and augmented role of human operators. Safety. These are the hot keywords in the world of machine tools and shopfloors, where collaborative robots are expected to provide a substantial help to machine operators. Despite a high degree of automation, in fact, machining shopfloors experience a remarkable number of manual operations in pallet and fixtures setup, quality inspection of machined items, handling of raw materials.
PIROS solution: a collaborative robot unit, including

• a modular software framework for loading "library tasks",
• a mobile device app for loading a "playlist" of user-defined tasks,
• a library of functional routines (force control for enabling collaborative assembly, bin-picking for loading materials, motion planning for optimizing the comfort of operators, perception for gesture recognition, etc),
• a dynamic model-based risk assessment tool for supporting hazards identification and risk reduction in human-robot interaction (in cooperation with DEEP-SE group in Politecnico di Milano http://deepse.dei.polimi.it/)

Benefits: operators are free to allocate robot tasks at runtime, while organizing their supervisory tasks among multiple machining tools. End users (machining and assembly shopfloors) can experience a competitive advantage in allowing added-value time to operators, improving ergonomics, prevent the saturation of operators’ tasks.

An End User experiencing the robot assistant in preparing a machine tool pallet with fixtures (picture taken at EuRoC C1 host site during demonstration, March 2017)

Workshop February 21, 2017, Politecnico di Milano - Intelligent Factory in the National Plan Industria 4.0

Italian Technology Cluster Intelligent Factories invites you to attend the workshop The Intelligent Factory in the National Plan Industria 4.0, that will be held next February 21st, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, at the Politecnico di Milano.

The workshop, with an original schema to match demand and supply of advanced technologies, is targeted at all stakeholders in the manufacturing sector to provide details on the opportunities offered to the sector by the National Plan Industria 4.0 of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.

The workshop will analyze the main actions introduced by the plan, in particular related to the incentives for digitization at different stages of the production process, and will explain the possible areas of industrial development based on 4.0 advanced technologies.

At the plenary session, introduced by the Dean of Politecnico di Milano, Ferruccio Resta, will participate as speakers the representatives of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, Stefano Firpo, and of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Oscar Pasquali, the President of the Cluster Intelligent Factories, Gianluigi Viscardi, the President of the Technical Scientific Committee of the Cluster Intelligent Factories, Tullio Tolio, and the Director of Industrial Policy Area of Confindustria, Andrea Bianchi.

During the plenary session, industrial companies will introduce first ideas on Lighthouse Plant, according to the strategical CFI Roadmap’s guidelines.

A set of parallel sessions will follow to discuss and define initiatives for the development of industrial projects, in the strategic frame of Industria 4.0. During these sessions, important players in the Italian market - including both leading technology providers, like Prima Industrie, Comau, ABB and research institutions and universities, like CNR and Politecnico di Milano - will present their proposals for applied research and technological innovation projects, as part of the seven lines of action of the Research and Innovation Roadmap of the Cluster.

Press release: INSPIRE project Kick-off-meeting – Brussels, Belgium, 10-11 October 2016

"Efficient and sustainable production of high value-added goods is of crucial importance for the European manufacturers to stay in business in today’s fierce competitive environment. Given the more demanding consumers along with the shortened life cycles of product offerings, it is of grave importance for the value chain of companies to provide high quality products, reduce time to market while minimizing production costs."

Download the press release...

Further information:

Fieramilano Congress Centre, 4th-8th October 2016: the European project Miman-T, Micro-manufacturing training system for SMEs, will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016

Fieramilano Congress Centre, 4th-8th October 2016: the European project Miman-T, Micro-manufacturing training system for SMEs, will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016 at the stand F47A / Hall 11.
The project team will be pleased to show you the results such as the e-learning platform technologies for Micro-Manufacturing.

On 7th October, in the GAMMA room Hall 9/11, from 10:00 to 13:00, will take place the final workshop of the project with the presentation of the training system.
For further information about the workshop program: http://www.itia.cnr.it/docs/Agenda_Finalworkshop.pdf

For further information: www.miman-t.eu

Fieramilano Congress Centre, 7th October 2016: Annual Conference The Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro”

Annual Conference The Flagship Project "La Fabbrica del Futuro" 7th October 2016 from 14:00 to 17:30
AQUARIUS Hall of the Fieramilano Congress Centre

The Flagship Project "La Fabbrica del Futuro" welcomes you at the project Annual Conference which will be held at the Fieramilano Congress Centre within BI -MU 2016 (Milan, 4th-8th October 2016).

The Annual Conference is the official event of the Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro” (Factory of the Future) and is the occasion for closing and presenting the activities and the results of the funded projects.

Please confirm your participation by completing the pre-registration form ...

NB: This confirmation procedure is not a substitute for pre-registration required for (free) entry at BIMU2016 which to be made at your care to link http://www.bimu.it/en/visitors/pre-registration/

Please note that during the whole duration of the exhibition, the Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro” will also have a stand in Hall 11 (STAND E26-F35), where the prototypes carried out will be displayed.

For further information: segreteria@fabbricadelfuturo-fdf.it

Fieramilano-Rho, 4-8 October 2016: The Flagship Project “Factory of the Future” at the fair BI-MU 2016

From 4th to 8th October 2016, The Flagship Project “Factory of the Future” will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016 in Fieramilano-Rho, at the stand E26-F35 / Hall 11, where the prototypes carried out by the projects will be displayed.

BI-MU has always been the only Italian exhibition capable of representing the world offering of machine tools and production systems.
Third in the international exporters ranking, and fourth in the manufacturers ranking, Italy can boast BI-MU as one of the historical and most qualified international events dedicated to the Italian industry of machine tools, robots, production systems and auxiliary technologies.

Bergamo, 20-21 June 2016: 8th CIRP IPSS CONFERENCE, Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle

Theoretical and practical experiences show that transition towards IPSS pushes organisations to change their strategies, operations and value chains, technologies, people expertise and system integration capabilities. Innovative knowledge intensive solutions, business and societal value from expertise in varied domains, new solutions design, development and delivery throughout the product lifecycle are the key drivers to promote a competitive advantage in the long term.
As a consequence, different competences and multidisciplinary approaches are requested to have a complete understanfing of the IPSS (Industrial Products-Service System) and PSS (Product-Service System) phenomena. The aim of the IPSS 2016 (Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle) conference is to promote new knowledge in the Product-Service Systems field along all its life cycle phases and facilitate its dissemination among academics and practitioners.

E-mail: ipss2016@unibg.it
Conference website: ipss2016.unibg.it

Important European Commission survey on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT)

This survey takes place in a strategic project that our Consortium, composed by Fraunhofer-ISI, ITIA-CNR, IDEA Consult e VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland, conducts on behalf of the European Commission on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies to perform a study entitled:

“An analysis of drivers, barriers and readiness factors of European companies for adopting advanced manufacturing products and technologies".

We are particularly interested in identifying the main drivers and barriers related to the diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and knowing how companies perceive the drivers and barriers related to the diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies in the European industry.

The findings will provide input for policy recommendation for the European Union.

We estimate that it will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire and your answers will be treated strictly confidential and will be processed anonymously.

You can click on the following link: https://s.chkmkt.com/?e=56451&h=47FAE6E9D83D79E&l=en

MiMAN-T external user testing results “Extremely encouraging”

MiMAN-T aims to create a complete training system that provides a comparative overview on all the up to date Micro-Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) together with technical and economic details, allowing participants to develop and manufacture miniaturised products. The online E-Learning platform will be supplemented by a Springer publication; a reference book for industry, co-developed by leading EU project partners.

External user testing
After development and extensive internal testing, over 200 invitations were sent to organisations requesting feedback. Project leader (Dr Irene Fassi of ITIA) commented: “Given we sought responses from a range of companies with different levels of engagement with micro-manufacturing, and a range of job roles within those organisations, I think the feedback is extremely encouraging!”

Summary of the respondents
Responses were received from nine EU member states, and one from Mexico! A representative cross-section (by size, and organisational role) was secured. 20% of respondents were micro-businesses (10 or less employees); 20% had between 10 and 49 employees; 18% had between 50 and 249 employees; 20% had more than 250 employees; 20% were not representing a company (individuals undertaking personal development or sole traders).

Training effectiveness
In response to the question: “Did the platform provide effective training?”

• 93% stated it was either OK/Very good/Excellent
• 62% stated it was either Very good/Excellent

Potential impact/improving company performance
In response to the question: “Could the training improve company performance?” - 87% of respondents stated they thought their company performance could be improved by using the MiMAN-T resources.
Overall satisfaction with the training: In response to the question: “How satisfied overall are you with the online training?”
97% of respondents were either “somewhat” or Very” satisfied.

MIMAN-T Project: www.miman-t.eu

A complete training system that provides a comparative overview on all the up-to-date Micro-Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) together with the technical and economical details.

Hannover Messe, 25th to 29th April 2016: the Miman-T team will have the pleasure to greet you on KIT stand

From 25th to 29th April the Miman-T team will have the pleasure to greet you on KIT stand at the Hannover Messe (hall 06, stand L42). Come to discover our new products:

The E-learning platform, ready to be used in 4 languages (English, German, Italian and Spanish) is dedicated to companies that want to improve fast and efficiently their knowledges on Micro-manufacturing technologies. It also provides technical types!

The book, soon published by the editor Springer. You will have the chance to discover a unique book that provides in depth knowledge on Micro-manufacturing technologies. Our book written by technical experts from top universities and research centre in Europe, guaranties the best quality standard.Save the date and come to meet our team.

More info on: http://www.hannovermesse.de/exhibitor/karlsruher-institut-fuer-technologie/U557150?source=dl_prev

MIMAN-T project press release issued at the fair EMO MILANO 2015

To download the press release, click on the following link: http://www.itia.cnr.it/docs/Press_release_EN_MIMAN_new.pdf

EMO MILANO 2015
FIERAMILANO, 2015/10/5-10
www.emo-milano.com/en/home

Milan, 5th May 2015: Lombardy Dialogues “Food Safurity: Bridging Safety and Security”

Tuesday, 5th May 2015 from 09:00 to 16:00 at the Auditorium Testori, Palazzo Lombardia, Milan will be held the conference Research and territory in EXPO2015: "Lombardy Dialogues” "Food Safurity: Bridging Safety and Security".

The Conference will start with the description of a modern and, to some extent, futuristic food producing factory devoted to guarantee the food value, then will be illustrate the available technologies to ensure quality and safety of products, ensure their proper packaging through the use of new materials and manage territorial sorting through modern systems of logistics and transportation.

The Conference is part of the cycle of conferences within the project "Exhibition Ground for Scientific Research – Italian Pavilion for EXPO2015” within the framework Agreement between the National Research Council of Italy and the Lombardy Regional Government, in partnership with Unioncamere Lombardia.

For further information https://www.expo.cnr.it/en/lombardy-dialogues or download the Conference program.

Participation at the Conference is free, upon pre-registration at https://www.expo.cnr.it/en/node/124 or click here.

1st Ordinary General Assembly of "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" in Milan, 11 December 2014

The 1st Ordinary General Assembly of "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" will be held at "Auditorium Gio Ponti" of Assolombarda in Via Pantano 9, Milan on December 11th December 2014.

The event is open to everyone, members or not, who want to know more about "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente", its organization and its technological content.

During the private session in the morning, the 300 members of the cluster will meet for the first time, they will be called to approve the general policy of the Association on the basis of proposals from the "Organo di Coordinamento e Gestione" (OCG) and to elect their own representatives, which will become part of the OGC elective component. During the public session in the afternoon, where will partecipate regional, national and European institutions, together with companies, research centers, universities and associations, will present the "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" and will be shown the roadmap content of the cluster that will be handed over to the representatives of MISE and Education Ministry.

For further information, visit Fabbrica Intelligente web site.

Flagship project “La fabbrica del futuro”, subproject 2 – Final ranking

4th February 2014: The final ranking of the project proposals submitted within the Subproject 2 has been published

Flagship project “La fabbrica del futuro”, subproject 2 – Final ranking

Brussels, 13rd November 2014: H2020 NMBP work program 2015

A brokerage event for the coming H2020 NMBP work program 2015 is organized by the European Technology Integrating and Innovation Platform on Nanotechnology NANOfutures with the collaboration of the European Platforms for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies EUMAT and Manufacturing, MANUFUTURE.

The event will be held at Egmont Palace in Brussels on November 13rd 2014 and will be opened by the European Commission.

Attendees will have a unique opportunity to network and get in contact with top-level European industrialists and world-class researchers in order to find the right partner for the next H2020 proposal. Moreover, they will have the possibility to present project ideas in 5 min to the whole audience.

The event will be organized around a number of panels corresponding to each of the NMBP topics open under the 2015 calls. The panels will each be coordinated by a coach that will facilitate dialogue between each participants, proposing their organization or searching for partners. A system will be in place and logistic organized to allow for easy identification of participants and their matchmaking interests.

The brokerage event is free of charge. Space is limited so attendance is restricted to one person per entity and subscribers will be accepted and confirmed observing the need for a balanced participation from industries and research entities.

Further info: http://www.nanofutures.eu/brokerage, Brokerage Event 2014, Leaflet

Milan, 31st March - 2nd April 2015: Call for Papers della 4M/ICOMM2015

Call for Papers of the 4M/ICOMM2015 - International Conference on Micromanufacturing, that will be hel in Milan from 31st March to 2nd Apri 2015 (www.4m-icomm-2015.polimi.it).

The event is organized by CNR-ITIA and Politecnico di Milano; it will present the conferences of both the leading association of the sector (4M Association - www.4m-association.org  - and International Institution for MicroManufacturing - i2m2.northwestern.edu/content/I2M2-ICOMM_Conference.php)

Amministrazione Trasparente

The DIITET video is avaible on cnrweb.tv

LET'S 2014 - Leading Enabling Technologies for Societal Challenges - Bologna, 29th september/1st october 2014

LET’S 2014 will be held in Bologna (Italy) from September 29th to October 1st 2014 with the aim of discussing the role of the Key Enabling Technologies pinpointed by Horizon 2020, the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

LET’S 2014 is a conference bringing together more than 1000 delegates from all over the world to discuss how Europe can support the growth and the creation of new jobs and face Societal Challenges through new products, processes and services, creating opportunities for European actors.

Further info: www.lets2014.eu

CIRP 24th Design Conference 2014 "Mass Customization and Personalization"

On 11th June 2013, ITIA-CNR inaugurated the new De-Manufacturing Pilot Plant

ITIA CNR at MECHA-TRONIKA 2013 presented the results of the R&D activities

Annual Conference and Presentation of the “Call for project proposals” within Subproject 2 – Rome, 21st November 2013

Presentation of ITIA-CNR "De-Manufacturing" pilot plant, 11th june 2013, Milan

ITIA honored with Laval Virtual Awards 2012

Conference “The Italian-Israeli Business Forum – Partners in Innovation"

Statuto del CNR

ITIA at Fuori Salone with Moleskine: Scriba

REMS Project, Kick-off meeting

ITIA at Fuori Salone, Micam Point - La Fabbrica in Città

ITIA-CNR at Festival dell’Innovazione 2010

ITIA-CNR at 27.BI-MU/SFORTEC

Inauguration of ITIA-CNR new center, in Bari

• ITIA Bari inauguration programme
• Invitation to ITIA Bari inauguration

CNR Production Systems Department, new acting director

MANUFUTURE Conference 2009

• Brochure

• Press Release

• Press Release

• Press Release

• ITIA poster

• Prese Release

Special Issue "Stereolithography (SLA) and Digital Light Processing (DLP)": call for contributions

The vat photopolymerization processes (as both stereolithography and digital light processing) allow to manufacture miniaturized components, or parts with microscale features, achieving a very high resolution and an excellent part quality. These processes can also be exploited for an easy and cost-effective rapid prototyping of customized microparts since they do not imply high time consumption and costs for tooling.

Embedding micro/nano particles in the photocuring resin allows to improve the material properties and even to create smart materials, which are materials that can be modified by external stimuli. The smart materials can be customized for specific applications, such as shape morphing components, programmable materials, thermomagnetically responsive actuators and grippers, soft robotics, etc.

The Special Issue of MDPI - Micromachines (IF 2.523, ISSN 2072-666X) focuses on the novel advancements and applications of micro stereolithography and digital light processing techniques, including the topics of the process characterization and optimization, and development of advanced materials.

Full details are available at:  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special_issues/Stereolithography

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021

Guest Editors:

1. Lara Rebaioli
2. Irene Fassi

DrapeBot H2020 project Kick-off meeting, on January 13-14, 2021

The draping is a process used for about 30% of all carbon fibre composite parts to place layers of carbon fiber fabric in a mould. During this process the flat fabric distorts to fit to the shape of the mould. Ensuring the accuracy of draping in terms of position and fiber orientation while avoiding wrinkles is a challenging task.

The DrapeBot project, funded by the EU H2020 Programme, aims at human-robot collaborative draping. The robot is supposed to assist during the transport of the large material patches and to drape in areas of low curvature. The role of the human is to drape regions of high curvature. To enable an efficient collaboration, DrapeBot develops a gripper system with integrated instrumentation, low-level control structures, and AI-driven human perception and task planning models. All of these developments aim at a smooth and efficient interaction between the human and the robot. Specific emphasis is put on trust and usability, due to the complexity of the task and the sizes of involved robots. The DrapeBot project runs over a period of four years from January 2021 to December 2024.

On January 13 and 14, 2021, the kick-off meeting for the DrapeBot project took place. Due to travel restrictions, the meeting was held online via video conferencing. Nevertheless, very fruitful discussions on the project and upcoming activities were conducted. A total of 24 people from all 9 partner organisations were present at the meeting. The consortium is highly motivated and will tackle the first activities in the project right after the end of the kick-off.

Project website: https://www.drapebot.eu/

Project contact person for STIIMA: Enrico Villagrossi

Fabrics that change colour with pH: STIIMA-CNR of Biella participates to SensiChrom project

SensiChrom research project funded by Piedmont Region through Po.In.Tex, the Textile Innovation Cluster in Città Studi Biella, aimed to develop pH-sensitive textile materials at industrial level. The project was participated by two companies of Biella, Yanga from Crevacuore, a manufacturer of bandages and medical products, and Tintoria Finissaggio 2000 from Masserano, and STIIMA-CNR, based in Biella for the scientific support.

The fabrics developed by the project are able to change their colour based on the pH: they have one colour in an acidic environment and another in a basic environment.

Starting from the results obtained in the STIIMA-CNR laboratory, which have already been published in the scientific journal Coloration Technology, dyes were selected on the basis of technical parameters and dyeing capabilities and, subsequently, the most suitable fabrics were identified for the application.

During the project, therefore, an industrial process in several stages was developed to improve the dyeing involving a step of preparation of the fabric, a subsequent dyeing and a final phase for fixing the dye. The fabrics also showed high sensitivity to the “pH reversing”: if immersed in a solution at a fixed pH, they can return to their original colour many times.

This particular feature can also be exploited in different technical applications, including that in the biomedical field. It is known that the pH of an intact and healthy skin takes on characteristic values ??of about pH 5.5, while in the case of an inflammatory state the pH of the skin can reach pH 8: having a bandage that signals these changes can be of great help in the care of wounds.

Virtual Open Day "Safer robots for a safer world"

Within the COVR project, funded by the EU H2020 program, STIIMA-CNR has organized a virtual Open Day entitled "Safer robots for a safer world", on 4 February 2021, from 15:00 to 18:00.

The webinar will focus on the topic of security in the field of robotics, and will have insights from University, Research Organizations and industry experts, on the following topics:

• Robotic safety requirements and standardization
• What are the main research activities in the safety domain and STIIMA Safety shared Facility
• What is COVR and why the work is relevant for the scientific and industrial community
• Cross-domain applications from the COVR community

Link for registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6326270360822442251

Further information and the agenda are detailed in the leaflet, here downloadable

Sesto Sensore at Maker Faire Rome 2020

The Sesto Sensore project was born from a real need of real people: people with severe motor disabilities who move independently in an electric wheelchair need to recognize and avoid obstacles.

The prototype created is a sensor system that can be used with all types of electric wheelchairs, which can be positioned in different points, for a conscious management of the surrounding space. It allows innovative reverse and safer maneuverability. 

What makes the project even more significant is the period of development: during the lockdown!

The innovation consisted in the organization of a distributed laboratory consisting of the Arduino starter kit and sensors for each student and the Arduino Tinkercad simulator for the teacher. A beautiful way to safeguard experiential teaching, a distinctive trait of ITS training and the GREEN Foundation where learning-by-doing, problem solving, design thinking are tools and topics of study.

The protagonists are the first year students of the Green Foundation's ITS "Higher Technician for Smart Factory and Industry 4.0" course, coordinated by STIIMA-CNR.

The device was developed with the collaboration of:

Sim-patia cooperative, health residence for people with severe or very severe motor disabilities. It offers numerous services including the creation of prototypes aimed at improving the quality of life of people with frailty.

Caporali 2000 s.r.l., a company specialized in the marketing and maintenance of aids for the disabled and hospital equipment.

https://makerfairerome.eu/it/exhibitors/?edition=2020&exhibit=200301

1st Exploitation Seminar of the H2020 project “CarE-Service” on Circular Economy of electric vehicles

The H2020 project CarE-Service, coordinated by STIIMA-CNR, aims at developing new technologies and approaches to address the circular economy of electric vehicles and, at the same time, to improve the offering of innovative mobility services to European citizens (https://www.careserviceproject.eu/). Key-topics of the project are: batteries End-Of-Life, remanufacturing and recycling of other high added value automotive parts (such as techno-polymers and metals), platforms for the circular economy of components and materials of electric vehicles, legislation, standardisation and re-design for Circular Economy, green integrated mobility services and circular business models (see project newsletter and other documents at this link).

On December 9th, CarE-Service is organising its first Exploitation Seminar, in virtual mode, promoted by the partner FCA-Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The goal of the seminar is to present preliminary results to companies and professionals that are interested in the topic of the project and that might be potential future users and partners. Participants will have an insight on latest developments in this area, will meet companies and RTOs operating in the automotive and circular economy sector and will have the possibility to give feedbacks and suggest further requirements that the project partners can consider to produce solutions and methods useful to them. In this final year of the project, it will be also possible to become tester of some solutions and to participate to “training sessions” that will be organized in the next months.

Participation is open to any interested stakeholder. For agenda and registration go to this registration link. It will be possible to attend all sessions or connect to the ones that fit more with company business and interest.

Twitter and Linkedin: @CarE_Service_EU

The online course on Digital Manufacturing, developed within the Digit-T project, funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Community, concerns factory digitization and related skills and is addressed to SMEs. It aims to present the opportunities related to the adoption of enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 and support SMEs in their path towards digitalization. The course deepens three main topics, Management in I4.0, Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Intelligent Robotics, which are discussed in specific training modules available in English, Italian and Spanish.  

Next Thursday, November 26th, from 2 to 3 pm, a digit-t project dissemination event will be held online, in order to illustrate the training contents and the way to access them through the specific e-learning platform. Participation in the event is free, upon registration at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digit-t-digital-manufacturing-training-course-tickets-128735616695.  

Further information on the Digit-T project, developed by the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of the University of Nottingham (coordinator), the STIIMA Institute of the National Research Council, the EURECAT Technology Centre of Catalonia and the Lombard Intelligent Factory Association, can be found at the website https://www.digit-t.eu/ 

Special Issue - Materials

The special issue falls in the context of the structural monitoring of complex components in composite material. This application area is aimed at achieving high standards of product quality and safety to make the production processes more sustainable from both an environmental and economic point of view. This can be pursued through new experimental principles and technologies for the measurement-based evaluation of bulk materials or complex structures, either to monitor the production processes or to check the structural integrity under working conditions. At the same time, new algorithms driven by artificial intelligence are required for processing complex data generated by experimental inspections.

The special issue, therefore, aims to collect innovative contributions in the wide area of structural monitoring sector of complex components in composite material, focusing attention on the integration of different disciplines, such as engineering, physics, mathematics, and computer science, for the autonomous detection and characterization of possible anomalies.

Special issue of the journal “Polymers”: call for contributions

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the novel aspects of polymer processing and manufacturing. Polymer processing covers a wide range of techniques including extrusion-based processes and molding-based processes, such as injection, compression, rotational, blow, plastic foam, precision and micro molding. Indeed, there is an ever-increasing need to understand these processes and specifically the influence of process parameters, optimization of product properties, and characterization of results. 

This Special Issue will provide insights into the recent advances in material, process and product interactions, with a special focus on sustainable and climate neutral approaches. All colleagues are invited to send contributions.

Dr. Rossella Surace
Dr. Irene Fassi
Dr. Claudia Pagano
Guest Editors

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2021.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/Polym_Process_Molding

Special issue of MDPI Sustainability Journal: invitation to send contributions

Carlo Brondi (CNR-STIIMA), Jonathan Sze Choong Low (Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A * STAR)) and Mark Mennenga (Technische Universität Braunschweig) are guest editors in the magazine MDPI Sustainability (Impact Factor 2.576) for the Special Issue "Digital Transformation and its Opportunities for Sustainable Manufacturing".

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/sus_manufacturing

Guest Editors invite to contribute to this Special Issue focused on digital tools and methodologies specifically supporting the paradigm of sustainable manufacturing and sustainable industry. The keywords include the following topics: Life Cycle Engineering, Industrial Sustainability, Eco-design, Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy, Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Production System (CPPS), Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), Smart sensoring, LCA.

The research topics focus mainly, but are not limited, on the intersection between the new digital tools/methodologies in an industry 4.0 perspective and the growing sustainability challenges for industries. Descriptions of original solutions capable of meeting these challenges, description of evolutions of existing solutions and original reviews are welcome.

The deadline for submitting manuscripts is May 31, 2021.

Special issue of Polymers Journal: invitation to send contributions

Claudia Vineis (CNR-STIIMA Biella), Vincenzo Guarino (CNR-IPCB Napoli) and Liliana Liverani (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Biomaterials) are Guest Editors in MDPI Polymers Journal (Impact Factor 3.426) for Special Issue "Electro-Fluid Dynamic Technologies for Bio-Applications". https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/electro_fluid_dynamic_tecnologies

Guest Editors invite you to contribute to this Special Issue focused on Electro-Fluid Dynamic Technologies for Bio-Applications. The Keywords are: nanofibers, nanoparticles, smart textiles, functionalization/coatings, core–shell, nanocomposites, membranes, filters, scaffolds.

Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to, recent advances related to technology and materials science as well as the description of novel ideas/proof-of-concept studies addressing the development of new solutions for healthcare and environmental applications.  Both original articles and reviews are welcome.

The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 November 2020.

Three CNR institutes in the ASINA European project. STIIMA activities

The ASINA project (https://www.asina-project.eu/) aims to promote coherent and scientifically valid Safe-by-Design methodologies for the production and the application of nanotechnologies, taking into account functionality, production processes, safety, environmental sustainability, cost effectiveness and regulatory requirements.

ASINA will use the production value chains of nano-enabled textile products and nano-encapsulating systems in cosmetics, to formulate design hypothesis and make design decisions by applying a data-driven approach and methodology. The Safe-by-design Management Methodology developed in ASINA can be easily adopted by manufactures to deliver products designed to be as safe as possible, so achieving ASINA vision to increase stakeholders (entrepreneurs, scientists, regulators, innovators, policy makers, consumers) confidence in safe-by-design nanomanufacturing.

The ASINA project is coordinated by CNR-ISTEC (Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, https://www.istec.cnr.it/index.php/eng/) in collaboration with CNR-ISAC (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, http://www.isac.cnr.it/) and CNR-STIIMA (Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing).

CNR-STIIMA participates in the project in the evaluation of the antibacterial properties of textile finishing based on nanotechnologies developed following the paradigm of intrinsic safety. In addition, CNR-STIIMA is involved in the analysis of the stability of the performance of treated fabrics subjected to stress that simulate the normal uses.

STIIMA is pleased to announce the Workshop on "Advanced Manufacturing for Millimeter-Wave and Sub-THz Space Payloads", to be held virtually next Monday 15th, jointly organized by STIIMA, IEIIT and IFAC with the endorsement of CNR DIITET Department.

For more info please visit the website http://www.diitet.cnr.it/en/am4space_cnr_workshop/ and download the workshop brochure.

White Paper by CNR-STIIMA on digital technologies for rehabilitation during the Phase II of the COVID-19 emergency

Researchers from the Lecco premises of CNR-STIIMA published a White Paper on the potential of digital technologies, based on mobile devices, computers or virtual/augmented reality headsets, for respiratory, motor, cognitive and psychological rehabilitation.

Such technologies are especially useful, nowadays, during the so-called Phase II of the COVID-19 emergency, which forced hospitals and clinical centers to interrupt many rehabilitation activities.

In spite of the current situation, it is essential to guarantee the continuity of care to all the patients. The possibility, offered by digital technologies, of performing rehabilitative exercises while staying at home, is emerging as a promising solution especially because it allows overcoming all the limitations related to the ongoing situation, such as social distancing, the need for personal protection, reduced mobility and psychological factors. In this White Paper, STIIMA-Lecco discusses the potential and the criticalities related to the implementation of home-based rehabilitation, and presents a few practical examples on the basis of the outcomes of previous research projects.

The document is available at the following link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341651070_COVID-19_PHASE_II_Digital_technologies'_potential_for_rehabilitation_processes

LINarm++ @ MEDICA 2018

CNR-ITIA presents the project LINarm++ at the ECHORD++ booth at the MEDICA 2018 trade fair from November 12th to 15th, 2018 (Stand F37).

LINarm++ is a device for neuromuscular rehabilitation of the upper limb which integrates a variable-stiffness mechatronic device, a neuromuscular electrical stimulation system, a virtual rehabilitation scenario, a low-cost unobtrusive sensory system and a patient model for adapting training task parameters. LINarm++ monitors the user behaviour during each single session and its evolution throughout the entire training period. The result is a modular and integrated rehabilitation device, enabling a biomechanical, neurological and physiological-based training of patients.

The research project "LINarm++ - Affordable and Advanced LINear device for ARM rehabilitation" is financed by the European Project ECHORD++ (FP7-ICT-601116).

Newsletter Greenomed #6

Check the latest news and progress of the GREENOMED project. You can have access to all our newsletters in GREENOMED library.

https://greenomed.interreg-med.eu/library/newsletters/

The 15th CIRP Conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing at Politecnico di Milano

The Mechanical Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano, with the support of AFIL (Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardia), AITeM (Associazione Italiana di Tecnologia Meccanica) e ITIA-CNR (Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione del CNR) organized the 15th CIRP Conference on Computer Aided Tolerancing.

The CIRP CAT 2018 is organized by Mechanical Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano, and will be held at Campus Bovisa Sud, Building BL28, via Lambruschini 4, Milano, Italy , from 11th to 13th June 2018

Conference chair: prof. Giovanni Moroni.

More information: www.cirpcat2018.polimi.it

CNR-ITIA at MECSPE 2018: Pad. 5, Stand N55

CNR-ITIA is at MECSPE 2018, in Parma from 22nd to 24th march 2018: Motek Italy Sector, Pad. 5, Stand N55.

In the exibition area is presented the research project “EURECA – Enhanced Human Robot cooperation in Cabin Assembly tasks” that received founding in the Programma di Ricerca e Innovazione Clean Sky 2 in Horizon 2020 dell'Unione Europea - www.cleansky-eureca.eu

The EURECA project framework is dedicated to innovate the assembly of aircraft interiors using advanced human-robot collaborative solutions.

Tavola rotonda: Robotica e formazione della fabbrica digitale (24 marzo 2018, Presso fiera MECSPE)

Gli obiettivi che si prefigge la tavola rotonda sono di trattare in termini concreti e pratici le competenze richieste per l’uso della robotica, individuare le criticità, se esistono, per l’aumento delle competenze interne (tempo, risorse, moduli formativi, tipologia di formazione) ed analizzare la struttura della domanda di formazione (tecnici, operatori di macchina, progettisti senior): quali strumenti/esigenze esistono in un ambiente complesso (fabbrica/produzione) a diversa dimensione e penetrazione di robot?

Conference: "Green manufacturing: Opportunities, challenges and impacts on citizens' lives" (7th march 2018, Greece)

On 7th of March 2018, GREENOMED will held its first conference “Green manufacturing: Opportunities, challenges and impacts on citizens' lives” in Aristotle University Research Dissemination Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference aims at raising awareness about green manufacturing and its opportunities and impacts on citizens’ lives through implementing green innovations in manufacturing industry.

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Workshop: "SOStenibilità delle TEcNologie ManifatturiERE: dalla teoria alla pratica" (29th January 2018)

The Workshop, organized by the Working Group SOSTENERE dell’ AITEM - Associazione Italiana Tecnologia Meccanica, will take place at ITIA, "Sala Convegni" room from 8.30 to 14.00.

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Workshop: "Innovation paths in the Factory of the Future: challenges, best practices and actions for the manufacturing sector" (16 october 2017)

Percorsi di innovazione nella Fabbrica del Futuro: sfide, best practice e azioni per il settore manifatturiero

Lunedì 16 Ottobre 2017, 9:30 – 14:30

Sala Conferenze “G. Gusmani” – Palazzo Antonini – via Petracco 8, UDINE

This workshop is a dissemination event with the main players of manifacturing sector. It is one of the most important events of the project "BIFOCAlps – Boosting Innovation in Factory Of the future value Chain in the Alps", that is financed with the programme "Interreg Alpine Space 2014-2020" and coordinated by "Polo Tecnologico di Pordenone". BIFOCAlps main objective is to boost collaboration and synergies among main actors of the AS innovation system for a sustainable, smart and competitive development of the manufacturing value chain towards the FoF.

For more information and the workshop agenda, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-percorsi-di-innovazione-nella-fabbrica-del-futuro-sfide-best-practice-e-azioni-per-il-settore-38272893254

Registration form:

https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-percorsi-di-innovazione-nella-fabbrica-del-futuro-sfide-best-practice-e-azioni-per-il-settore-38272893254

Free admission. Registrations end on 13th october.

For information:
Laboratorio di Ingegneria Gestionale
email: labgest@uniud.it
phone: 0432 558043

PRO-VE 2017, 18th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (18-20 Sep 2017 - Vicenza, Italy)

PRO-VE 2017 will provide a forum for sharing experiences, discussing trends, identifying challenges, and introducing innovative solutions aimed at fulfilling the vision of beneficial collaboration in a data-rich world.

www.pro-ve.org

Cinisello Balsamo, 8th June 2017: Conference The Next Factory "Industria 4.0: Un’opportunità per il manifatturiero italiano"

The manufacturing world is experiencing a moment of great transformation where technology, organization, innovation and data management play a leading role.

The conference "Industria 4.0: Un’opportunità per il manifatturiero italiano" will be held on June 8, 2017 at Hotel Cosmo in Cinisello Balsamo from 9.00 to 17.30.

Further information:
www.thenextfactory.it/convegno-next-factory/

International Forum "Ceramics for Energy", Workshop "Industria 4.0: La sfida energetica per la fabbrica intelligente"

During the International Forum "Ceramics for Energy" there will be the workshop "Industria 4.0: La sfida energetica per la fabbrica intelligente" by Dr. Alessandro Brusaferri of ITIA-CNR.

8th JUNE, 2017 - ORE 16:00, at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche (MIC), Viale Baccarini 19 - Faenza (RA).

Free admission to subscribed participants. To subscripe please write an email to: cen2017(at)istec.cnr.it

The PIROS team lead by ITIA in final of the EuRoC Challenge

The European Robotics Challenges (EuRoC), as a key factor for driving innovation in European robotics and manufacturing, has the main objective to strengthen collaboration and cross-fertilisation between the industrial and the research community. EuRoC is the Factories of the Future project, in the I4MS initiative (http://i4ms.eu).

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Bergamo, 21st june 2017: SAVE THE DATE “Tecnologie 4.0: motori per la fabbrica intelligente”

On 21st giugno 2017 at Bergamo, during the IV Assemblea Generale dell’associazione Cluster Fabbrica Intelligente there will be the Workshop about“TECNOLOGIE 4.0: MOTORI PER LA FABBRICA INTELLIGENTE” starting from 13.30 to 17.30 at the University of Bergamo, ex chiesa di Sant'Agostino.

The programme will be available soon. Free admission to subscribed participants. Click here to subscribe to the Workshop.

Acaya (Lecce), 4-9 June 2017: SMMSO 2017 - 11th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations

We are happy to invite you to the 11th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations – SMMSO 2017. The conference is organized by the Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ITIA-CNR and the University of Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell‘Innovazione and will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton Acaya Golf Resort in Acaya (Lecce), Italy, in June 4-9, 2017.

Further information: http://smmso.org/SMMSO2017/index.html

Hannover Messe - KUKA Innovation Award 2017

The MACHAMP team of ITIA (Manupulator Assistive Control for Human Amplification in Mounting Procedures) is making an excellent impression during the Kuka Innovation Award (https://www.kuka.com/en-de/about-kuka/research-and-innovation/kuka-innovation-award) at the Hannover Messe (http://www.hannovermesse.de/home).

ITIA completes the semi-final Round of EuRoC Challenge

ITIA coordinates the Challenger Team PIROS http://www.euroc-project.eu/index.php?id=piros in the highly-competitive contest for winning the Finals of EU Project European Robotics Challenges (EuRoC) http://www.euroc-project.eu/index.php?id=challenge_1

As Challenge 1 forerunners after the previous Rounds, we completed our final demonstration session earlier last month in Stuttgart (Fraunhofer IPA). We deployed a collaborative robot solution for assisting the manual assembly of machining pallets.
Our End Users (MCM http://www.mcmspa.it/english/ together with Cembre SpA http://www.cembre.it/group) was actually performing the task, with a real hands-on "touch and feel" experience about the benefits of collaborative robots. With a friendly app, a solid software integration backbone for flexible task programming, a number of core advanced robot control routines, our task was successfully completed by a non-expert user. Last, we do care about safety and are actively exploring the most advanced collaborative modes and new methods for analysing risks.

What’s next? The next Round (the Finals!) will be a real shopfloor deployment of our robot solution.. coming soon!

More info? federico.vicentini@itia.cnr.it

Overview of PIROS Showcase Round application

Diversity and adaptability of small production batches. Fast setup and reconfiguration. Supervision and augmented role of human operators. Safety. These are the hot keywords in the world of machine tools and shopfloors, where collaborative robots are expected to provide a substantial help to machine operators. Despite a high degree of automation, in fact, machining shopfloors experience a remarkable number of manual operations in pallet and fixtures setup, quality inspection of machined items, handling of raw materials.
PIROS solution: a collaborative robot unit, including

• a modular software framework for loading "library tasks",
• a mobile device app for loading a "playlist" of user-defined tasks,
• a library of functional routines (force control for enabling collaborative assembly, bin-picking for loading materials, motion planning for optimizing the comfort of operators, perception for gesture recognition, etc),
• a dynamic model-based risk assessment tool for supporting hazards identification and risk reduction in human-robot interaction (in cooperation with DEEP-SE group in Politecnico di Milano http://deepse.dei.polimi.it/)

Benefits: operators are free to allocate robot tasks at runtime, while organizing their supervisory tasks among multiple machining tools. End users (machining and assembly shopfloors) can experience a competitive advantage in allowing added-value time to operators, improving ergonomics, prevent the saturation of operators’ tasks.

An End User experiencing the robot assistant in preparing a machine tool pallet with fixtures (picture taken at EuRoC C1 host site during demonstration, March 2017)

Workshop February 21, 2017, Politecnico di Milano - Intelligent Factory in the National Plan Industria 4.0

Italian Technology Cluster Intelligent Factories invites you to attend the workshop The Intelligent Factory in the National Plan Industria 4.0, that will be held next February 21st, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, at the Politecnico di Milano.

The workshop, with an original schema to match demand and supply of advanced technologies, is targeted at all stakeholders in the manufacturing sector to provide details on the opportunities offered to the sector by the National Plan Industria 4.0 of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.

The workshop will analyze the main actions introduced by the plan, in particular related to the incentives for digitization at different stages of the production process, and will explain the possible areas of industrial development based on 4.0 advanced technologies.

At the plenary session, introduced by the Dean of Politecnico di Milano, Ferruccio Resta, will participate as speakers the representatives of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, Stefano Firpo, and of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Oscar Pasquali, the President of the Cluster Intelligent Factories, Gianluigi Viscardi, the President of the Technical Scientific Committee of the Cluster Intelligent Factories, Tullio Tolio, and the Director of Industrial Policy Area of Confindustria, Andrea Bianchi.

During the plenary session, industrial companies will introduce first ideas on Lighthouse Plant, according to the strategical CFI Roadmap’s guidelines.

A set of parallel sessions will follow to discuss and define initiatives for the development of industrial projects, in the strategic frame of Industria 4.0. During these sessions, important players in the Italian market - including both leading technology providers, like Prima Industrie, Comau, ABB and research institutions and universities, like CNR and Politecnico di Milano - will present their proposals for applied research and technological innovation projects, as part of the seven lines of action of the Research and Innovation Roadmap of the Cluster.

Press release: INSPIRE project Kick-off-meeting – Brussels, Belgium, 10-11 October 2016

"Efficient and sustainable production of high value-added goods is of crucial importance for the European manufacturers to stay in business in today’s fierce competitive environment. Given the more demanding consumers along with the shortened life cycles of product offerings, it is of grave importance for the value chain of companies to provide high quality products, reduce time to market while minimizing production costs."

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Fieramilano Congress Centre, 4th-8th October 2016: the European project Miman-T, Micro-manufacturing training system for SMEs, will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016

Fieramilano Congress Centre, 4th-8th October 2016: the European project Miman-T, Micro-manufacturing training system for SMEs, will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016 at the stand F47A / Hall 11.
The project team will be pleased to show you the results such as the e-learning platform technologies for Micro-Manufacturing.

On 7th October, in the GAMMA room Hall 9/11, from 10:00 to 13:00, will take place the final workshop of the project with the presentation of the training system.
For further information about the workshop program: http://www.itia.cnr.it/docs/Agenda_Finalworkshop.pdf

For further information: www.miman-t.eu

Fieramilano Congress Centre, 7th October 2016: Annual Conference The Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro”

Annual Conference The Flagship Project "La Fabbrica del Futuro" 7th October 2016 from 14:00 to 17:30
AQUARIUS Hall of the Fieramilano Congress Centre

The Flagship Project "La Fabbrica del Futuro" welcomes you at the project Annual Conference which will be held at the Fieramilano Congress Centre within BI -MU 2016 (Milan, 4th-8th October 2016).

The Annual Conference is the official event of the Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro” (Factory of the Future) and is the occasion for closing and presenting the activities and the results of the funded projects.

Please confirm your participation by completing the pre-registration form ...

NB: This confirmation procedure is not a substitute for pre-registration required for (free) entry at BIMU2016 which to be made at your care to link http://www.bimu.it/en/visitors/pre-registration/

Please note that during the whole duration of the exhibition, the Flagship Project “La Fabbrica del Futuro” will also have a stand in Hall 11 (STAND E26-F35), where the prototypes carried out will be displayed.

For further information: segreteria@fabbricadelfuturo-fdf.it

Fieramilano-Rho, 4-8 October 2016: The Flagship Project “Factory of the Future” at the fair BI-MU 2016

From 4th to 8th October 2016, The Flagship Project “Factory of the Future” will be present at the fair BI-MU 2016 in Fieramilano-Rho, at the stand E26-F35 / Hall 11, where the prototypes carried out by the projects will be displayed.

BI-MU has always been the only Italian exhibition capable of representing the world offering of machine tools and production systems.
Third in the international exporters ranking, and fourth in the manufacturers ranking, Italy can boast BI-MU as one of the historical and most qualified international events dedicated to the Italian industry of machine tools, robots, production systems and auxiliary technologies.

Bergamo, 20-21 June 2016: 8th CIRP IPSS CONFERENCE, Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle

Theoretical and practical experiences show that transition towards IPSS pushes organisations to change their strategies, operations and value chains, technologies, people expertise and system integration capabilities. Innovative knowledge intensive solutions, business and societal value from expertise in varied domains, new solutions design, development and delivery throughout the product lifecycle are the key drivers to promote a competitive advantage in the long term.
As a consequence, different competences and multidisciplinary approaches are requested to have a complete understanfing of the IPSS (Industrial Products-Service System) and PSS (Product-Service System) phenomena. The aim of the IPSS 2016 (Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle) conference is to promote new knowledge in the Product-Service Systems field along all its life cycle phases and facilitate its dissemination among academics and practitioners.

E-mail: ipss2016@unibg.it
Conference website: ipss2016.unibg.it

Important European Commission survey on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT)

This survey takes place in a strategic project that our Consortium, composed by Fraunhofer-ISI, ITIA-CNR, IDEA Consult e VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland, conducts on behalf of the European Commission on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies to perform a study entitled:

“An analysis of drivers, barriers and readiness factors of European companies for adopting advanced manufacturing products and technologies".

We are particularly interested in identifying the main drivers and barriers related to the diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and knowing how companies perceive the drivers and barriers related to the diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies in the European industry.

The findings will provide input for policy recommendation for the European Union.

We estimate that it will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire and your answers will be treated strictly confidential and will be processed anonymously.

You can click on the following link: https://s.chkmkt.com/?e=56451&h=47FAE6E9D83D79E&l=en

MiMAN-T external user testing results “Extremely encouraging”

MiMAN-T aims to create a complete training system that provides a comparative overview on all the up to date Micro-Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) together with technical and economic details, allowing participants to develop and manufacture miniaturised products. The online E-Learning platform will be supplemented by a Springer publication; a reference book for industry, co-developed by leading EU project partners.

External user testing
After development and extensive internal testing, over 200 invitations were sent to organisations requesting feedback. Project leader (Dr Irene Fassi of ITIA) commented: “Given we sought responses from a range of companies with different levels of engagement with micro-manufacturing, and a range of job roles within those organisations, I think the feedback is extremely encouraging!”

Summary of the respondents
Responses were received from nine EU member states, and one from Mexico! A representative cross-section (by size, and organisational role) was secured. 20% of respondents were micro-businesses (10 or less employees); 20% had between 10 and 49 employees; 18% had between 50 and 249 employees; 20% had more than 250 employees; 20% were not representing a company (individuals undertaking personal development or sole traders).

Training effectiveness
In response to the question: “Did the platform provide effective training?”

• 93% stated it was either OK/Very good/Excellent
• 62% stated it was either Very good/Excellent

Potential impact/improving company performance
In response to the question: “Could the training improve company performance?” - 87% of respondents stated they thought their company performance could be improved by using the MiMAN-T resources.
Overall satisfaction with the training: In response to the question: “How satisfied overall are you with the online training?”
97% of respondents were either “somewhat” or Very” satisfied.

MIMAN-T Project: www.miman-t.eu

A complete training system that provides a comparative overview on all the up-to-date Micro-Manufacturing Technologies (MMT) together with the technical and economical details.

Hannover Messe, 25th to 29th April 2016: the Miman-T team will have the pleasure to greet you on KIT stand

From 25th to 29th April the Miman-T team will have the pleasure to greet you on KIT stand at the Hannover Messe (hall 06, stand L42). Come to discover our new products:

The E-learning platform, ready to be used in 4 languages (English, German, Italian and Spanish) is dedicated to companies that want to improve fast and efficiently their knowledges on Micro-manufacturing technologies. It also provides technical types!

The book, soon published by the editor Springer. You will have the chance to discover a unique book that provides in depth knowledge on Micro-manufacturing technologies. Our book written by technical experts from top universities and research centre in Europe, guaranties the best quality standard.Save the date and come to meet our team.

More info on: http://www.hannovermesse.de/exhibitor/karlsruher-institut-fuer-technologie/U557150?source=dl_prev

MIMAN-T project press release issued at the fair EMO MILANO 2015

To download the press release, click on the following link: http://www.itia.cnr.it/docs/Press_release_EN_MIMAN_new.pdf

EMO MILANO 2015
FIERAMILANO, 2015/10/5-10
www.emo-milano.com/en/home

Milan, 5th May 2015: Lombardy Dialogues “Food Safurity: Bridging Safety and Security”

Tuesday, 5th May 2015 from 09:00 to 16:00 at the Auditorium Testori, Palazzo Lombardia, Milan will be held the conference Research and territory in EXPO2015: "Lombardy Dialogues” "Food Safurity: Bridging Safety and Security".

The Conference will start with the description of a modern and, to some extent, futuristic food producing factory devoted to guarantee the food value, then will be illustrate the available technologies to ensure quality and safety of products, ensure their proper packaging through the use of new materials and manage territorial sorting through modern systems of logistics and transportation.

The Conference is part of the cycle of conferences within the project "Exhibition Ground for Scientific Research – Italian Pavilion for EXPO2015” within the framework Agreement between the National Research Council of Italy and the Lombardy Regional Government, in partnership with Unioncamere Lombardia.

For further information https://www.expo.cnr.it/en/lombardy-dialogues or download the Conference program.

Participation at the Conference is free, upon pre-registration at https://www.expo.cnr.it/en/node/124 or click here.

1st Ordinary General Assembly of "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" in Milan, 11 December 2014

The 1st Ordinary General Assembly of "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" will be held at "Auditorium Gio Ponti" of Assolombarda in Via Pantano 9, Milan on December 11th December 2014.

The event is open to everyone, members or not, who want to know more about "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente", its organization and its technological content.

During the private session in the morning, the 300 members of the cluster will meet for the first time, they will be called to approve the general policy of the Association on the basis of proposals from the "Organo di Coordinamento e Gestione" (OCG) and to elect their own representatives, which will become part of the OGC elective component. During the public session in the afternoon, where will partecipate regional, national and European institutions, together with companies, research centers, universities and associations, will present the "Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Fabbrica Intelligente" and will be shown the roadmap content of the cluster that will be handed over to the representatives of MISE and Education Ministry.

For further information, visit Fabbrica Intelligente web site.

Flagship project “La fabbrica del futuro”, subproject 2 – Final ranking

4th February 2014: The final ranking of the project proposals submitted within the Subproject 2 has been published

Flagship project “La fabbrica del futuro”, subproject 2 – Final ranking

Brussels, 13rd November 2014: H2020 NMBP work program 2015

A brokerage event for the coming H2020 NMBP work program 2015 is organized by the European Technology Integrating and Innovation Platform on Nanotechnology NANOfutures with the collaboration of the European Platforms for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies EUMAT and Manufacturing, MANUFUTURE.

The event will be held at Egmont Palace in Brussels on November 13rd 2014 and will be opened by the European Commission.

Attendees will have a unique opportunity to network and get in contact with top-level European industrialists and world-class researchers in order to find the right partner for the next H2020 proposal. Moreover, they will have the possibility to present project ideas in 5 min to the whole audience.

The event will be organized around a number of panels corresponding to each of the NMBP topics open under the 2015 calls. The panels will each be coordinated by a coach that will facilitate dialogue between each participants, proposing their organization or searching for partners. A system will be in place and logistic organized to allow for easy identification of participants and their matchmaking interests.

The brokerage event is free of charge. Space is limited so attendance is restricted to one person per entity and subscribers will be accepted and confirmed observing the need for a balanced participation from industries and research entities.

Further info: http://www.nanofutures.eu/brokerage, Brokerage Event 2014, Leaflet

Milan, 31st March - 2nd April 2015: Call for Papers della 4M/ICOMM2015

Call for Papers of the 4M/ICOMM2015 - International Conference on Micromanufacturing, that will be hel in Milan from 31st March to 2nd Apri 2015 (www.4m-icomm-2015.polimi.it).

The event is organized by CNR-ITIA and Politecnico di Milano; it will present the conferences of both the leading association of the sector (4M Association - www.4m-association.org  - and International Institution for MicroManufacturing - i2m2.northwestern.edu/content/I2M2-ICOMM_Conference.php)

Amministrazione Trasparente

The DIITET video is avaible on cnrweb.tv

LET'S 2014 - Leading Enabling Technologies for Societal Challenges - Bologna, 29th september/1st october 2014

LET’S 2014 will be held in Bologna (Italy) from September 29th to October 1st 2014 with the aim of discussing the role of the Key Enabling Technologies pinpointed by Horizon 2020, the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

LET’S 2014 is a conference bringing together more than 1000 delegates from all over the world to discuss how Europe can support the growth and the creation of new jobs and face Societal Challenges through new products, processes and services, creating opportunities for European actors.

Further info: www.lets2014.eu

CIRP 24th Design Conference 2014 "Mass Customization and Personalization"

On 11th June 2013, ITIA-CNR inaugurated the new De-Manufacturing Pilot Plant

ITIA CNR at MECHA-TRONIKA 2013 presented the results of the R&D activities

Annual Conference and Presentation of the “Call for project proposals” within Subproject 2 – Rome, 21st November 2013

Presentation of ITIA-CNR "De-Manufacturing" pilot plant, 11th june 2013, Milan

ITIA honored with Laval Virtual Awards 2012

Conference “The Italian-Israeli Business Forum – Partners in Innovation"

Statuto del CNR

ITIA at Fuori Salone with Moleskine: Scriba

REMS Project, Kick-off meeting

ITIA at Fuori Salone, Micam Point - La Fabbrica in Città

ITIA-CNR at Festival dell’Innovazione 2010

ITIA-CNR at 27.BI-MU/SFORTEC

Inauguration of ITIA-CNR new center, in Bari

• ITIA Bari inauguration programme
• Invitation to ITIA Bari inauguration

CNR Production Systems Department, new acting director

MANUFUTURE Conference 2009

• Brochure

• Press Release

• Press Release

• Press Release

• ITIA poster

• Prese Release