Project objectives and results
The project was created as a result of the need for improvement of the production process at Feroimpex automotive technology d.o.o. due to the constant market pressures of company's customers on the one hand and suppliers of metal rods on the other. In order to optimize the production process and thus enable more competitive production, two basic problems in the production process have been identified that prevent further progress of the company and strengthening the price and qualitative competitiveness of the company on the market:
- fracturing and manipulating steel chips that significantly affect the shortened lifespan of CNC machines and the high maintenance cost of the technology
- slowness and high share of human labor in the production process due to quality control of each individual product, since in the metal automotive parts production (in the case of Feroimpex automotive technology d.o.o. bearings), a 100% accuracy is required in measure of made metal workpieces.
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of metal workpiece manufacturers in the auto industry, while the specific objectives are:
- prototyping of new metal chip breaking technology in automated production of metal workpieces as a result of research and development processes carried out
- prototyping of new technology and a new process of precise measurement of metal workpieces as a result of conducted research and development procedures.
Accordingly, the purpose of the project is to conduct research and development with the aim of constructing, developing and prototyping two innovative technological solutions:
- Innovative metal chip fracturing technology generated by the steel processing process for automotive purposes (especially for metal types 100CrMnSi6-4 and 100Cr6)
- Innovative technology of precise measurement of metal workpieces created as a result of the production process in the metalworking industry.
Research and development will be conducted jointly over three years by the experts from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture and user employees.
With the realization of this project, there is a potential for the emergence of a new economic branch which will result from the existing common industrial elements, i.e. the integration of research and development, engineering and production capacity building that will support the development of innovative technology.
Kratke činjenice
Lokacija: Zagreb
Vrijeme trajanja: 9.3.2018. – 9.3.2021.
Program: EFRR – Povećanje razvoja novih proizvoda i usluga koji proizlaze iz aktivnosti istraživanja i razvoja
Iznos projekta (HRK): 53.932.261,39
Udio EU u financiranju projekta (HRK): 22.992.245,35
Odgovorna osoba: Zoran Legac
Naziv prijavitelja: Feroimpex automobilska tehnika d.o.o.
Identitet projektnih partnera: Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje
The project was co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
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