European shipbuilding leading-edge relies on the complexity, quality, high level of customization, delivery time and lifecycle services of the vessels manufactured. But the process of technology globalization has advanced the technological capability of competitors that, sometimes, also benefits from lower labour costs. In order to avoid a worsening of the already started competitive drawback, the SME-shipyards need to enhance their productivity and manufacturing capabilities (cost, lead-time, quality), taking advantage of the latest developments within digital production: advanced robots and cobots, machine vision, internet of things, flexible production systems, 3D printing, supply chain integration across multiple sites, skills development and deployment strategies.
Mari4_YARD, a European project funded under H2020, contributes to reaching such goals by focusing on the development of user-centric solutions for flexible and modular manufacturing in small and medium-sized (SME) shipyards, that need to remain competitive and overcome the current costs drawback in their own market segments. The project started in December 2020 and will last until 2024.
The project consortium members are Asociación de investigación metalúrgica del noroeste (AIMEN) (project coordinator), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Canonical Robots S.L. (CANONICAL), Ghenova Ingenieria S.L. (GHENOVA), Gizelis Robotics (GIZELIS), Iuvo srl (IUVO), Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation – University of Patras (LMS), Transition Technologies PSC spolkaz ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia (TTPSC), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), BALance Technology Consulting GmbH, Center of Maritime Technologies gGmbH (CMT), Stichting Netherlands maritime technology foundation (NMTF), Deep Blue srl (DBL), European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting (EWF), Foundation WEGEMT – A European Association of Universities in Marine Technology and Related Sciences (WEGEMT), Nodosa S.L. (NODOSA), Shipbuilding industry Split, joint-stock company (BIS)
European shipbuilding leading-edge relies on the complexity, quality, high level of customization, delivery time and lifecycle services of the vessels manufactured. But the process of technology globalization has advanced the technological capability of competitors that, sometimes, also benefits from lower labour costs. In order to avoid a worsening of the already started competitive drawback, the SME-shipyards need to enhance their productivity and manufacturing capabilities (cost, lead-time, quality), taking advantage of the latest developments within digital production: advanced robots and cobots, machine vision, internet of things, flexible production systems, 3D printing, supply chain integration across multiple sites, skills development and deployment strategies.
Mari4_YARD, a European project funded under H2020, contributes to reaching such goals by focusing on the development of user-centric solutions for flexible and modular manufacturing in small and medium-sized (SME) shipyards, that need to remain competitive and overcome the current costs drawback in their own market segments. The project started in December 2020 and will last until 2024.
The project consortium members are Asociación de investigación metalúrgica del noroeste (AIMEN) (project coordinator), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Canonical Robots S.L. (CANONICAL), Ghenova Ingenieria S.L. (GHENOVA), Gizelis Robotics (GIZELIS), Iuvo srl (IUVO), Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation – University of Patras (LMS), Transition Technologies PSC spolkaz ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia (TTPSC), Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), BALance Technology Consulting GmbH, Center of Maritime Technologies gGmbH (CMT), Stichting Netherlands maritime technology foundation (NMTF), Deep Blue srl (DBL), European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting (EWF), Foundation WEGEMT – A European Association of Universities in Marine Technology and Related Sciences (WEGEMT), Nodosa S.L. (NODOSA), Shipbuilding industry Split, joint-stock company (BIS).
