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Thermoforming. Mould manufacturing. Throughput-time reduction and First Time Right production for the thermoform industry by introducing a predictive mould design and manufacturing system. Participants T-ForM Core SMEs Accuform (CR) Batelaan Kunststoffen (NL) Decorchapa (ES)
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Thermoforming Mould manufacturing Throughput-time reduction and First Time Right production for the thermoform industry by introducing a predictive mould design and manufacturing system. Participants T-ForM Core SMEs Accuform (CR) Batelaan Kunststoffen (NL) Decorchapa (ES) Haarlemse Modelm. (NL) Jacob Kunststofftechnik (DE) Linecross Ltd (UK) Midas Pattern Co. Ltd (UK) Missler Software (FR) Omniform (BE) Plasvina (ES) Profitlogistics (AU) Sabert Europe (BE) UNIPA (DE) Industrial Association AGORIA (BE) FEAMM (ES) GKV (DE) GTMA (UK) KC (AT) PVT (NL) Research and Development (RTD) AIMPLAS (ES) ASCAMM (ES) CRIF (BE) PERA (UK) RAPRA (UK) TNO (NL) University Stuttgart (DE) Research The T-ForM project will result in a technology to supply the thermoform industry with: • Design guidelines for thermoformed parts • A complete proposal for an ideal thermoforming mould design, based on, and connected to , a dedicated Production Simulation software tool by developing a predictive mould design software tool for thermoforming • Optimal thermoforming parameter settings coming from the developed predictive mould design software tool Objective • To reduce the product development time by eliminating trial and error • Development of software for predictive mould design and manufacturing system • Achieve an overall 35% product cost advantage Benefits • Determine final component cost to manufacture • Specify sheet thickness • Specify best tool material option and affect on cycle time • Determine processing conditions Design guidelines Product design T-ForM module Mould design Simulation Process settings More information can be found at the website www.t-form.org. This project is supported by funding under the 6th Research Framework Programme of the European Union www.t-form.org