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The Swedish Manufacturing R&D Clusters; digital manufacturing

The cluster for digital manufacturing is one of eight clusters within the Swedish Manufacturing R&D Clusters. The cluster focuses on research and development in production systems and production development with great use of digital technologies and related methods and processes.

The cluster for digital manufacturing focuses on production systems and production development with great use of digital technologies and related methods and processes. The vision is to be a nationally recognized industry-driven cluster that promotes collaboration in research and test beds to reach world-class digital manufacturing.

Priority research areas

Capability of virtual tools:

  • Development and integration of computer tools for virtual manufacturing.

Manufacturing data, use and analysis:

  • Management of production-related lifecycle data.
  • Reuse of data and simulations for efficient service, maintenance and reuse.

Work process and methods for the development of production:

  • Efficient planning, installation and verification of automated systems.
  • Simulation, analysis and optimization of manufacturing systems.

Design of Automated system:

  • Human-machine collaboration, communication and adaptive control systems.
  • Design of sustainable systems for automated manufacturing.

What is the advantage of participating in a cluster?

The aim is to develop economically and environmentally sustainable manufacturing systems capable of effectively providing the market with the innovative products of the future. Through the cluster's working methods, we strengthen Sweden's continued success as a sustainable industrial nation. You can win this by participating:

  • New valuable contacts for cooperation.
  • A support for own strategic research and development work.
  • Opportunity to set a strong common agenda with national and international influence.  
  • Early information and invitations to project cooperation.

Working methods and organization in the cluster

In the cluster we have common activities:

  • workshops (online) four times a year
  • Lunch seminars (once per month)
  • Pulse meeting (once per month)
  • In addition, there is the opportunity to participate in other clusters' activities.

The project is led by industrial chairman (Alf Andersson, Volvo Cars), coordinated by RISE (Magnus Widfeldt, Per Gullander). To support the work, there are also four leaders for the four research areas

  • Capability of virtual tools: Martin Hochwallner, Linköping Univ
  • Manufacturing data, use and analysis: Gunilla Sivard, KTH
  • Work process and methods for the development of production: Welf Löwe, Linné Univ
  • Design of Automated system: Torbjörn Danielsson, Virtual Manufacturing AB

Members in the cluster

Manufacturing companies:
AB Volvo, Volvo Cars, Scania, FKG, GKN Aerospace, 3M

Solution providers / consultants:
Siemens Digital Industries Software,  Unibap, Ideal Grp, Good Solutions, Utvyakta, Virtual Manufactruring, EyeAtProduction

Universities:
Linnaeus University, Uppsala University, University West,  KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers, University of Skövde, Jönköping Univ, Linköping University

Institutes / other:
Innovatum, EIT Manufacturing, Swerim, RISE

The cluster welcomes more companies! Please contact us for more information.

Summary

Project name

Cluster digital manufacturing

Status

Active

RISE role in project

Coordinator

Project start

Duration

8 years

Total budget

2 800 000 SEK

Funders

IVF Intresseförening Service AB

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Per Gullander

Contact person

Per Gullander

Forskare

+46 10 228 48 27

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Magnus Widfeldt

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Magnus Widfeldt

Forskare

+46 70 780 60 17

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