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Factory processes and automation for de- and re-manufacturing (RIA) (Made in Europe partnership)

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
€5,000,000 – €6,500,000
Deadline
February 2, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Open EU call topic HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-03 · HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL4-2027-01: INDUSTRY. Next deadline 2027-02-02. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-03

Expected Outcome: - A viable industrial ecosystem for circularity in manufacturing industries emerges, enhancing both circularity and resilience; - De-manufacturing technologies and practices become available, making decisive contributions to a European remanufacturing industry and market; - Functions of products are retained, reused, upgraded or adapted through de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing; and - Skills, standards and safety measures relevant to remanufacturing are developed.

Scope: Proposals should focus on developing de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing technologies at the factory level, addressing at least three of the following: - Technologies to efficiently analyse part condition and support predictive maintenance, including for re-manufactured parts or components of lower value, e.g. by combining multimodal sensor data, AI and human inputs; - AI and robotic-assisted technologies, e.g. innovative end-effectors, to de-manufacture products and components, including handling, sorting and extended logistics; - Model-based systems, to allow de-manufacturing and re-manufacturing operators to use CAD data and digital twins related to the original parts (and contribute to the development of a digital ecosystem); - Solutions allowing local (on-site) repair or re-manufacturing of high-added value components (applied to e.g. wind turbines, aircraft and vessels); and - Solutions to plan the sequence of operations based on the characteristics of the incoming products to be re-manufactured.

Proposals should include a business case and exploitation strategy, as outlined in the introduction to this Destination. Depending on the approaches to be pursued, these…

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