LITHO-PRO: Advanced manufacturing systems for customer oriented production of technical ceramics and natural stone

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0262-1

Key words (English)

Manufacturing; high-speed milling; turning; stone milling; ceramic milling;
Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Industrial Manufacture; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Safety

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: G1RD-CT-2000-00358

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.1 Innovative products, processes and organization

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Siemens, Erlangen (D)

Abstract (English)

The LITHO-PRO project aims on new manufacturing equipment for customer oriented production of technical ceramics and natural stone. The RTD tasks target on manufacturing of complex products with individual shape, material properties and production features. The expected results will demonstrate procedures, methodologies and technologies for clean, efficient and intelligent manufacturing and production. A mutual technology transfer between the application sectors of ceramics and natural stone will provide a cross-fertilisation of expertise, ensuring an added value and thus strengthen the economic prospectives of the consortium members and contribute substantially to a European sustainable growth. The consortium members provide excellent knowledge and RTD facilities, combining big industrialists, innovative SME's and research institutions. A thorough and concise exploitation strategy is foreseen.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0262-1