23.08.2016 r. Limatherm S.A. has signed a contract for co-financing of the Project "Establishment of a R&D Centre for making special-purpose castings of aluminium alloys using the high-pressure cold chamber method, characterised by increased tightness and safety of use", under Measure 2.1 Support for investments in R&D infrastructure of enterprises of the Operational Programme Intelligent Development.
The aim of the measure is to support the creation and development of R&D infrastructure of enterprises by investments in apparatus, equipment, technologies and other necessary infrastructure, which will serve to conduct research and development work for creation of innovative products and services.
The Research and Development Centre of Limatherm S.A., established within the framework of the Project, has been equipped with the following test stands: robotised casting machine with a closing force of 900 tons, casting machine with a closing force of 530 tons with a vacuum system, two robotised machining centres, casting cleaning device, shaft melting furnace, leakage testing device, Flow3D high-pressure casting simulation, 160kV X-ray cabin, CMM measuring machine. In order to carry out the R&D work, research-scientific-technical cooperation with the Faculty of Foundry Engineering at the AGH University of Science and Technology has been initiated.
The project involves the implementation of process and product innovations to the existing production process, related to the intelligent development of the company in the area of automation and robotisation of processes and related to the quality stabilisation of the process through the implementation of diagnostic and monitoring control systems.
As a result, the Project is expected to contribute to reduction of manufacturing costs and shortages, quality stabilization of the technological process and to shorten the time of launching new products. Project implementation period: from 01.01.2016 to 31.05.2019.
