Trabalhamos no desenvolvimento, fornecimento e adaptação de tecnologias de produção e fabricação, bem como na tecnologia de máquinas e controle necessária para a fabricação de produtos inovadores.
É objetivo do FPC @ ITA fortalecer e melhorar a competitividade de nossos parceiros a longo prazo, com aplicações específicas e soluções de sistemas. Desenvolvemos novas máquinas e estratégias de usinagem, otimizamos as instalações de produção existentes e implementamos conceitos de ferramentas orientadas para o futuro. Apoiamos os fabricantes no desenvolvimento e introdução de novos serviços relacionados a produtos.

New machine-tool concepts and solutions for plant and process automation
Flexible Transparent Manufacturing
Development of more accurate process kinematics
Mapping the machine’ structural behavior and its influence on the geometrical accuracy of a machined part
Development of end-effectors to complement the necessary tasks for the automation of aircraft structural assembly
Development of a force amplification system to handle large pipes

Development, deployment and adaptation of production and manufacturing technologies
Flexibility, precision and automation with industrial robots
Flexible Transparent Manufacturing
Performance and efficiency of industrial robot
Evaluation of the drilling process, regarding machinability of the cast iron, using minimum quantities of lubricant (MQL) and flood rating
Evaluation of the influence of material and cutting parameters in the machinability of guide seats
Analyze the interaction between surfaces and their connection to the state of finishing in order to optimize the screw connection used to close a planetary gear unit
Evaluation of the differences between both alloys in what concern the machinability, specially the chips characteristics
Investigation of the machinability of new materials for automotive valve guides with different surface treatment conditions
Analysis of the differences between 3-axis and 5-axis milling in aeronautical components
Analysis of three Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI) types on machining operation to manufacture precision holes

Development of special technological solutions & production equipment and set-up of process chains
Flexible Transparent Manufacturing
Programming procedures and definition of processes parameters.
Research to investigate the influence of the welding parameters on the integrity of AHSS weld spots and to understand how significant is the effect of a processing chain on the integrity when compared to the “as-welded” condition
Development of online monitoring tools to diminish manual interventions during the tryout stage of sheet metal forming dies
Analysis of the feasibility to develop a defect identification system in sheet metal stamped
Evaluation of the results using an exerto of polymeric material in tool and die stamping

Process development, parameters determination and technical & economic assessment
Reducing distortions through process simulation
Flexible Transparent Manufacturing
Development of a high innovative process through automatic align with industrial robots using a programming called cooperative movement
Development of AI models with data responses from resistance welding process

Evaluation of the relevant aspectsfor the integration between additive and subtractive manufacturing process of Ti6Al4V walls produced by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Combination of laser and plasma powder deposition welding in one process zone

This feasibility study aimed to explore the challenges of additive manufacturing application for gear teeth repair and the evolution to a robust design
Continuous quality control during laser cladding

Investigation of the proposal for a method of surface magnetic scanning through the Hall effect, without the use of component magnetization
Application of the "integrated product development" method to the design of the powertrain components manufacturing chain

Analyze the interaction between surfaces and their connection to the state of finishing in order to optimize the screw connection used to close a planetary gear unit
Identification of the fatigue behavior of gears subjected to an alternative powder metallurgy manufacturing chain, recording them by using an S-n curve