Integrated Computational Materials and Production Engineering (ICMPE)
Design, extension, application and assessment of a modular platform in the material, process and production design process for high value projects
The Research Area “Integrative Computational Materials and Production Engineering” represents
a consistent further evolution of the Research Area “Technology Enablers for Integrative Virtual Production”. Based on the partial integration of individual model areas within separated simulation platforms, the objective for future research is their further development and integration into a single comprehensive ICMPE (Integrative Computational Materials and Production Engineering) platform combining materials and machining simulation with factory and production planning. The design and planning of modern production processes have to be efficient in terms of time and cost and effective in terms of minimum efforts to obtain a maximum added value. Long process chains for high value materials and products activating various phenomena each on a specific length scale have to be designed, assessed and controlled. Quantitative, predictive and time efficient simulation of process chains based on high quality models for various scales plays a crucial role here. This raises the question on how different material and process simulation tools can be combined and applied for an effective and efficient planning of optimised production chains with regard to desired properties of the product. The scope of the first funding period of the CoE included the partial integration of individual model areas and the results have led to two descriptive, platform-type model toolboxes, one for machining and one for materials processing. This successful application of platforms has been demonstrated for dedicated test cases and now leads to the following scientific question for this area:
How can a simulation platform or a combination of platforms be designed and further developed to
be generic, efficient, effective and applicable for the design, assessment and optimisation of materials,
production and products under dynamic market and environmental constraints?
The solution hypothesis is, that the development of a comprehensive
ICMPE (Integrative Computational Materials and Production Engineering) platform through a synthesis of available platforms will ensure (i) high planning quality for robust process chains, (ii) high yield of materials and products, (iii) optimisation of materials, production chains, components and products, (iv) rapid response to dynamically changing markets, (v) high planning efficiency and minimised efforts in terms of resources, cost and time, (vi) integration of knowledge and experience for securing and transferring expertise. In the long term, a trade-off between planning quality and planning costs can be investigated by a model tool box tailored to a desired degree of accuracy.Contact
Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Prahl
Institute and Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy
Intzestr. 1, D-52072Aachen
Phone: +49 (0)241 80-95821 Fax: +49 (0)241 80-92253
E-Mail: ulrich.prahl@iehk.rwth-aachen.de
Coordinator
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Bleck
Institute and Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy
Intzestr. 1, D-52072Aachen
Phone: +49 (0)241 80-95782 Fax: +49 (0)241 80-92224
E-Mail: bleck@iehk.rwth-aachen.de
