Deadline: 23-Sep-21
European Commission is calling for proposals for Zero-Defect Manufacturing towards Zero-Waste.
Scope
- The projects must address the full production line or system, with an holistic approach, with the aim of reducing defects (e.g. rejected components or products) and manufacturing waste.
- The defect reduction and the overall quality control should be centred on such defects that reduce the yield, acceptance, or qualification of the final product, and enable a “first-time-right” production process.
- Projects should target types of waste or discarded material from identified defective products or components that cannot be easily reworked or recycled without significant effort.
- This implies a demonstrable transition to a sustainable production, and should include additional elements such as life-cycle analyses and environmental assessments.
Funding Information
Grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000 except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcomes
Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Demonstrate a significant increase of sustainable production through improved control systems and non-destructive inspection methods;
- Develop methodologies and tools to prevent the generation of defects at component level and its propagation to the system level;
- Create new diagnostic methods for in-situ monitoring of industrial production;
- Ensure efficient use of materials, repair strategies, and reduced production cost and time.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including legal entities from non-associated third countries or international organisations (including international European research organisations) is eligible to participate (whether it is eligible for funding or not), provided that the conditions laid down in the Horizon Europe Regulation have been met, along with any other conditions laid down in the specific call topic.
- A ‘legal entity’ means any natural or legal person created and recognised as such under national law, EU law or international law, which has legal personality and which may, acting in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations, or an entity without legal personality.
- To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe
- low- and middle-income countries
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