Objective The objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate a new generation of integrated modelling systems for product design and process planning, including machine control data generation.A reference model as a general approach for deriving specific software development strategies has been constructed. A flexible, adaptable architecture has been used, open for the integration of future software components. The integrated product model contains all information about the product and its production processes.The main functional improvements have been to combine solid and surface techniques for all planning stages to offer practice oriented unfolding techniques for 3-dimensional models and to combine generic and knowledge based process planning to offer full automated numerical control (NC) part programming.By simulation and evaluation, the capabilities of machining have been used to optimize the product. Know how gained is made available as feedback information by knowledge based modules cooperating with the product and production process model. The economic objectives are to become more competitive on time and to cut costs by increasing quality and productivity.Results have been demonstrated in the application areas of sheet metal parts manufacturing for aircraft spares and complex shape parts manufacturing for ship propellers.Each action, whether performed by man or machine, is a combination of objects and information. Which items of information and how many of them are needed depends on the smoothness with which this communication process takes place. Information should not have to be requested or searched for, but should active and make itself available. This has been achieved by integration on the application level. The use of features supports integration on a semantical level. This facilitates communication between business activities.The two main goals are to improve the efficiency of software vendors by making software easier to integrate, and to improve the user's efficiency by enhancing the functionality of existing CIM modules. Current limitations of integration, caused by the use of specific data representations for different CIM modules, will be overcome by a conceptual approach using features in all stages of the manufacturing process of a product. IMPPACT aims to improve the understanding of the integration of successive production phases by recognising that the information system needs feedback loops. The reference model to be specified serves as a general approach for deriving specific software development strategies for different application areas. It helps build the framework and ensures a reduction in the gap between the user's requirements and the software developed. A flexible, adaptable architecture will be used, capable of handling software packages with individual structures and environments while running on different hardware. The architecture is open for the integration of future software. The integrated product model will contain all necessary information about standards and processes. The main functional improvements will be to: - combine solid and surface techniques and make these available at the process planning stage - offer practice-oriented unfolding techniques for 3-D models to create flat patterns - combine generative and knowledge-based process planning - offer fully automated NC-part programming, including feature recognition with advanced nesting facilities. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturingnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware developmentsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Programme(s) FP2-ESPRIT 2 - European strategic programme (EEC) for research and development in information technologies (ESPRIT), 1987-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Krupp GmbH EU contribution No data Address Altendorfer Straße 103 45143 Essen Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all GAME INGENIERIE FRANCE France EU contribution No data Address 1 RUE DES HERONS 78182 SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES See on map Total cost No data HELLENIC AEROSPACE INDUSTRY Greece EU contribution No data Address , 23 32009 SCHIMATARI See on map Total cost No data Krupp Entwicklungszentrum GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Münchener Straße 100 45145 Essen See on map Total cost No data LIPS UNIBED Netherlands EU contribution No data Address LIPSSTRAAT 52, 6 5150 BB DRUNEN See on map Total cost No data NORSK DATA Germany EU contribution No data Address NORSK DATA STRAßE 1 61352 BAD HOMBURG See on map Total cost No data NORSK DATA Norway EU contribution No data Address SCHWABENGATE, 5489 3601 KONGSBERG See on map Total cost No data Pafec Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Strelley Hall Main Street NG8 6PE Nottingham See on map Total cost No data Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH) Germany EU contribution No data Address Steinbachstraße 53B 52074 Aachen See on map Total cost No data SENTER FOR INDUSTRIFORSKNING Norway EU contribution No data Address FORSKNINGSVEIEN 1, 124 0314 OSLO See on map Total cost No data SINTEF PRODUCTION ENGINEERING Norway EU contribution No data Address RICHARD BIRKELANDSVEJ, 2B 7034 TRONDHEIM See on map Total cost No data TNO NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution No data Address JULIANA VAN STOLBERGLAAN, 148, 297 2501 BD DEN HAAG See on map Total cost No data Technische Universität Berlin Germany EU contribution No data Address Pascalstraße 8-9 10587 Berlin See on map Total cost No data Universität Fridericana Karlsruhe (Technische Hochschule) Germany EU contribution No data Address Kaiserstraße 12 76128 Karlsruhe See on map Total cost No data