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Cybersecurity webinar

9/12/2022

 

SFI PhysMet – SFI Manufacturing – SFI NORCICS Cybersecurity webinar

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  • Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
  • Time: 12:00 – 14:00 
  • Type: Online
Norway is among the most digitalized countries in the world. Although industries are somehow aware of the risks related to use and sharing of data, they might be more to learn when it comes to data security and they might not be fully secure. Through a collaboration between SFI PhysMet, SFI Manufacturing and SFI NORCICS, a webinar about data security will be held on Wednesday September 21st.

This webinar aims at creating awareness about data security around digital solutions relevant for SFI Manufacturing and SFI PhysMet. The presentations will be given by experts from SFI NORCICS.

Meeting link:  Teams  

Agenda:
12:00 – 12:20 Norwegian Center for Cybersecurity in Critical Sectors (NORCICS) - Prof. Sokratis Katsikas
12:20 – 12:50 Security of cloud services - Dr Georgios Spathoulas
12:50 – 13:20 Security and resilience in collaborative manufacturing - Dr Pallavi Kaliyar
13:20 – 13:50 Cybersecurity in IT&OT integrated systems - Prof. Sokratis Katsikas
13:50 – 14:00 Closing

SFI Manufacturing Newsletter, June 2022

6/30/2022

 
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​Our 14th newsletter from Research Area 1 and 3 is now available for you to read!

​Contents

​Page 4: Workshop in Åndalsnes 04

Page 7: Research Area 1: Work package 1.1 

Page 11: Research Area 1: Work package 1.2 

Page 13: Research Area 1: Work package 1.3 

Page 15: Research Area 3: PhD and WP news 

Updated: The Trends that Will Shape Norwegian Manufacturing in the Next 10 Years (version 2)

5/25/2022

 
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We updated the white paper on May 25th, 2022. The primary sections that have been revised are the methods and additive manufacturing. The latter has been updated in collaboration with SINTEF Industry.

About the white paper
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Manufacturing in the 21st century has been characterized as a complex and dynamic sociotechnical system (ManuFUTURE, 2019). The industry is currently being challenged by accelerated technological change, pressures, and regulations regarding reduction of its environmental footprint, novel knowledge demands, a turbulent economic landscape, and a pandemic creating a demanding and unforeseen context.


For manufacturers to make sense of ongoing changes and how to position themselves within this changing landscape, it is useful to start with developing a knowledge basis on the most pertinent trends. This is the departure for this white paper, which aims to provide an overview of some of the key technological, environmental, social, and economic trends that are both challenging and providing opportunities for the Norwegian manufacturing industry.

Note that the paper does not provide an exhaustive analysis and discussion of the different trends. Rather, based on a review of existing reports and academic literature and experience from contemporary research on the development of the Norwegian manufacturing industry, we have identified a selection of trends. In section 2, we present and briefly reflect on these trends individually.

The trends are presented in the following sequence:
  1. Environmental trends
  2. Technological Trends
  3. Social Trends
  4. Economical Trends
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In section 3 we briefly discuss the interconnections between the trends and how recent challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic influence them, before providing some final remarks.

SFI Manufacturing Newsletter, April 2022

3/31/2022

 
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Our 13th newsletter from Research Area 2 is now available for you to read!

Contents

Page 1:
- About RA 2

Page 1-2:
- PhD news​

Page 2:
- Loading and unloading of hanging trolleys

Page 3:
- 3D vision-based CAD registration and burr detection
- Hapro, glue dispensing: SFI case

Page 4:
- Plastic 3D print (Robotized Additive Manufacturing)
- Kongsberg Maritime, mobile assembly – SFI case

SFI Manufacturing Annual Report 2021

3/31/2022

 
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Our society is facing a number of crises simultaneously: global warming, Covid19-pandemic, lack of food, lack of energy, war in Europe and geopolitical instability.

We are usually talking about how the manufacturing industry will handle external challenges, but perhaps we should rather focus on the role of the manufacturing industry in the society to be more robust for coping with such crisis on top of each other? The manufacturing industry is a key enabler for sustainable development with respect to environment, society and economy, and this industry is an important part of our common emergency preparedness.

Our best robustness for the future is a society that is prepared for facing a large variety of challenges. In this context, it is vital for Norway to maintain, and further develop, high quality in research, manufacturing and innovation. Governmental cofounding of R&D is one of the most effective efforts build national robustness for facing challenges to come.

Collaborative research, as all partners in SFI Manufacturing have joined in on, have contributed to our most powerful tool to build robustness for the future: knowledge. This annual report gives an overview of the contribution from the centre last year, and I hope you will read this report being motivated to seek possibilities to utilise this knowledge for a common sustainable development.
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- Lars Stenerud, CEO Plasto AS
Chair of the board, SFI Manufacturing

SFI Manufacturing Newsletter, February 2022

2/9/2022

 
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Our 12th newsletter is now available for you to read!
You can find the PDF here.

Contents

Page 1:
Disputation of Eirik B. H. Korsen

Page 1-2:
Our first physical workshop in two years

Page 3:
Trends influencing Norwegian manufacturing industry the next decade

Page 4:
Tentative workshop plan for 2022

Page 5:
New project: ALuGreen

Page 6-7:
Report from RA1: WP1.1 + WP1.2

Article about 3D-printing and welding robots published in Dagens Næringsliv (Norwegian)

6/10/2021

 
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Welding robots are the "cousins" of 3D printers and can create machine parts on-site, when they are needed. 

You can read the full text in Norwegian, published in Gemini and Dagens Næringsliv.

This article was written by:
  • Geir Langelandsvik, doctoral fellow (SINTEF).
  • Linn Danielsen Evjemo, doctoral fellow (NTNU/SFI Manufacturing).

Tina Bergh defends thesis on May 28th

5/26/2021

 
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Tina Bergh has submitted the following academic thesis as part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): Electron microscopy of intermetallic phases in aluminium-steel joints
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Tina has been part of Research Area 1 - Multi-Material Products and Processes.

She will hold a trial lecture May 28 at 10:15, and the public defence of the thesis will begin at 13:15. The lecture and defence are open for digital participation at: https://s.ntnu.no/Trial_lecture_Tina_Bergh and https://s.ntnu.no/PhD_defence_Tina_Bergh. 

​Assessment Committee

​The Faculty of Natural Sciences has appointed the following Assessment Committee to assess the thesis:
  • ​1st opponent: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hauke Springer Leiter des Lehr- und Forschungsgebiets Metallische Verbundwerkstoffe, Institut für Bildsame Formgebung, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
  • 2nd opponent: Eva Mørtsell Research Scientist R&D Extrusion Ingot, Hydro Sunndal.
  • 3rd opponent: Professor Knut Marthinsen Department of Materials Science and Engineering NTNU Professor Knut Marthinsen has been appointed Administrator of the Committee. ​​
The Committee recommends that the thesis is worthy of being publicly defended for the PhD degree.

​Supervisors

​The doctoral work has been carried out at the Department of Physics, where Associate Professor Per Erik Vullum has been the candidate’s supervisor. Professor Randi Holmestad, Department of Physics, NTNU and Associate Professor Ida Westermann, Department of Materials Science, NTNU have been the candidate’s co-supervisors.

SFI Manufacturing Annual Report 2020

4/9/2021

 
The SFI Manufacturing Annual Report 2020 is now available (download PDF).
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​Introduction by Lars Stenerud, Chair of the Board.

– To say that 2020 has been an odd year for SFI Manufacturing must be the most cliché term used in the Corona-period. However, 2020 has been a challenging and different year for our centre and the partners of the centre.

Knowledge and skills are resources that we rely on when we meet extraordinary situations. All the involved partners in SFI Manufacturing have utilised this during 2020. Some have experienced a total marked collapse for their product, while others have experienced considerable marked increase. In common, all have had to deal with the challenging situation to maintain a safe work environment within changing regulations and advises, and regional differences. All this have required use of cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills. Perhaps the very cross-disciplinary nature of manufacturing has been an extra asset for us during this situation?

The academic partners have also faced a challenging situation with limited access to laboratory facilities, a volatile market and the challenging organisational issues regarding infection control at work facilities. In particular, I will use the opportunity to express my recognition of the work of PhD and post doc candidates that have been able to maintain progress in their work and develop new knowledge within manufacturing.

In these trying times, it is essential to use our resources within R&D to be well prepared for the opportunities that most likely will appear at the other end of this challenging period.

The workshop we had with ISAB in December gave us a perspective on our work from outside of the SFI. As well as receiving good reviews, the recommendations from ISAB emphasize our scope of further research. 
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Amalie Østhassel is a new PhD student at SFI Manufacturing

3/24/2021

 
On April 6, 2021, Amalie Østhassel will start as a new PhD student at SFI Manufacturing. She has recently been working as a trainee in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Her PhD is being undertaken on behalf of NTNU.

​We welcome Amalie and look forward to the collaboration!
About Amalie
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Hello! My name is Amalie Østhassel and I am starting my PhD in April 2021. I have an MSc in Innovation and Global Sustainable Development from Lund University in Sweden. In my master thesis, I explored the barriers and opportunities for Norwegian social innovation to enter low-income markets in India, specifically looking at sustainable business models and strategies.

​In my PhD, I will continue researching sustainable business models for the green economy with specific emphasis on inclusive growth and innovation systems working within the planetary boundaries. For the SFI I will investigate to what extent the UN Sustainable Development Goals are incorporated in Norwegian business models and strategy. 
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