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TRLs 5–7 Advanced Manufacturing Centres, Practical Model to Boost Technology Transfer in Manufacturing

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  • Leonardo Sastoque Pinilla

    (Aeronautics Advanced Manufacturing Center CFAA, 48170 Zamudio, Spain)

  • Raúl Llorente Rodríguez

    (ITP Aero, 48170 Zamudio, Spain)

  • Nerea Toledo Gandarias

    (Department of Communications Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48013 Bilbao, Spain)

  • Luis Norberto López de Lacalle

    (Aeronautics Advanced Manufacturing Center CFAA, 48170 Zamudio, Spain
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48013 Bilbao, Spain)

  • Mahboobeh Ramezani Farokhad

    (Fachhochschule Dortmund, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, D-44047 Dortmund, Germany)

Abstract

Establishing collaboration strategies with interdisciplinary networks in research is a crucial success factor for the companies in any sector, especially in manufacturing for aeronautics. In the aeronautical supply chain, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) lack of these types of alliances with universities and other research institutions, which could give them access to shared and specialized knowledge, may strictly limit those companies to learning from their own experience. One way to break this dynamic for industrial companies is to be an active part of research, development, and innovation centres. In this paper, a study to create new advanced manufacturing centres is presented, centres whose activities are focused on Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 5–7. The approach is based on a project management methodology, and it is applied to the aeronautical sector in the Basque Country. An initial study of the international experience and state of the art in this type of facility, as well as an analysis of the current socioeconomic environment of the Basque Country are presented. A benchmark study was done to identify the key processes that this centre must promote for this initiative to succeed, or those areas of knowledge that can make or break the initiative. Finally, the results showed a definitive picture for establishing an advanced manufacturing centre in the Basque Country. This work lays both the foundations of knowledge in the sector and the difficulties noted, so it can serve as guidance for similar initiatives.

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  • Leonardo Sastoque Pinilla & Raúl Llorente Rodríguez & Nerea Toledo Gandarias & Luis Norberto López de Lacalle & Mahboobeh Ramezani Farokhad, 2019. "TRLs 5–7 Advanced Manufacturing Centres, Practical Model to Boost Technology Transfer in Manufacturing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-14, September.
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