Project duration: 01 January 2019 – 31 December 2020

Objective:

The main goal of this project is to establish a Lifelong Learning qualification system for lightweight materials by elaborating and implementing a certification process according to EN ISO/IEC 17024. Based on the analysis of customers’ needs gathered in the project LightRight, LightRight 2.0 wants to bridge the gap identified between potentials of lightweight design and industrial implementation.

The solution (technology):

Would you like to reduce costs, preserve resources and be innovative? Would you like to implement “lightweight design” in your product in an appropriate way, but you do not really know how?

EIT RM Academy has implemented European wide harmonized professional “LightRight” training courses for industrial employees to answer these questions: within these courses, different target groups will not only find information, but get the knowledge in the appropriate way for their individual educational background. Based on results from a recent Europe-wide survey, the content and the format of this course meet industrial needs. Following the concept of a T-shaped professional, the entrance level LightRight courses give an overview of lightweight construction guidelines and lightweight materials. Advanced level LightRight training provides specialized instruction on different lightweight materials. The courses follow the requirements of EN ISO/IEC 17024 and are certified by an external certification Body.

Partners:

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Fraunhofer), Germany
Fonderia Maspero S.r.i., Italy
Ghent University, Belgium
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research Institute of Materials Research Magnesium Innovation Centre, Germany
Höganäs AB, Sweden
Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Sweden
Mondragon Corporation S. Coop., Spain
MONDRAGON GOI ESKOLA POLITEKNIKOA S. COOP. (MGEP), Spain
Palfinger, Austria
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
SINFONET, Italy
Slim Fusina Rolling, Italy
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), Germany
Università degli Studi di Padova (University of Padova), Italy
Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A, Italy

For more information, please visit the project web page.