Fortissimo 2 - Open Call Webinar

Fortissimo 2 Call-1Webinar for Proposers

Guy Lonsdalescapos AG2/03/2016

ICT INNOVATIONFOR MANUFACTURING SMEs

Part of the Factories of the Future (FoF) Initiative

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• Fortissimo – 2013-2016Business relevant investigations and demonstrations of simulation services in the Fortissimo HPC Cloud creating future business benefits for manufacturing SMEs

• Fortissimo 2 – 2015-2018Builds on the success of Fortissimo and aims to extend and demonstrate the business potential of an ecosystem for HPC-Cloud services, specifically for applications involving simulation of coupled physical processes or high-performance data analytics.

The Fortissimo Projects

Fortissimo Goal & Ambition

• Goal: provide SMEs with easy and cost‐effectiveaccess to advanced simulation services through a Cloud infrastructure consisting of HPC resources, software applications, expertise, and tools

• Ambition: become THE portal of choice for HPC expertise and service provision, delivered by Europe’s major HPC technology providers

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Marketplace Services


Simulation‐as‐a‐Service

HPC Platform‐as‐a‐Service

HPC Infrastructure

Support Consultancy Business Container

Code Validation

Matchmaking Registry

The Fortissimo HPC‐Cloud

What does Fortissimo success look like?

• Two levels:1. 50‐60 successful ‘experiments’ with SMEs

delivering real business impact through HPC2. Well‐managed successful project delivering Core

Services, Open Calls and working Marketplace• Vital statistics:

– €22m costs / €16m funding– Approx. 130 partners (14 core – remainder experiment partners – many SMEs)

– 53 experiments – €180,000‐€250,000 / 3‐5 partners


Successful Fortissimo Open Calls – high demand

• Two Open Calls– Call 1: 65 proposals – funded 22 new experiments– Call 2: 82 proposals – funded 11 new experiments– All run as per EC best practice

• Optimised arrangements for SMEs– Protecting their IPR through experiment ‘IP bubble’– Dealing with cash‐flow within EC grant constraints


Pipistrel success story

• SME based in Slovenia• Light aircraft manufacturer• New aircraft design

– Wind tunnel too expensive– CFD on HPC Cloud solution

• Large detailed models– 20‐30 days in‐house– 2‐3 days in HPC Cloud

• Design cycle transformed• 10x cheaper and 10x faster


Experiment Partners:PipistrelXLAB; Arctur

Ergolines success story

• SME based in Italy• Speciality steels technology• Simulation of slag carry‐over

from ladle to tundish– New monitoring system

developed– Better overall steel quality– Reduced re‐melting

• On average 6,000 tonnes of lost steel per year saved

• Saving between €420,000 ‐€600,000 per year


Experiment Partners:ErgolinesArctur

Flange Tightening – Texas Controls

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Experiment Partners:Texas ControlsAIMENCESGA

• A Spanish SME offering tightening and sealing solutions to large industrial facilities in the industrial, power generation and oil & gas sectors.

• HPC Simulation based design of flange tightening operations leads to:– 33% time‐saving – Reduced manpower costs & reduced

“down time” of the equipment – End‐user savings of 180 K€ per

tightening– Estimated annual savings of 5,4 M€ for

Texas customers

HPC‐Cloud based Urban Planning ‐ IES

IES is a Scottish SME (with offices world‐wide). HPC‐Cloud approach enables pay‐as‐you go customer options reducing large model simulations from days/weeks to hours/days.Comparison with in‐house costs: 50% reduction


Experiment Partners:IESU. Edinburgh (epcc)

Sports‐car aerodynamics ‐ Koenigsegg

The SME Koenigsegg designs & manufactures high‐performance sports‐cars.Aerodynamics development for the Koenigsegg One:1 ‐ HPC‐based CFD:

250km/h 250% higher down‐force 440 km/h 50% higher down‐force

Savings in design & development, wind‐tunnel use; 30% shortening of time to market


Experiment Partners:KoenigsesggICONNTUACINECA

Fortissimo – delivering for manufacturing SMEs

• Strong demand evident• Many SMEs new to HPC but

seeing real benefits• Direct impact on

– Manufacturing costs– Product quality– Jobs and growth

• Next steps ‐ delivering open sustainable marketplace



Funded under first I4MS H2020 CallInnovation Action

Start date: 1st November 2015Duration: 36 months

Costs: € 11,162,114Funding: € 9,999,769

Two open calls with total funding of €5,000,000

Fortissimo 2 - Vital statistics


• Competitive call for HPC‐Cloud‐based Application Experiments for the Fortissimo 2 project, focusing on

modelling and simulation of coupled phenomena and high‐performance data analytics

• Augmenting the current set of experiments (& of course those of Fortissimo)

• In all cases targeting benefits for engineering and manufacturing SMEs and mid‐caps

Fortissimo 2 Call‐1 ‐ Objectives


• Priority will be given to experiments driven by the requirements of first-time HPC users and, by implication, organisations engaging in Fortissimo for the first time.

• Experiments should develop clear exploitation paths ensuring business impact and wider subsequent use of the services and technologies developed. They should also investigate service deployment in the Fortissimo marketplace.

Fortissimo 2 Call-1 – Key aspects

The original Fortissimo “cloud” of experiments


….aerodynamics of light aircraft

…continuous casting

..design of metal flanges

…high pressure vessels

.. Multiphysics simulation .. CFD … automotive design

… tools for urban planning

… routing architecture optimisation..

.. correlation .. simulation & tests for mechatronics

… air‐quality over cities

… risers, moorings and flowlines ... low‐pressure

die‐casting …

… CFD for turbomachinery

… structural crash tests… eolian snow transport for civil engineering …

… commercial computational chemistry

… molecular simulation for industrial chemical engineering

.. CO2 emission prediction for automotive engines

July 2015

The 2nd Fortissimo “cloud” of experiments (integrated as a result of Call‐1)


….platform for map conversion

… electrical harnesses

….tidal farm engineering

Manufacturing processes… laser welding, sheet‐metal forming, advanced casting

…. drug target binding

Manufacturing design… camshafts, gear transmission, high temp. chimneys, boat design

seismic processing .. oil & gas exploration

… simulation of pipeline components

… radar reflectors & antennas

….environment engineering services

… rapid prototyping ... 3D printing

optimisation … steel component manufacture

… operational decision support for manufacturing

Renewable energy … hydraulic turbines

Time‐temp integrators … Pharma logistics

… high temperature superconductors

crowd sensing … smart cities & large facilities

July 2015

The 3rd Fortissimo “cloud” of experiments (integrated as a result of Call‐2)


Microscopy manufacture…

… Biomechanics

… environmental management

Maritime design & manufacture

fatigue assessment… off‐shore structures & vessels

… aerodynamic shape optimisation ... Automotive design

Manufacturing composite structures .. Re‐inforced plastics

CAE for Motorcycle helmets

… safety & operation ... Wave impact

Complex fluids … magnetic smart materials

… buoy design

July 2015


The initial Fortisismo 2 “cloud” of experiments

….web‐based apps for aerodynamic simulation

…optimize layout of gas and flame detectors

…aeroacoustic simulation

…HPC Cloud services for the foundry industry

... Multiphysics simulation of box framed timber beams

… Big Data inside a crankshaft machining centre

… processing thermal high‐speed image sequences with machine learning approaches

…near real time analysis of airframe test data

…dynamic interaction in train railways turnout system

… risers, moorings and flowlines

... data analytics for camshaft manufacturing

… simulation and modelling of rare earth magnets

… cloud service using data from vehicle diagnostic tools for failure predictions

… optimization of high performance gears


• Proposed experiments should include all participants necessary for the experiment, which may include HPC and Big Data experts, HPC Centres or ISVs either already included within or external to the Fortissimo 2 consortium

• Experiments will employ the Fortissimo HPC infrastructure using the HPC Centres already involved in the project.

Open Call Partnering

www.fortissimo‐project.eu/calls/partnering

www.fortissimo‐project.eu/partners.html


Proposals: • (max.) 10‐page documents, in English,

• The main section of the proposal should not exceed 10 pages in length. In addition a proposal description, a cover page and 2 pages of administrative data must be provided. Thus, with the inclusion of the cover page and administrative pages, the maximum page count is 13 pages.

• Proposals will be truncated to this page count and the independent expert evaluators will only be provided with the truncated version.

• Electronic submission (PDF, max 5 MB)(tool access via: www.fortissimo‐project.eu/calls/submission.html)

Submission Deadline: 18th May, 2016, at 17:00 Brussels local time

Key Call Details – 1/2


Funding

• New partners will be included as Third Parties (funding model following the same principles as for H2020 project beneficiaries)

• Call-1 indicative funding budget for Third Parties = 1.31 M€

• The funding for an individual experiment may not exceed € 250 K (covering all participants, i.e. both 3rd Parties and existing Fortissimo 2 beneficiaries).

• Max. funding for any Third Party = 150 K€ (across all experiments in which that Third Party is involved (arising from both Fortissimo 2 open calls)

• The participation of existing Fortissimo 2 beneficiaries across all experiments selected in Fortissimo 2 Call-1 may not exceed 25% of the total funding assigned to Fortissimo 2 Call-1.

Expected duration of participation: 1st November 2016 to 30th April 2018

Key Call Details – 1/2


Call Text (“introduction”)Guideline for proposers (“proposers guide”)Proposal Exemplar as Word document (“exemplar”)Proposer-Evaluator check-list (“check-list” tab at /calls)Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ” tab at /calls)

Key Call-2 Documents

Documents & info pages: www.fortissimo‐project.eu/calls

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