SOFT-DREAM

The SOFT-DREAM project, coordinated by the Swedish research institute RISE, brought together several partners, including Aerospace Valley, the ESTIA engineering school, Volkswagen (Germany), the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) and Spectrum (Sweden).

The aim of the project was to design IT tools that would enable the full potential of hybrid Additive Manufacturing to be exploited for the large-scale production of thermoplastic, metallic and multi-material parts, while keeping costs and lead times under control. 

The results have improved flexibility and responsiveness, while reducing production, prototyping and tooling times, particularly in the manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and construction industries. A software has been developed that provides fast, agile solutions for simulation, trajectory generation and real-time control on a variety of hardware architectures.

A major outcome of the project was the creation of ADAXIS, an international start-up of innovators based in Bayonne, France, and Gothenburg, Sweden.