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The new telescope will have a resolving power ten times greater than today’s leading global telescopes

• Ingersoll will produce the huge 1,300 ton precision steel optical support structure which will allow frictionless movement made possible thanks to the Camozzi Group’s highly advanced, globally recognized hydrostatic technology
• In total this is a 135 million dollar investment, the biggest realized to date by GMTO. The contract was won following a 2-year global tendering process. Over the next 9 years GMTO, MT Mechatronics and Ingersoll Machine Tools will work together to deliver the 1,300 ton steel structure, which is due to be delivered to Chile by the end of 2025, ready for mirrors to be installed in 2028.
• The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is the result of the collaboration of 12 of the world’s leading universities and scientific institutes and it is planned to become operational in 2029 following its construction in the Chilean desert. Funding for the project comes from the partner institutions, governments and private donors
• The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will significantly advance our knowledge and understanding of the universe through the study of planets beyond the solar system in the search for signs of life and the study of black holes and dark energy. The GMT will have a resolving power ten times greater than today’s leading global telescopes and could make discoveries that will change the view of our place in the Universe

Lodovico Camozzi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Camozzi Group, stated: “We are delighted that we will be working on the creation of an exclusive scientific and revolutionary system for studying the deep cosmos. The project fills us all in Camozzi with pride and is an inspiration to us. We are also very pleased at having been selected in a tender involving the world’s leading groups”.

30 October 2019 – Brescia – The Italian Group Camozzi, through its fully owned subsidiary Ingersoll Machine Tools headquartered in Rockford (Illinois), has entered into an agreement in conjunction with MT Mechatronics, located in Mainz (Germany) - with GMTO, the organization managing   the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) on behalf of its US and international founders, to build the telescope’s steel precision structure.

The GMT is a 24.5 meter (80-ft) diameter next-generation giant optical-infrared observatory that will  explore the frontiers of astronomy, seeking forms of life beyond our solar system and capable of changing the history of space exploration.

Ingersoll Machine Tools together with MT Mechatronics will design and manufacture the 1,300- ton precision mechanism, known as the “telescope structure” that holds the GMT’s optics which will smoothly track celestial targets as they move across the sky. The telescope will be designed by MT Mechatronics and manufactured, assembled, and tested by Ingersoll before being shipped to, and installed at, the GMT observatory site high in the remote Chilean Andes.

The telescope structure contract will require nine years of effort by a large workforce of engineers, designers,

metal workers, and machinists and have total value of $ 135 million.

“Manufacturing the telescope structure is one of the biggest steps we will take on our journey to building the

Giant Magellan Telescope “, said Dr. Robert N. Shelton, GMTO President.

 “We selected Ingersoll Machine Tools and MT Mechatronics for their commitment to quality, extensive experience with astronomical telescopes and abilities to manufacture complex precision structures, following a two-year global competition”, added Dr. James Fanson, GMTO Project Manager.

The structure of the telescope will hold the seven giant mirrors of the GMT in position as they bring the light of distant stars and galaxies into focus so that they can be analyzed by the scientific instrumentation built into the telescope. The mirrors, the largest in the world, have been produced by the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab of the University of Arizona. The structure of the telescope, complete with mirrors and all instrumentation, will weigh 2,100 tons and will float on a 50 microns thick (2 thousandths of an inch) oil film which will ensure frictionless movement to offset the earth’s rotation and follow the celestial bodies in their paths across the sky.  This “hydrostatic” technology was patented several years ago by INNSE, a Camozzi Group company, renowned throughout the world for this technology. With its unique design the GMT will have a resolving power 10 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope in the infra-red section of the spectrum.

“It will be a special day when the GMT’ telescope structure is completed and placed in service in Chile, as part of one of the most complicated and fascinating projects that the world scientific community has ever undertaken”, said Chip Storie, CEO of Ingersoll Machine Tools.

The contract between GMTO, Ingersoll Machine Tools and MT Mechatronics will involve nine years of work and 1,300 tons of structural steel and the structure is expected to be delivered to Chile at the end of 2025 and be ready to accept mirrors in 2028.

The Giant Magellan Telescope

 The Giant Magellan Telescope is a next-generation ground-based telescope that promises to revolutionize our understanding and view of the universe. The GMT is poised to enable breakthrough discoveries in cosmology, the study of black holes, dark matter, dark energy, and the search for life beyond our solar system. The telescope’s primary mirror combines seven 8.4-meter (27 feet) diameter circular segments to form an effective aperture 24.5 meters in diameter. The GMT will be located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert and the project is the work of a distinguished international consortium of leading universities and science institutions.

Information about the GMT Organization (GMTO)

GMTO manages the GMT project on behalf of its international founders:

Arizona State University, Astronomy Australia Ltd., The Australian National University, Carnegie Institution for Science, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Harvard University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Texas A&M University, The University of Arizona, The University of Chicago and The University of Texas at Austin.

The 3D MasterPrint printer - included in the Guinness Book of World Records - is able to create objects up to 100 feet long, 20 feet wide and 10 feet tall.

Built at the Ingersoll plant in Rockford (USA), it was designed mainly to make tools for the aerospace industry.

The University of Maine has recently purchased MasterPrint to make molds for the boat-building industry, which is really large in the state of Maine.

The university has already used the device to produce a 25-foot, 5.000-pound boat in less than 72 hours. The boat was launched Thursday 10th October in an ocean simulator and has the distinction of being the world’s largest solid 3D-printed item and largest 3D-printed boat.

Moreover, the university researchers are partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create a plastic that uses wood fibers in it, which is more environmentally friendly than material with carbon fiber or fiberglass in it.

Important players of the sector, like Marzoli, took part at the event as they have a significant role in the development of innovative technologies for the sustainability of the cotton-textile industry: Hugo Boss, Filmar Group, International Cotton Research Association – ICRA – ICAC, and Circle Economy.

The discussion developed around three strategic pillars of textile innovation:

• Smart and high-performance materials
• Advanced digital manufacturing, value chains and business models
• Recycling, upcycling and resource efficiency in fashion textile

Started from September 12, 2019, Fausto Villa – collaborator of  Camozzi Group – has been appointed President of the new FEDERTEC Association.

FEDERTEC is the national association resulting from the merger of ASSIOT and Assofluid. It represents the Italian industry operating in Mechatronics Technologies for Fluid Power, Industrial Components, Power Transmission, Control and Smart Automation of Industrial Products and Processes. The total amount of the industrial sector reaches more than 12 Billion Euros.

Camozzi Group is proud of the trust FEDERTEC associates have granted to Fausto Villa and wish him to be a successful support for the Association in achieving relevant goals.

Un valore in crescita del 35% rispetto all’anno precedente, trainato dai frutti degli investimenti effettuati nel 2017 sulla spinta del Piano Nazionale Industria 4.0, +140% se si considerano gli ultimi quattro anni, a cui va aggiunto un indotto di circa 700 milioni di euro in progetti “tradizionali” di innovazione digitale (circa 300 milioni in più dell’anno precedente).

Tecnologie 4.0 più diffuse in Italia

• Industrial IoT (la componentistica per connettere i macchinari alla rete) con un valore di 1,9 miliardi di euro rappresenta il 60% del mercato e registra la crescita più marcata (+40%)
• Industrial Analytics, con 530 milioni di euro (17% del mercato, +30%)
• Cloud Manufacturing con 270 milioni di euro (8%, +35%).

Fra le Operational Technologies, l’Advanced Automation conquista la maggiore quota di mercato con 160 milioni e una crescita del 10%, seguito dall’Additive Manufacturing con 70 milioni di euro, mentre l’Advanced Human Machine Interface segna la crescita più robusta (+50%, 45 milioni di euro).

L’ultima fetta del mercato è costituita da attività di consulenza e formazione legate a progetti Industria 4.0: 220 milioni di euro (+10%), un dato inferiore alle aspettative che evidenzia come ci sia ancora molto da fare sul fronte delle competenze.

Survey

Sulla base della survey dell’Osservatorio Industria 4.0 su 192 imprese (153 grandi aziende e 39 PMI), l’80% ritiene che Industria 4.0 sia una rivoluzione che porterà cambiamenti radicali con grandi potenzialità ancora da esprimere, solo il 20% la considera soltanto un’evoluzione di quanto già avviato negli anni precedenti. Appena un’azienda su tre, però, ha effettuato una valutazione della propria preparazione digitale (digital readiness), il 54% è interessato a farlo in futuro, mentre il 14% non lo ha fatto e non ha intenzione di farlo.

Lo scenario italiano è molto dinamico dal punto di vista delle applicazioni 4.0. Sono quasi 800 quelle censite, in media oltre quattro iniziative per azienda, distribuite nelle tre aree dei processi aziendali:

• Smart Factory (produzione, logistica, manutenzione, qualità, sicurezza e rispetto norme) col 42% dei progetti
• Smart Lifecycle (sviluppo prodotto, gestione del ciclo di vita e gestione dei fornitori) col 33%
• Smart Supply Chain (pianificazione dei flussi fisici e finanziari) col 25%.

I principali benefici indicati dalle aziende con progetti attivi da oltre un anno sono: la migliore flessibilità di produzione (47%), l’aumento dell’efficienza dell’impianto (38%), la riduzione dei tempi di progettazione (34%) e l’opportunità di sviluppare prodotti innovativi (33%).

Le barriere maggiormente percepite dalle imprese allo sviluppo di applicazioni 4.0 sono invece le difficoltà nell’uso della tecnologia e nell’adozione degli standard (59%), le problematiche di natura organizzativa e gestione delle competenze (41%), le difficoltà di change management (20%) e l’insoddisfazione per l’offerta (17%).

Investimenti previsti

Nei prossimi due anni le aziende hanno intenzione di concentrare gli investimenti in Industrial IoT (48%), Industrial Analytics (39%) e Advanced Automation (33%), mentre se si considera un orizzonte di 3-5 anni le priorità diventano Advanced Automation, Cloud e Additive Manufacturing.

Intelligenza Artificiale e Blockchain non sono ancora rilevanti nei piani di investimento dei prossimi 5 anni, con alcune eccezioni per le aziende di grandi dimensioni.

Fonte: www.osservatori.net