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CLUSTER FTD LT

„FOOD TECHNOLOGIES DIGITALIZATION LT”

CLUSTER FTD LT „FOOD TECHNOLOGIES DIGITALIZATION LT” operates under the Joint Activity Agreement since January 14th 2019. The cluster has 15 independent members: 13 SMEs,

1 Science – Research organization and 1 Business support and Education organization.

The cluster connects SMEs from five countries: Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Latvia.

The cluster companies have combined 663 employees.

 

Coordinator of FTD LT – Public Institution Alytus Business Advisory Center. 

Cluster FTD LT is a cross-sectoral cluster, whose axis is products of the metalworking and machinery industry for companies in the food industry and related sectors.

Members of FTD LT cluster as participants inValue chain of economic activity:

• Agricultural companies – cultivation of apples, including new types of apples;

• Producers of apple juice – production of juice concentrate;

• Vegetable oil companies – processing of various vegetable oils;

• Dairy processing companies – production of various dairy products;

• Logistics companies – transportation of liquid food products;

• Engineering and metalworking companies – develops and manufactures stainless steel equipment for food processing and transportation;

• Digital solution providers – develop IT Products;

• Science – Research development organizations – care out research experimental job; 

• Business support – Education organizations – carry out cluster coordination, educational activities. 

 

CLUSTER FTD LT VISION – to become a competitive group for development, production and supply of the food machinery industry by implementing digitalization of technologies in food engineering, processing and logistics companies.

CLUSTER FTD LT MISSION – development and implementation of digital technologies in food engineering industries, involving science, education, manufacturers of processing equipment and suppliers of digital solutions.

CLUSTER FTD LT OBJECTIVES 

  1. TO INCREASE INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD MACHINERY ENGINEERING, FOOD TRANSPORT MEANS ENGINEERING AND METALWORKING – MACHINERY COMPANIES.
  2. TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF DIGITALIZED FOOD MACHINERY AND FOOD TRANSPORT MEANS PRODUCTS.
  3. TO CREATE PRECONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES BETWEEN CLUSTER MEMBERS IN THE FIELD OF FOOD MACHINERY/FOOD TRANSPORT MEANS ENGINEERING AND MACHINERY INDUSTRY (DIGITALIZATION).

STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES OF THE FTD LT CLUSTER

1. R&D activities – experimental activities, creating and applying innovations in the sector, documenting R&D activities. DESIGN / ENGINEERING:

1.1. Development of tanks with heat exchange and mixing equipment:

– Modeling of heat exchange in tanks using „blown“ heating / cooling „jacket“ technology;

– Research on different types of mixing technologies and development of innovative designs:

           o research and experimental development of frame mixers,

           o research and experimental development of propeller mixers;

1.2. Development of new road tankers:

– Modeling of frameless chassis parameters for road tankers (stiffness, damping, damped and unamortised masses and resonance calculations);

– Calculation and optimization of the wall thickness of a stainless steel tank truck under dynamic loads;

– Frameless chassis design using stainless or biphasic steel (non-carbon steel);

– Development of thermal insulation layers using composite insulation;

2. FTD LT infrastructure development – creation of a product testing and demonstration platform involving cluster members and partners using new stainless steel tanks and pressure vessels in the food industry, as well as tankers for the transport of liquid food products. 

3. Commerce – development of production, increasing sales, expanding export markets: 

– Manufacture of containers and pressure vessels with heating / cooling circuits;

– Manufacture of miscellaneous mixing equipment;

– Welding of pressure and atmospheric tankers;

– Welding of frameless chassis;

– Methods of etching and passivation;

– Installation of composite thermal insulation;

– Maintaining the thermal regime of tanker products with less energy consumption (using renewable energy). 

4. Development of measures for the international recognition of FTD LT members. 

5. Implementation of international quality standards. (Certification). 

6. Preparation of measures for professional development and competencies improvement members FTD LT:

– Data management according to process data, digitization;

– Competencies of a welder and a technologist;

– Certification of welding seams;

– „Cobot“ (collaborative robot) development;

– CNC milling and programming;

– Internships on management skills and technology uptake. (Masters Academy);

– Welding operator work process optimization;

– Dual training and apprenticeships;

– Green energy.

7. Development of the FTD LT cluster structure by preparing and participating in international EU programs.

 

OUR CREDO – „The Digital World is perfect, but Human First“

 

PhD. Vaidas Liesionis, FTD LT cluster chairman of the board 

Phone +370 687 56780, vaidas@ftd.lt; www.ftd.lt

 

Algimanta Ščiglinskienė, FTD LT cluster coordinator 

Phone +370 652 81500, algimanta@ftd.lt; www.ftd.lt

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