"E2COMATION" E2COMATION - LIFE-CYCLE OPTIMIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY BY A DISTRIBUTED CONTROL AND DECISION-MAKING AUTOMATION PLATFORM DESCRIPTION Improving industrial energy efficiency at European Manufacturing level requires the integration of energy data with advanced optimization techniques to guide a company decision making. E2COMATION intends to address the optimization of energy usage, at multiple hierarchical layers of a manufacturing process as well as considering the whole life-cycle perspective across the value chain. To this purpose, it aims at providing a cross-sectoral methodological framework and a modular technological platform to monitor, predict, evaluate impact of the behavior of a factory across energy and the life-cycle assessment dimensions, in order to adapt and optimize dynamically not only its real-time behavior over different time-scales, but also its strategic and sustainable positioning with respect to the complex supply and value chain it belongs to. Its main objectives are: - Holistic analysis of energy-related data streams for production performance forecasting; - Life-cycle conceptual paradigm applied to digital twinning of factory assets; - Factory-level integrated multi-objective optimization architecture; - Modular and scalable automation platform for distributed monitoring and supervision; - Comprehensive simulation environment enhanced with energy and environmental performance; - Energy Aware Planning and Scheduling tool (EAP&S); - Life Cycle Assessment and Costing tool (LCAC) integrated in a company Decision Support System; - Sustainable Computer Aided Process Planning (s-CAPP); - LCA-driven supply chain management (SCM) and business ecosystem. For E2COMATION to be successful, it is fundamental that the effectiveness of its methodological approach and technological framework is proven in complex industrial scenarios, involving several factories of different sectors. This will be achieved by implementing the project platform in 2 completely different value chains, the food and drink one and the woodworking one, with 5 concurrent industrial use-cases. OBJECTIVES 1. Holistic analysis of energy-related data streams for production performance forecasting. 2. Life-cycle conceptual paradigm applied to digital twinning of factory assets. 3. Factory-level integrated multi-objective optimization architecture. 4. Modular and scalable automation platform for distributed monitoring and supervision. 5. Comprehensive simulation environment enhanced with energy and environmental performance. 6. Energy Aware Planning and Scheduling tool (EAP&S). 7. Life Cycle Assessment and Costing tool (LCAC) integrated in a company Decision Support System. 8. Sustainable Computer Aided Process Planning (s-CAPP). 9. LCA-driven supply chain management (SCM) and business ecosystem. 10. Multi-domain validation and impact generation over members of two distinct value chains. Project Number: 22000024 Grant Agreement: 958410 Duration: From 01/11/2020 to 31/10/2024 Coordinated in AIDIMME by: NÚÑEZ ARIÑO, Mª JOSÉ R&D Line: INDUSTRY 4.0 RESULTS OBTAINED Year 2023: During 2023, work has been carried out on the pilots validating the digital solutions implemented in real manufacturing environments based on the scenarios proposed in the wood industry and demonstrating the impact of the solutions adopted from the implementation of E2COMATION through of a series of predefined indicators. Sensors and PLCs have been installed to collect data from the plant and selected machines. This evaluation allows us to measure the impact of the solutions on the global improvement of processes. Improving energy efficiency in the industrial manufacturing sector requires the management of energy data integrated with advanced optimization techniques to support the decision-making process. To address the optimization of energy consumption, the entire life cycle is considered throughout the value chain. The validations have been carried out in two complex industrial scenarios involving different value chains: the food and beverage industry, and the wood and furniture industry, represented in the consortium by ROYO Group (Spain) and KEAS (Turkey) as industrial companies. PUBLISHED NEWS general broadcast https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2023/03/07/proyecto-e2coma (...) https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2023/01/03/aidimme-resulta (...) https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2022/10/03/aidimme-feria-h (...) Technical dissemination, transfer https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2021/02/22/e2comation-la-o (...) PROJECT WEB https://e2comation.eu/ PARTNERS AIDIMME - METAL MECHANICAL, FURNITURE, WOOD, PACKAGING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE - COORDINATOR, Royo Spain, SL, Nxtcontrol GMBH, Synesis-Societa Consortile A Limitata Responsilite, Simplan Ag, Act Operations Research UK LTD, Sigmatools GmbH, Katholieke University Leuven, Software Ag, Thinking Additive Ltd, Athens Technology Center YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS, SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA, OCME SRL, MAHOU, SA, CONDIS SUPERMERCATS, SA, KASTAMONU ENTEGRE AGAC SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI, SCM GROUP SPA, GRANT Total budget: €10.560.000 - Financing: €8.105.775 AIDIMME budget: €338.000 - Financing: €326.680 € TARGET AUDIENCE AND IMPACT MEASUREMENT 1613 Access to the project website 2239 Access to news published on own websites. Total Accesses: 3852 Objective Sectors by Activity MANUFACTURERS - Number of target companies: 108 (39 of the Valencian Community) TRACTOR COMPANIES Thanks to its support and signature of the "declaration of participation" the project has been funded. COMPANIES DIFFUSION R&D PROJECTS They want to know first-hand the evolution of the project, and its progress to the final result. COMPANIES TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE They will implement technologies, develop strategies or look for new models based on the results.