Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DaCapo (Digital assets and tools for Circular value chains and manufacturing products)
Período documentado: 2023-01-01 hasta 2024-06-30
DaCapo project (Digital assets and tools for Circular vale chains and manufacturing products) is a H2020 project, involving 15 partners from 10 countries with a budget allocation of almost 6 million €. DaCapo aims at establishing a systematic approach enabling the creation of human-centric digital tools and services for improving the adoption of Circular Economy strategies along both manufacturing value chains and products lifecycle.
Europe's dependence on imported materials for high-tech products highlights the need to improve raw material efficiency and reduce reliance on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) for industrial resilience. Circular Economy (CE) principles, supported by the EU Green Deal, offer sustainable manufacturing by extending product lifecycles through recycling and remanufacturing. However, CE adoption in the EU has been slow due to challenges like paradigm shifts and information silos. Digital technologies are key to integrating circularity and fostering resilient business models in EU industries.
The project will focus its efforts in defining a new set of human-centred digital tools and services for the manufacturing industry capable of boosting the application of CE principles at different phases throughout the manufacturing value chains. The backbone of the project will be the development of an agile methodological approach supporting the decision-making accounting business models, materials flows, relevant indicators and data-sharing circular strategies along the manufacturing value chains. Digital Product Passports (DPP) and a Circular Economy Decision Support System (CE-DSS) will be considered as high-level tools. A Modular Digital Thread concept will be developed as a normalized method for orchestrating the gathering data at different points of the product lifecycle, enhancing data availability for the definition of specific sustainability and circularity indicators. This will enable the development of a range of circular-enhancing digital tools and services based on the use of AI and Digital Twins along the manufacturing product lifecycle.
DaCapo demonstrates its commercial and replicability potential on different innovative and high impact applications on critical value chains of the EU’s manufacturing sectors: aeronautics, smartphones industry (ICT & consumer electronics), warehousing (logistics). DaCapo also aims to tackle both technical and market challenges in adopting Circular Economy (CE) practices in manufacturing. Key market barriers include workforce skill shortages and end-user reluctance toward new digital technologies. To address these, DaCapo proposes a Didactic Factories (DF) Network, offering pilot facilities for testing, validation, and training on CE technologies across the EU manufacturing sector. Additionally, DaCapo will implement a replicability strategy, including standardization, certification, and Open Science practices, to enhance market acceptance and boost commercialization opportunities.
Europe's dependence on imported materials for high-tech products highlights the need to improve raw material efficiency and reduce reliance on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) for industrial resilience. Circular Economy (CE) principles, supported by the EU Green Deal, offer sustainable manufacturing by extending product lifecycles through recycling and remanufacturing. However, CE adoption in the EU has been slow due to challenges like paradigm shifts and information silos. Digital technologies are key to integrating circularity and fostering resilient business models in EU industries.
The project will focus its efforts in defining a new set of human-centred digital tools and services for the manufacturing industry capable of boosting the application of CE principles at different phases throughout the manufacturing value chains. The backbone of the project will be the development of an agile methodological approach supporting the decision-making accounting business models, materials flows, relevant indicators and data-sharing circular strategies along the manufacturing value chains. Digital Product Passports (DPP) and a Circular Economy Decision Support System (CE-DSS) will be considered as high-level tools. A Modular Digital Thread concept will be developed as a normalized method for orchestrating the gathering data at different points of the product lifecycle, enhancing data availability for the definition of specific sustainability and circularity indicators. This will enable the development of a range of circular-enhancing digital tools and services based on the use of AI and Digital Twins along the manufacturing product lifecycle.
DaCapo demonstrates its commercial and replicability potential on different innovative and high impact applications on critical value chains of the EU’s manufacturing sectors: aeronautics, smartphones industry (ICT & consumer electronics), warehousing (logistics). DaCapo also aims to tackle both technical and market challenges in adopting Circular Economy (CE) practices in manufacturing. Key market barriers include workforce skill shortages and end-user reluctance toward new digital technologies. To address these, DaCapo proposes a Didactic Factories (DF) Network, offering pilot facilities for testing, validation, and training on CE technologies across the EU manufacturing sector. Additionally, DaCapo will implement a replicability strategy, including standardization, certification, and Open Science practices, to enhance market acceptance and boost commercialization opportunities.
In this first period DaCapo project completed the following tasks:
- Research and mapping of the circular business models for the EU manufacturing sector (D1.2 Circular business models for EU manufacturing value chains (squarespace.com)).
- Use cases scenarios definition and specification, focus on sustainable and circular indicators and digital infrastructure.
- Definition of DaCapo reference architecture as well as data protocols for data exchange.
- Creation of new methodology for guiding users through specific procedures for sustainability and circularity.
- Research and selection of specific indicators applied to the use cases (aeronautics, electronics and logistics sectors).
- Definition of a CE matrix for the use cases, describing the different maturity levels of CE.
- Definition of use case diagrams and first draft of the information to be included in the DPP data model using Asset Administration Shell.
- Middleware, software components and data connectors development.
- Modular Digital Thread application development.
- Modifications and software development for GRETA tool.
- First integration of DaCapo middleware with Modular Digital Thread, GRETA tool, Digital Twins (alpha version).
- First trials of Minimum Valuable DataSpaces for sharing DPP using Asset Administration Shell
- Digital Twins definition and development for machining and additive manufacturing processes, warehouse planning and battery monitoring.
- Definition and starting the development of three eco-design applications using generative models for the different use cases.
- Predictive maintenance strategies and software tools definition for the different use cases.
- Manufacturing of coupons for feeding the AI models (additive manufacturing use case).
- Definition of a guidelines for implementing co-evolution digital tools for circular manufacturing, focus on digital tools, operators’ skills and user interfaces.
- Research and mapping of the circular business models for the EU manufacturing sector (D1.2 Circular business models for EU manufacturing value chains (squarespace.com)).
- Use cases scenarios definition and specification, focus on sustainable and circular indicators and digital infrastructure.
- Definition of DaCapo reference architecture as well as data protocols for data exchange.
- Creation of new methodology for guiding users through specific procedures for sustainability and circularity.
- Research and selection of specific indicators applied to the use cases (aeronautics, electronics and logistics sectors).
- Definition of a CE matrix for the use cases, describing the different maturity levels of CE.
- Definition of use case diagrams and first draft of the information to be included in the DPP data model using Asset Administration Shell.
- Middleware, software components and data connectors development.
- Modular Digital Thread application development.
- Modifications and software development for GRETA tool.
- First integration of DaCapo middleware with Modular Digital Thread, GRETA tool, Digital Twins (alpha version).
- First trials of Minimum Valuable DataSpaces for sharing DPP using Asset Administration Shell
- Digital Twins definition and development for machining and additive manufacturing processes, warehouse planning and battery monitoring.
- Definition and starting the development of three eco-design applications using generative models for the different use cases.
- Predictive maintenance strategies and software tools definition for the different use cases.
- Manufacturing of coupons for feeding the AI models (additive manufacturing use case).
- Definition of a guidelines for implementing co-evolution digital tools for circular manufacturing, focus on digital tools, operators’ skills and user interfaces.
- CE agile methodology for the manufacturing sector, and establishment of a set of easy-to-calculate dynamic indicators.
- Digital platform and ecosystems that allows secured data exchange among resources and companies.
- Digital Product Passport and Modular Digital Thread as core services allowing reliable data exchange.
- Digital Twins and AI based tools for eco design optimization using generative models, extension of zero defect manufacturing approaches considering circular and sustainable indicators, diagnosis and maintenance tools for extending product lifecycle.
- Decision Support System supporting the operators considering circular and sustainable indicators previously defined.
- Co-evolution methodology for symbiotically integrating professionals, machines and systems.
- AI-driven proactive industrial HMI able to dynamically convey information and instructions to the operator.
- Digital platform and ecosystems that allows secured data exchange among resources and companies.
- Digital Product Passport and Modular Digital Thread as core services allowing reliable data exchange.
- Digital Twins and AI based tools for eco design optimization using generative models, extension of zero defect manufacturing approaches considering circular and sustainable indicators, diagnosis and maintenance tools for extending product lifecycle.
- Decision Support System supporting the operators considering circular and sustainable indicators previously defined.
- Co-evolution methodology for symbiotically integrating professionals, machines and systems.
- AI-driven proactive industrial HMI able to dynamically convey information and instructions to the operator.