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Remanufacturing Network

Project description

A new era of eco-conscious manufacturing

In today’s challenging socio-economic landscape, European producers are confronted with raw material scarcity, volatile costs and erratic delivery schedules. The EU mandates reducing manufacturing’s environmental footprint to combat climate change, necessitating a reevaluation of product life cycles. In this context, the EU-funded RemaNet project focuses on remanufacturing, recycling and material saving. The RemaNet digital platform facilitates a seamless transition towards sustainable practices allowing multiple players to perform single steps of the remanufacturing process. Horizontal tools match supply with demand and formalise the remanufacturing knowledge, while vertical tools ensure data integrity and process optimisation. This innovative approach fosters a collaborative community across various sectors, paving the way for a new era of eco-conscious manufacturing, where environmental responsibility meets economic viability.

Objective

In the current complex socio-economic situation, European producers face challenges posed by a growing scarcity of raw materials and goods, fluctuating costs and unpredictable delivery times. According to the EU agenda, they must contribute to reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing processes to prevent climate change and to achieve zero carbon emissions. Thus, the only sustainable option is to rethink the Life Cycle of goods and search for new approaches to give new life to End of Life (EoL) products. Grounding on this vision, the RemaNet project aims to enable a widespread diffusion of the concepts of remanufacturing, recycling, material saving and functional upgrading by implementing a factory-integrated digital platform able to extend the remanufacturing value chain. The main project goal is to establish a new remanufacturing business model by creating a community where different actors can make available their specific know-how and contribute to any step of the remanufacturing process. To achieve this goal, multiple digital tools will be developed on the RemaNet digital platform. Horizontal tools will help matching supply and demand, also providing secure data sharing to spread the needed competences in terms of human resources or digitized formalized knowledge. Vertical tools will enable the integration of shopfloor and process data with advanced tools for monitoring, prognostics and full traceability of material and information flows as well as cutting edge remanufacturing technologies. The digital platform will provide a standard for manufacturing and re-manufacturing with an integrated and easy-to-use infrastructure fostering a reliable and secure data flow, access, and use at all levels, from shopfloor and further along the value chain. The proposed business model and digital solutions will be validated in five use cases ranging from automotive to mold and dies, and to the energy sector and its decarbonization.

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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

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Coordinator

POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Net EU contribution

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€ 530 000,00
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PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32
20133 Milano
Italy

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Region
Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 530 000,00

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