Project description
Transitioning metal manufacturing into a circular economy
To combat climate change, it is critical to develop and implement innovative solutions, strategies, and circular economy approaches, as well as to transition to more sustainable production and recycling methods. In this context, the EU-funded DIAMETER project aims to create the necessary solutions and strategies to facilitate the efficient and sustainable transition of the metal manufacturing sector into a circular economy. The project will establish a hybrid manufacturing system that combines additive manufacturing and digital tools to optimise processes. Additionally, it will develop an AI-assisted algorithm to calculate and assess the ecological and economic impacts of various methods. Finally, these features will be integrated into two platforms to encourage the adoption of these solutions and provide training for workers.
Objective
DIAMETER aims to facilitate the implementation of a circular economy within the metal manufacturing sector through the development of hybrid manufacturing systems based on additive manufacturing. The Consortium will develop a set of digital tools to improve the design, optimise the manufacturing process and ease the implementation of circularity strategies (remanufacturing, refurbishing, repairing and recycling) by the additive manufacturing industry. To support those tools, we will develop a novel AI-assisted algorithm able to calculate both the ecological and economic impacts of a process to assess its sustainability. This AI-assisted algorithm will rely on experimental data, from process monitoring and part characterisations, and process simulation, covering pre-processing machining, additive manufacturing and post-processing machining. We will integrate these tools into a first platform, called DIAgonal, to facilitate the uptake by the industry. The platform will integrate the European Digital Product Passport by enabling the use of supplier data for more accurate ecological impact estimations and allowing the upload of experimental data to enrich product transparency on origin, materials, and recyclability. We will develop a second platform, DIAdemia, to support the upskilling of the workforce through interactive training courses, workshops, and exercises. Overall, DIAMETER will contribute to reducing the manufacturing sector's carbon footprint, enhancing recycling, developing a greener Industry 4.0 and promoting local production.
Fields of science
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturing
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesremanufacturing
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
34956 Istanbul
Türkiye