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SEAMLESS DIGITAL INTEGRATION IN STEEL VALUE CHAIN FOR HIGH QUALITY FINAL PRODUCTS

Project description

Digitalisation of Europe’s steel industry

The steel industry plays a vital role in the European economy but is responsible for 4 % of all EU CO2 emissions. Achieving full decarbonisation of the global steel industry requires large-scale systemic transformations. Digital technologies in steel production can help optimise processes, reduce energy consumption, and enhance the quality of final products. The EU-funded SMARTChain project aims to advance the industry’s digitalisation by promoting secure data sharing, optimising energy use, and lowering CO2 emissions. It will focus on improving product quality and integrating digital technologies through training programmes. The project will also develop digital platforms, an Industrial Data Space, and a Digital Material Passport to ensure secure data exchange and material traceability.

Objective

The steel industry represents an important economic pillar of the European economy, but also 4% of all EU CO2 emissions. This reduction requires fundamental, rapid and large-scale systemic transformations to fully decarbonise the global steel industry system. Thanks to digital technologies applied in steel production it will be possible to optimise processes, reduce energy consumption and improve the quality of the final products, nonetheless the digital transition is still in progress and technological solutions are still requested to make a better use of industrial data. As acknowledged by the CSP and SRIA, digitalisation is a key enabler for a sustainable and competitive EU Steel Industry. In this framework, SMARTChain aims at improving digitalisation in steel industry to go a step further in process control and optimisation, realising a horizontal integration in the steel value chain, through secure data sharing, promoting the interoperability of systems and tools to aim better quality of final and intermediate products, while optimising energy consumption and consequently reducing CO2 emissions, contributing to the achievement of the EU climate neutrality goal. Thus, the project will focus on the connection between steelmakers and steel users enabling an exchange of information devoted to the optimisation of the quality of final and intermediate products. Finally, steelmaking operators will be involved in the implementation of digital technologies through training programs that will allow to create a workforce that will make advantage of digital transformation. To reach these objectives a digital platforms for steelmakers and steel users will be developed for the data gathering from all the steps of the production process and to connect the quality of final products with material properties. Moreover, an Industrial Data Space and a Digital Material Passport will developed for secure data exchange and to guarantee the traceability of material information.

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Coordinator

RINA CONSULTING - CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA
Net EU contribution
€ 757 237,04
Address
VIA DI CASTEL ROMANO 100
00128 Roma
Italy

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Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost
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Participants (14)