One of the main result of the project is the KYKLOS 4.0 Platform which offers 17 services for organizations to create efficient and circular manufacturing environments. The platform is composed by 28 technical components that combined offer key services characterized in three main categories: Smart Design [Personalized product specification and Optimization of Additive Manufacturing design], Product Optimization [Maintenance optimization, Advanced support for production and Resource use monitoring and optimization] and Product life-cycle management support by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) service (providing circular and sustainability related KPIs monitoring), the Refurbishment service (performing a trustworthy tracking of the different parts of the final product in order to ensure that all parts comply with the user requirements). At the same time by following ISO 10303-242:2020 [3], the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): supports the stakeholders involved in the product lifetime, from design through manufacturing and even asset maintenance.
A key challenge in the KYKLOS 4.0 project as well as in the circular manufacturing is the capability of measuring the circularity and green impact of the manufacturing process. In the context of KYKLOS 4.0 we have defined the KYKLOS 4.0 Circularity Approach which is a methodology as well as a list of circularity indicators that enable any organization to measure and monitor their circularity aligned to their manufacturing process. This methodology can be used by anyone to actual monitor their processes or implement supporting tools for this. In the context of the project we have implemented a software solution in the Decision Support System developed in the project.
Within the project there are two means of exploitation, the individual exploitation of the different components developed in the project, but what is most important is that there have already been agreements in the joint exploitation of the following services: Personalized “Product Design and Refurbishment”, “Advanced Support for Production” and “Additive Manufacturing Design and Automation”. At the same time all the results have been included in the IoTCatalogue (
https://www.iot-catalogue.com/projects/61eecf88120630002afdfef6(öffnet in neuem Fenster)).
The dissemination of the project results is as follows 7 newsletters were released, 45 project publications, 26 peer-reviewed publications, including 7 articles in journals, 15 publications in conference proceedings, and 4 dissertations. 19 non-peer reviewed publications and 187 blog entries, press releases, partners’ posts, flyers quickly summarizes the dissemination efforts of the project results. Another mean of dissemination of the project was the IoT Catalogue in which the use cases, usage of the KYKLOS 4.0 solutions and out comes are presented.
KYKLOS 4.0 participated in 68 relevant events. Demonstration and training sessions based on KYKLOS 4.0 pilots and solutions were organized during KYKLOS 4.0 validation phase #1 and #2, and during Open Call #2 demo/training sessions to address integration aspects.
As part of our clustering efforts, clustering with the following relevant projects and global initiatives:DMP Cluster, EFFRA, BDVA, SBS, OpenDEI, DFA, AI, Data and Robotics Partnership, DSBA, AI on Demand Platform, OpenAIRE, ETSI, European Green Digital Coalition.
KYKLOS 4.0 partners delivered 23 comprehensive videos (non-confidential) aiming at explaining the benefits for sustainable and circular manufacturing, including live demo showing the main capabilities of the components for sustainable and circular manufacturing.
