Detection of defective textile production

Informazioni relative al progetto

SMARTEX

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 946915

DOI

10.3030/946915

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 17 Marzo 2020

Data di avvio 1 Febbraio 2020

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2021

Finanziato da

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Costo totale

€ 1 464 375,00

Contributo UE

€ 1 025 062,50

Coordinato da

SMARTEX UNIPESSOAL LDA
Portugal

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SMARTEX (Detection of defective textile production)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2021-02-01 al 2021-09-30

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

Smartex is leading the way in reducing the circular knitting textiles defective production to close to 0%. Using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology, Machine Learning and Computer Vision, Smartex is able to detect defects and intervening the machines during the production stage avoiding the defective production to go unnoticed through the supply chain resulting in a waste of resources and high costs.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

In general, this project is being successfully accomplished and the EIC H2020 grant participation has demonstrated to be an ​essential instrument to the company, especially during the hard economic times worldwide. The 1st grant tranche is being used on fundamental resources for the development of Smartex technologies, and it has a direct impact on the management decisions of hiring engineers, developing the only product the company has, preparing pilots and production lines.

Regarding financial aspects, the current project is generally going as planned except regarding the travel costs that were extremely affected by the current 2020 Pandemic situation. This might imply slight adjustments in other types of costs since it has a direct impact on the Engineering & Product Development activities, especially for Hardware development which is extremely dependent on physical visits and installations on real textile factories.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

The Smartex pilots developed and manufactured under this project scope, are daily creating impact in textile factories.
Since October 2020, the Smartex devices created a financial benefit of over 27 000€ (by saving raw material), 600 000 Liters of water by avoiding the defective fabrics to proceed after the knitting stage, 48 500 kWh of energy and 12 000 Kg of CO2.

Smartex cameras installed and images of small defects being detected