Circular TwAIn | AI Platform for Integrated Sustainable and Circular Manufacturing

Summary

Circular TwAIn will lower the barriers for all the stakeholders in manufacturing and process industry circular value chains to adopt and fully leverage of trusted AI technologies, in ways that will enable end-to-end sustainability, i.e. from eco-friendly product design to the maximum exploitation of production waste across the circular chain. To this end, the project will research, develop, validate and exploit a novel AI platform for circular manufacturing value chains, which will support the development of interoperable circular twins for end-to-end sustainability. Circular TwAIn will unlock the innovation potential of a collaborative AI-based intelligence in production based on the use of cognitive digital twins.

Moreover, based on the use of trustworthy AI techniques, Circular TwAIn will enable human centric sustainable manufacturing, fostering the transition towards Industry 5.0. Furthermore, Circular TwAIn will enable the integration and combination of different data from various sources over entire product life cycle considering sustainability aspects. The goal is to create and deliver innovative services among the members of the data ecosystem; these services will be embedded in AI-based Digital Twins, supporting an unambiguous communication when realizing complex services for sustainable manufacturing.

The ambition of Circular TwAIn is to unleash the sustainability potential of AI technologies in circular manufacturing chains through:

  1. Introducing AI optimizations in stages where AI is still not used (e.g., AI-based product design);
  2. Using AI for multi-stage and multi-objective circular optimizations that could improve sustainability performance. In this direction, the project will leverage information from a circular manufacturing dataspace that will provide access to the datasets needed for multi-stage and multi-objective optimizations.
More information & hyperlinks
Web resources: https://www.circular-twain-project.eu/ - Project Website
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101058585 - Cordis Project Page
Start date: 01-07-2022
End date: 30-06-2025
Total budget - Public funding: 7 156 951,00 Euro - 5 937 356,00 Euro
Twitter: @CircularTwAIn
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Original description

Circular TwAIn will lower the barriers for all the stakeholders in manufacturing and process industry circular value chains to adopt and fully leverage of trusted AI technologies, in ways that will enable end-to-end sustainability, i.e. from eco-friendly product design to the maximum exploitation of production waste across the circular chain. To this end, the project will research, develop, validate and exploit a novel AI platform for circular manufacturing value chains, which will support the development of interoperable circular twins for end-to-end sustainability. Circular TwAIn will unlock the innovation potential of a collaborative AI-based intelligence in production based on the use of cognitive digital twins. Moreover, based on the use of trustworthy AI techniques, Circular TwAIn will enable human centric sustainable manufacturing, fostering the transition towards Industry 5.0. Furthermore, Circular TwAIn will enable the integration and combination of different data from various sources over entire product life cycle considering sustainability aspects. The goal is to create and deliver innovative services among the members of the data ecosystem; these services will be embedded in AI-based Digital Twins, supporting an unambiguous communication when realizing complex services for sustainable manufacturing. The ambition of Circular TwAIn is to unleash the sustainability potential of AI technologies in circular manufacturing chains through: (i) Introducing AI optimizations in stages where AI is still not used (e.g., AI-based product design); (ii) Using AI for multi-stage and multi-objective circular optimizations that could improve sustainability performance. In this direction, the project will leverage information from a circular manufacturing dataspace that will provide access to the datasets needed for multi-stage and multi-objective optimizations.

Status

SIGNED

Call topic

HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07

Update Date

27-10-2022
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Factories of the Future Partnership - Made in Europe Partnership

Made in Europe (MiE)
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)
Knowledge-sharing and networking activity (Conference, event, workshop)
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The goal is to create and deliver innovative services among the members of the data ecosystem; these services will be embedded in AI-based Digital Twins, supporting an unambiguous communication when realizing complex services for sustainable manufacturing.

C MANUFACTURING
C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Result items:

This pilot focuses on reducing the CO2 emissions and energy consumption that derive from the production of Ethylene Oxide and Ethylene Glycol

C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
C26.3 Manufacture of communication equipment
C26.30 Manufacture of communication equipment
C26.4 Manufacture of consumer electronics
C26.40 Manufacture of consumer electronics
C27 Manufacture of electrical equipment
C27.2 Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
C27.20 Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
Result items:

The strategic importance of this demonstrator lies in the automotive LIBs end-of-life treatment by performing the remanufacturing and the re-use of the disassembled cells with proper residual characteristics into second-life stationary applications.

C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
C29.3 Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
C29.31 Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
MiE KPI section - Resources
Knowledge-sharing and networking activity (Conference, event, workshop)
MiE KPI section - Impacts
Demonstrator showcasing the realisation of new resilient value chains
Demonstrator showcasing the realisation of new innovative circular value chains
Demonstrator showcasing digital platforms and engineering tools supporting creativity and productivity of R&D processes
MiE KPI section - Outcomes
Demonstrator showcasing an increased uptake of green manufacturing
Result items:

This pilot focuses on reducing the CO2 emissions and energy consumption that derive from the production of Ethylene Oxide and Ethylene Glycol

Demonstrator showcasing the uptake of de-manufacturing, re-manufacturing and recycling technologies for more efficient manufacturing
Demonstrator showcasing virtual end-to-end life-cycle engineering and manufacturing
Demonstrator showcasing reduction of supply chain response-time
Demonstrator addressing smart product's and complex products’ production
Specific Objective 1: Excellent, responsive and smart factories & supply chains
R&I Objective 1.4: Artificial intelligence for productive, excellent, robust and agile manufacturing chains - Predictive manufacturing capabilities & logistics of the future
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)
Specific Objective 2: Circular products & Climate-neutral manufacturing
R&I Objective 2.2: De-manufacturing, re-manufacturing and recycling technologies for circular economy
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)
R&I Objective 2.5: Digital platforms and data management for circular product and production-systems life-cycles
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)
Specific Objective 4: Human-centered and human-driven manufacturing innovation
R&I Objective 4.3: Human & technology complementarity and excellence in manufacturing
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)
Horizon Europe
HORIZON.2 Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
HORIZON.2.4 Digital, Industry and Space
HORIZON.2.4.1 Manufacturing Technologies
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)