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DES-MOLD | Feature-Based Design and Modelling for Injection-molding Optimization

01-09-2012

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31-08-2015

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Comment: Environmental impact: improvement sustainability of production processes and tools since Des-MOLD will reduce the need for mock-up tools, and scrap pieces will be decreased thanks to the optimal designs and sensorization at the design level. Furthermore, Scrap reduction strategy has a direct impact on energy consumption reduction (less scraped parts are produced).
Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
15
Comment: Not calculated. Des-MOLD reduced machine cycle times (between 10-45%) under more reliable and efficient manufacturing conditions

REFORM | Resource-Efficient Factory Of Recyclable Manufacturing composite Components

01-12-2011

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30-11-2015

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Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
10
Comment: Hard to estimate as a percentage. Based on reduced energy-use across a product using all the REFORM technologies, a figure of 10% can be estimated, although for one case study, a reduction of 92% was achieved, by moving from a metallic part to one made from recycled composite.

BRIDLE | BRilliant Industrial Diode LasEr

01-09-2012

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31-08-2015

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Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
1
Comment: increase of Overall Efficiency of Kilowatt class direct Diode laser Systems above 40%

FLEXICAST | Robust, and FLEXible CAST iron manufacturing

01-11-2012

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31-10-2016

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Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
15
Comment: In FLEXICAST project, the deliverable D7.7 Life cycle assessment contains an estimation of CO2 emission reduction in a cast iron foundry reference (1500 Ton/year). This value is about 14,7 %

OPTICIAN2020 | Flexible and on-demand manufacturing of customised spectacles by close-to-optician production clusters

01-10-2013

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30-09-2016

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Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
50
Comment: Demonstration activities have shown that the manufacturing of personalized products by means of 3D printing technologies and local manufacturing can reduce the eco-cost up to a significant 50-62% in the best case when compared to traditional processes.

REEMAIN | Resource and Energy Efficient Manufacturing

01-10-2013

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30-09-2017

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Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Comment: REEMAIN seeks to develop a specific methodlogy related to technical aspects involving the coordination of production and energy available, with the minimization of lower emissions as a primary target.
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
0
Comment: Baseline stated at the begining of the project. The evaluation of the demonstrations have just started but it is not ready yet.

CLOUDFLOW | Computational Cloud Services and Workflows for Agile Engineering

01-07-2013

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31-12-2016

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Comment: 6 of the CloudFlow application experiments are rooted in the design and engineering chain for hydrowater plants which are one important pillar of the green energy sector
Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
5
Comment: One of the experiment partner is the Spanish SME Biocurve. The company manufactures condensing biomass boilers for central heating and hot water systems for domestic users. The design of such boilers is currently based on the experience of the Biocurve technical staff. Thanks to the experiment, one of the main components of the boilers, the exchanger, has reduced the volume and materials needed without altering the efficiency, thus leading to a lower "CO2-emission to inverse cost" ratio.

ProRegio | Customer-driven design of product-services and production networks to adapt to regional market requirements

01-01-2015

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31-12-2017

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Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
0
Comment: Gizelis Robotics: expected reduction due to exploitable results of AR Remote Maintenanc Flexis: well - better and more stable planning reduces transports that normally are necessary on a short notice. No extra-flights, no extra-truck travels etc.

Symbionica | SYMBIONICA - Reconfigurable Machine for the new Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing of next generation fully personalized bionics and smart prosthetics

10-01-2015

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30-09-2018

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Environmental sustainability
Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
75
Comment: 1) Use of raw material: Reduction inCO2 emissions >7.3 tCO2/year 2) Manufacturing process: energy reduction >220’000 tCO2/machine/year

Z-Fact0r | Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories

01-10-2016

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31-03-2020

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Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
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Comment:

The reduction of the defective rate in the flute grinding process is key, due to this part of the manufacturing chain being the one with the higher proportion of scrapped parts. The time working on the reworking of the parts or the manufacturing of new, “extra” ones, inside a certain batch, multiplied by the hourly cost of the machines would be the numerical estimation of the saved energy, which, of course, is proportional to CO2 emissions. However, the flute grinding process is not the process with the most energy consumption, but it is, by far, the heat treatment (which is located upstream and, thus, the reduction of the defective in this particular process where the NECO pilot focuses would also impact on the energy saving of the machines and processes that come before).

CloudiFacturing | Cloudification of Production Engineering for Predictive Digital Manufacturing

01-10-2017

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30-09-2021

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Manufacturing performance characteristics
Environmental sustainability
Reducing emissions in manufacturing processes
Reduction of CO2 emissions (in %)
10
Comment:

The cloud-based optimisation of lamination oven’s configuration will lead to the following significant impacts: saving in energy consumption will result in saving of 18,000 kWh a year (short-term) and it will reach 27,000 kWh a year (medium-term). These figures can be multiplied by three in the long term because EndeF is going to build two new ovens. EndeF will drop CO2 emissions by 4,500 kg CO2eq and by 6750 kg CO2eq a year (short- and medium-term).

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