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FALCON | Feedback mechanisms Across the Lifecycle for Customer-driven Optimization of iNnovative product-service design

01-01-2015

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31-12-2017

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Comment: ISO-STEP14649 (STEP-NC) is a machine tool control language. FALCON will take into account the STEP-NC standard since it will be able to store, manage and exchange control paths. I++ /DME is aiming to provide a definition of a standard common interface between application software and measurement equipment to guarantee interoperability between different suppliers. FALCON will consider this standard in order to address openness of the envisaged platform (OBJ2)
In FALCON, current standards work will be taken into account and used when applicable. This includes normative standards as set by ISO and its national bodies which are of high importance to industrial companies. Additionally, standards proposed by some of the major influential de-facto standardization bodies like The Open Group, W3C, OASIS, and OMG will be assessed and added to our architectural framework. We will cooperate with major relevant commercial players, many of them already included in the FALCON consortium to establish joint standardization activities.
At the architecture level, FALCON will endeavor to standardize communication protocols, data exchange formats, data exchange interfaces. At the content level, ontologies should be standardized, general / vertical, and domain-specific ontologies. We foresee first de facto standardization, driven by technology pick up from interested parties, supported by publicity and dissemination activities (e.g., W3C member submissions), supported then by founding or joining initiatives within OASIS for specific content vocabularies. The Open Group is a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, whose vision of Boundary less Information Flow™ will enable access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability. Standards for the sharing and reuse of lifecycle data, information and knowledge based on results developed in FALCON. The standards will be promoted through the Internet of Things (ITO) work group (www.opengroup.org/iot/). Several FALCON partners are among the initiators and main drivers of this work group.

JOIN-EM | JOINing of copper to aluminium by ElectroMagnetic fields

01-09-2015

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31-08-2018

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Comment:

The JOIN'EM project aimed to develop innovative methods for joining dissimilar metals to improve the manufacturing of new products, increase product reliability, and reduce maintenance costs. The project focused on the use of the environmentally friendly EMW process, which does not require fluxes or shielding gases and produces no harmful smoke, fumes, or slag. One important aspect of the project is to establish a standard for EMW, which will provide a consensus on terminology, health and safety issues, acceptance levels, and weld defects. The project conducted a comprehensive search of existing standards related to EMW and also identified potential topics for future standards, such as imperfections, acceptance levels, welding procedure specifications, and health and safety issues. Another important aspect of the project is the examination and testing of EMW joints to ensure the quality of the welds. The project used both destructive and non-destructive tests to evaluate the joints and detailed information about the testing methods was be provided in the project D5.1 "Report with specifications of the joint characterisation methods for the defined joint types." The project will also provide information on the range of qualifications, including the parent materials to be welded and the parameters common to all welding procedures.

The JOIN’EM project  focused on investigating the welding of dissimilar materials. As part of this effort, a search was conducted to identify existing standards related to dissimilar materials welding. The standards that were identified include EN ISO 15607, EN ISO 15614-1, EN ISO 15614-5, EN ISO 15614-8, EN 287-1, ISO 15610:2003, EN ISO 9606-2, and EN ISO 9606-3. These standards provide definitions for dissimilar materials joints, as well as specifications for testing and evaluating the quality of such joints. For example, EN ISO 15607 defines a dissimilar material joint as “a welded joint in which the parent materials have significant differences in mechanical properties and/or chemical composition.” EN ISO 15614-1, EN ISO 15614-5, and EN ISO 15614-8 provide guidelines for transverse tensile testing, bend testing, and hardness testing of dissimilar materials joints. EN 287-1, ISO 15610:2003, EN ISO 9606-2, and EN ISO 9606-3 provide guidelines for the range of qualification for dissimilar materials joints. The standards also provide information on what types of dissimilar materials joints are permitted. For example, EN ISO 15607 permits any dissimilar material joints, while EN ISO 15614-1, EN ISO 15614-5, and EN ISO 15614-8 allow for specific types of dissimilar materials joints, such as those between austenitic and ferritic steels. It is important to note that these standards are guidelines and not mandatory rules. It's always important to review and consult the specific standard for more details and to ensure that the welding procedure follows it.

Result items:
Report on standardisation
Report on standardisation
Standardisation recommendation document
Standardisation recommendation document
Standardisation recommendation document
Standardisation recommendation document

PROGRAMS | PROGnostics based Reliability Analysis for Maintenance Scheduling

01-10-2017

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31-03-2021

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Comment:

More than 230 existing Standards have been collected and analysed by the PROGRAMS consortium. As a result, 10 of them have been considered extremely important (labelled as ‘Mandatory”) to foster exploitability of project results. These identified Standards refers mainly to ICT-related topics such as cyber security, data communication/exchange protocols, data mining and control SW. 

GO0D MAN | aGent Oriented Zero Defect Multi-stage mANufacturing

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Comment:

The goal of the GO0D MAN project was to develop a distributed system architecture for zero-defect manufacturing (ZDM) in multistage industries, such as automotive and semiconductor manufacturing. The system aimed to integrate and improve processes and quality control in to prevent defects that would require rework or rejection. The project also focused on aligning the results with existing industry standards and addressing any gaps in those standards through a dedicated working group and a five-phase methodology.

DigiPrime | Digital Platform for Circular Economy in Cross-sectorial Sustainable Value Networks

01-01-2020

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31-12-2023

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Comment:

The DigiPrime project aims to address the issue of poor data and knowledge exchange among value chain stakeholders and sectors, which hinders cross-sectoral circular economy opportunities and limits the uptake of reusable materials by end customers. To solve this problem, the project is developing a digital platform concept that aims to overcome the current information asymmetry among value chain stakeholders. The project's main goal is to unlock new circular business models by focusing on the data-enhanced recovery and reuse of functions and materials from high-value-added post-use products as the foundation of its platform. 

To achieve this, the project has planned standardization activities that cover two complementary aspects:

  • Utilizing existing standards, such as those related to data modelling, to support the project's implementation activities and avoid duplicating effort during development; and
  • Influencing future standardization in the circular economy as a means to increase visibility and maximize the overall impact of the project.

 

By doing so, the project aims to promote consistency in the circular economy and improve the efficiency of data and knowledge exchange among value chain stakeholders.

 

Result items:
CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement on Zero defect in digital manufacturing technology (CWA 17918)
CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement on Zero defect in digital manufacturing technology (CWA 17918)
Standardization plan and results.
Standardization plan and results.

RECLAIM | RE-manufaCturing and Refurbishment LArge Industrial equipMent

01-10-2019

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30-09-2023

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Comment:

Volunteers from FEUP, CERTH, and UNI collaborated to compile all the technical and standard data for the formulation of the technical specification based on the specifications specified by the pilots' leaders. A full explanation of the use cases and the machines involved in the refurbishment, remanufacturing, and retrofitting during the RECLAIM project has been developed using the needs that were determined during the information gathering phase. The matrix of requirements for the identification of the prospective issues to be the challenge at the RECLAIM project has been finished by the industrial partners Gorenje, Fluchos, Podium, Harms & Wende, and Zorlutek. The demand and gap in the standardised field were included in these matrices, which is a crucial factor to consider the technical solution in the future. UNI carried out the standardised analysis plan from the input data given by other partners involved in this endeavour. 

The main standardisation gaps to be considered during the RECLAIM project were: Monitoring Sensors: Alignment verification, quality and density of water pipeline, energy consumption of the furnace, real time monitoring; Predictive Maintenance: Definition of standards to predict shutdown; Human Error: Need of standardized procedure to record spare parts.

Result items:
Standardisation Toolkit for Remanufacturing & Refurbishment
Standardisation Toolkit for Remanufacturing & Refurbishment

CircThread | Building the Digital Thread for Circular Economy Product, Resource & Service Management

01-06-2021

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31-05-2025

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Comment:

The CircThread initiative aims to establish a circular digital thread methodology that grants access to all data pertaining to a product, including information on its components, age, and cost. This allows for the flow of information throughout the entire life cycle of the product, its components, materials, and chemicals. By providing this enhanced information, the project aims to empower individuals and companies involved in the repair, reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling of products to make more informed decisions. The group is working towards creating one or more standardisable solutions and possibly a CWA (Certified Welding Analyst) to provide guidelines for a comprehensive product-related circular digital thread. Presently, products have a shorter lifespan, and the cost of a new product is often cheaper than repair. Furthermore, there is a lack of proper collection and recycling of appliances. The CircThread initiative seeks to utilize existing product-related information to enhance circularity and reduce carbon emissions. At present, much of this information is inaccessible as it is stored by various organizations and individuals across different phases of a product's life cycle. The goal of CircThread is to provide unified access to this information and enable the flow of information throughout the extended life cycle chain of products, their components, materials and chemicals.

From the outset, it was evident to all technology partners and the National Standards Body (NSB) that incorporating existing standards into the new information platform would greatly improve its efficiency and functionality. Furthermore, they would ensure that the information provided is of high quality and is able to interoperate with other technologies already in the market. The variety of use cases for existing standards necessitated the creation of a dedicated standardization work package (WP). Approximately one-third of partners are involved in this WP. It is important to recognize that many existing standards can be used to improve the new information platform, ensure information quality and support interoperability. This is why the project team set up a dedicated Standardization Work Package, with many partners are involved in it.

Result items:
A DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT FOR CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS REUSE AND RECYCLING
A DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT FOR CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS REUSE AND RECYCLING
Standardisation Toolkit V1 Online Interactive Tool & Report
Standardisation Toolkit V1 Online Interactive Tool & Report

Z-BRE4K | Strategies and Predictive Maintenance models wrapped around physical systems for Zero-unexpected-Breakdowns and increased operating life of Factories

01-10-2017

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31-03-2021

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Comment:

The Z-Break solution uses a variety of communication protocols. HTTP, OPC-UA, IEEE 802.15.4e and IEC WirelessHART. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. OPC UA supports two protocols. The binary protocol is opc.tcp://Server and http://Server is for Web Service. Otherwise OPC UA works completely transparent to the API. IEEE 802.15.4 is a technical standard which defines the operation of low-rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs). It specifies the physical layer and media access control for LR-WPANs, and is maintained by the IEEE 802.15 working group, which defined the standard in 2003. WirelessHART is a wireless sensor networking technology based on the Highway Addressable Remote Transducer Protocol (HART). Developed as a multi-vendor, interoperable wireless standard, WirelessHART was defined for the requirements of process field device networks. Also, it uses the NGSI protocol. NGSI is a protocol developed to manage Context Information. It provides operations like managing the context information about context entities, for example the lifetime and quality of information and access (query, subscribe/notify) to the available context Information about context Entities.

Standards according to SDOs
OPC-UA

INTEGRADDE | Intelligent data-driven pipeline for the manufacturing of certified metal parts through Direct Energy Deposition processes

01-10-2018

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31-03-2023

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Comment:

The major goal of INTEGRADDE was to develop a novel end-to-end solution capable of demonstrating the potential of Directed Energy Deposition (DED) processes for the manufacturing of certified large metal components in strategic metalworking sectors. The project is focused on additive manufacturing, specifically laser metal deposition. This technology requires validation, and the compatibility of various pieces in the manufacturing process must be verified under real-world situations. Standardization, therefore, has great significance. The case study demonstrates the need for adequate planning of resources for standardisation as well as the requirement to provide project partners who are unfamiliar with standards and standardisation with training. Two obstacles stand out: first, the distinct nature and timetables of standardisation processes from those of research, and second, the apparent conflict between IP protection and the requirement for openness during the standardisation process. Nevertheless, the use of standards/standardisation seeks to help increase quality and reliability in the specific AM process.

Result items:
AutomationML for Data Exchange in the Robotic Process of Metal Additive Manufacturing
AutomationML for Data Exchange in the Robotic Process of Metal Additive Manufacturing
Standards according to SDOs
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
ISO/TC 261 Additive manufacturing

UPTIME | UNIFIED PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM

01-09-2017

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28-02-2021

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Comment:

The standardisation goal in UPTIME is to simplify the integration of the components in the the UPTIME Platform and to make easier the integration of the UPTIME Platform in new industrial environments.

Below list of some relevant standards to UPTIME:

  • IEC 62541 (OPC-UA) and ISO/IEC 20922 (MQTT) for  Modular Edge Data Collection & Diagnosis   - also JSON, XML, MSGPACK, I2C, SPI
  • IEEE 802.15.4 for low rate personal area networks
  • ISO 13374, MIMOSA OSA-CBM and OSA - EAI for Mapping, Extraction and Analysis of Legacy DB, Configurable Diagnosis, Configurable Prognosis, Prescriptive Analytics for Proactive Decision Making
  • IEC 60812 FMEA and FMECA for Maintenance Actions Parametrization and Management interface
  • EN 13306 for common maintenance terminology
  • ISO 17359 for condition monitoring and diagnostics on machine
  • ISO 13373 for vibration monitoring, ISO 18435, ISO 10303, ISO 15926 for interoperability
  • ISO 14224 for maintenance data in oil and gas
Standards according to SDOs
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE 802.15.4-2020 - IEEE Standard for Low-Rate Wireless Networks
OPC-UA
Comment:

Open Platform Communication Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) is considered for UPTIME platform and for modular edge data collection and diagnosis of UPTIME_SENSE component.

Daedalus | Distributed control and simulAtion platform to support an Ecosystem of DigitAL aUtomation developerS

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Comment:
Daedalus developments are based on the only existing international standard for distributed industrial automation, the IEC-61499. The standard already exists in more than one deployed implementations. During the project an open and international standardization action will be coordinated, leading to the creation of a CWA (CEN/CENELEC Workshop Agreement).
Standards according to SDOs
IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)
IEC TC 65 Industrial-process measurement and control and automation
IEC TC 65/SC 65B Measurement and control devices
IEC 61499 series - Function blocks

COALA | COgnitive Assisted agile manufacturing for a LAbor force supported by trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

01-10-2020

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30-09-2023

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Standards according to SDOs
ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial Intelligence
ISO/IEC 20547-3:2020   - Information technology - Big data reference architecture - Part 3: Reference architecture
Comment:

COALA will contribute in the ongoing discussion about AI ethics and potential standards, monitor the standardization potential for worker education under consideration of AI competencies, and will use and contribute to IT standards. We will take into account available IT-related standards and use them when applicable. This includes normative standards as set by ISO and its national bodies, which are of high importance to industrial companies. We will assess standards proposed by major influential de-facto standardization bodies like W3C, OASIS, and OMG. Standardization topics concern:

  • The technical system architecture level. Standardize communication protocols, data exchange formats, data exchange interfaces.
  • The content level. Ontologies for the semantic data integration and the WHY engine.
  • The process level. This includes innovation management system, terminology, terms and definitions, and tools and methods.

LASIMM | Large Additive Subtractive Integrated Modular Machine

01-10-2016

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30-09-2019

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Standards according to SDOs
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
ISO/TC 261 Additive manufacturing
ISO/TC 261/WG 3 Test methods and quality specifications
ISO/ASTM PWI 52926-1 Additive manufacturing of metals — Qualification principles — Part 1: General qualification of operators
ISO/ASTM PWI 52926-5 Additive manufacturing – Qualification principles – Part 5: Qualification of machine operators for metallic parts production for DED-Arc preliminary stage (00) (ISO/PWI stage)
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