2.05 Machine energy consumption 4.0

REFERENCE SPOKE
OTHER SPOKES
PROJECT LEADER
Andrea Anesi
START DATE
Aprile/Maggio 2023
END DATE
Aprile/Maggio 2025
PROPOSER
SCM Group
PARTNERS

Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, Università degli Studi di Firenze

2.05 Machine energy consumption 4.0

The project aims to create an “ecosystem of woodworkers” able to optimize their production from both a performance and environmental point of view.
Production optimization will be based on 6 elements:

  • Monitoring and minimization of energy consumption;
  • Achieving of the correct workpiece finishing;
  • Reduction of waste/defective pieces;
  • Human-machine relationship from the perspective of social sustainability, not just environmental sustainability;
  • Psychological acceptance aimed at the machine operator;
  • Ability to communicate data and information from a human-centered perspective, respecting the environmental and perceptual context.
    The project can be structured following two main threads (interconnected):
    1° thread: energy saving strategies – main activities:
  • implement energy consumption monitoring of woodworking machines;
  • implement machine energy status recognition, aimed at verifying that consumption info is consistent with the expcted data (consumption aligned with the machine performance);
  • identification of strategies for a better energy management of the resources;
  • provide structured information about machine consumption for woodworkers.
    2° thread: woodworking optimization – main activities:
  • identification of the main variables (and their relationships) of the woodworking process;
  • modeling of the woodworking process;
  • depending on the specific woodworking process, identification of the “mix” of working parameters that achieve the best compromise between:
    a) energy savings
    b) minimization of defective pieces
    c) maximization of production rate
    d) extension of tool life;
  • depending on the specific woodworking process, identification of different kinds of “mix” of working parameters that realize not a compromise solution but the maximization of one of the above parameters (from a) to d)).
RISULTATI ATTESI

Regarding the 1° thread (energy saving strategies), the expected results are: – critical review of the monitoring system currently integrated in some SCM machines and assessment of the “AS IS” situation about productive resources; – machine energy status recognition; – definition and implementation of a methodology for a smart monitoring of the energy consumption of machines (identification/mapping of consumption modes); – definition of a set of guidelines for a sustainable design and “design to performance” of the machines; – definition of a more general and less expensive energy monitoring system (compared to the current solution); – identification of strategies for a better energy management of the resources; – presentation of the above data to the operator via a user friendly GUI (shake on the needs of the final data consumer). Regarding the 2° thread (woodworking optimization), the expected results are: – integration of environmental sustainability criteria into production management; – theoretical problem framing; – implementation of a model for the simulation of the woodworking processes; – definition of the necessary algorithms in order to realize the best compromise between: a) energy savings b) minimization of defective pieces c) maximization of production rate d) extension of tool life; – definition of the necessary algorithms in order to maximize of one of the above parameters (from a) to d)).