- Start: 01/10/2017
- End: 31/03/2021
Preventive maintenance strategies designed for traditional mass production processes based on predefined components and machine behaviour models are no longer valid and more predictive maintenance strategies are needed. However, they are facing significant challenges to deal with the evolution of the equipment, instrumentation and manufacturing processes they should support. The Z-Break solution comprises the introduction of 8 scalable strategies at component, machine and system level targeting (1) the prediction occurrence of failure (Z-PREDICT), (2) the early detection of current or emerging failure (Z-DIAGNOSE), (3) the prevention of failure occurrence, building up, or even propagation in the production system (Z-PREVENT), (4) the estimation of the remaining useful life of assets (Z-ESTIMATE), (5) the management of the aforementioned strategies through event modelling, KPI monitoring and real-time decision support (Z-MANAGE), (6) the replacement, reconfiguration, re-use, retirement, and recycling of components/assets (Z-REMEDIATE), (7) synchronizing remedy actions, production planning and logistics (Z-SYNCHRONISE), (8) preserving the safety, health, and comfort of the workers (Z-SAFETY). Z-Bre4k impact to the European manufacturing industry and the society can be summarised as: (i) increase of the in-service efficiency by 24%, (ii) reduced accidents, (iii) 400 new jobs created and (iv) over €42M ROI for the consortium.
**This Project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement nº 768869. The dissemination of results herein reflects only the author's view and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
- Sectors: Automotive, Plastics
- Financing programme: Horizon 2020
- R&D&i: Integrated monitoring and control systems
- Partners: AUTOTECH ENGINEERING AIE, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, ATLANTIS ENGINEERING AE, Brunel University London, Core Innovation and Technology OE, ASOCIACION DE EMPRESAS TECNOLOGICAS INNOVALIA, CENTRO DI RICERCA E INNOVAZIONE TECNOLOGICA SRL, SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA COOPERATIVA, TRIMEK SA, INOVA+ - INNOVATION SERVICES SA, HOLONIX SRL - SPIN OFF DEL POLITECNICO DI MILANO, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, PHILIPS CONSUMER LIFESTYLE B.V., INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, CDS LAVORAZIONE MATERIE PLASTICHE SRL, FUNDACION AIC AUTOMOTIVE INTELLIGENCE CENTER FUNDAZIOA
- Acronym: Z-BRE4K
- Ambit: International
- Web: https://www.z-bre4k.eu
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