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CliCE-DiPP Consortium Meeting in Darmstadt

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Yesterday, the semi-annual consortium meeting of the CliCE-DiPP research project took place once again – this time at the premises of Software AG in Darmstadt. The current interim results, which are certainly presentable, were presented and discussed. It is exciting to see how the original vague idea of a digital CO2 product passport and the inclusion of a circular economy approach is increasingly turning into a technically practicable implementation and how suitable business models are developing. This would not only demonstrate an implementation of the increasingly stricter legal requirements with regard to CO2 disclosure but would even create economic approaches that would allow new or further business models and thus also open up potential new sources of income for companies.

Specifically, the CliCE-DiPP project aims to develop a digital CO2 product passport that contains all relevant sustainability and energy data across companies, using the metalworking industry and measuring equipment sector as an example. The progress made with the digital product passport (DPP) and DPP exchange platform is particularly exciting. Together with the application partners, we simulated how big the impact of such a passport can be. Network and AI-supported production control directly at shopfloor level, i.e. in the production environment, play a role here. By using Process Mining, it is possible to analyze the time and resource consumption of individual workpieces very precisely. Not only can specific manufacturing costs be precisely recorded and compared with each other, but additional consumption from reworking processes and their frequency can also be evaluated.

Another exciting point was the legal data governance model, which was applied specifically to the requirements of the new Eco-Design-Regulation. Here it became clear how legal framework conditions can be meaningfully integrated into practice. The progress made in PTW’s FlowFactory was similarly exciting. Here it was shown how the transition from individual workstations to networked production can be achieved. The first days of production have already confirmed the functionality of the lean value stream. The event concluded with the design of the most promising business models in the direction of circularity and sustainability based on the findings of the project.

CliCE-DiPP consortium meeting in Kalrsruhe

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Last week, the consortium meeting of the CliCE-DiPP research project took place at the wbk Institute of Production Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The CliCE-DiPP project is developing a digital CO2 product passport containing all companies’ relevant sustainability and energy data. The focus is on the metalworking industry and the measuring equipment sector. During the meeting, the progress of the individual work packages was presented and the results of the ideation workshops were presented.

It was informed about the current status of merging the PCF (Product Carbon Footprint) data model with the legal requirements catalog and the implementation of the data exchange model. The analysis of the information flow in the exchange of the digital product passport between the application partners Lorenz (water meter) and ABM (service provider in the real estate sector) was also interesting. The requirements developed for the TU Darmstadt FlowFactory demonstrator for evaluating the product passport were also presented.

Initial results were also obtained from the application of ARIS Process Mining from Software AG. The tool uses measurement data from machines to identify the processes involved in processing a component and determine the PCF.
Another focus of the meeting was the presentation of business models. Ideas and challenges at the Lorenz and Festo companies were discussed in detail.

Afterward, we had the opportunity to visit the Production Technology Laboratory (PTL) and the research factory, where we were able to experience “intelligent production” in a practical way using real processes. Many thanks to the wbk for the excellent hospitality.

Ideation Workshop at FESTO

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Last week, the team from the CliCE-DiPP research project met for an ideation workshop at the Festo production site in Ostfildern near Stuttgart. As an innovation leader, Festo offers pneumatic and electric drive technology for factory and process automation as well as state-of-the-art qualification solutions for the industrial environment. In addition to practical insights into individual FESTO products and the market environment in which these products are used, the aim of the workshop was also to generate ideas for new circular and sustainable value chains and economic models for the future. In fact, some very creative and exciting ideas emerged that will certainly be pursued in the future and perhaps even implemented in one form or another.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Daniel Ditterich and the FESTO team for organizing the workshop and hosting us so well. It is exhilarating to see the areas in which some SMEs in Germany, such as FESTO, have specialized and are successful in the market with innovative products.

The fun fact of the day was that we used the same meeting room that Dr. Angela Merkel used as German Chancellor when she visited FESTO some years ago. As you can imagine, this provided additional motivation for the work – because “there was no alternative”. 🙂

End of 2023 in CliCE-DiPP Project

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The last consortium meeting of the year in CliCE-DiPP about two weeks ago was the last major milestone in the project. The event was made a highlight by the participation of the BMWK and DLR, who not only contributed helpful comments and questions to the interim results presented but also had many ideas for cooperation with other consortia, for example. As a result, the consortium meeting was more than “just” a meeting to discuss the current interim results, but also to set the course for further successful (collaborative) work.

In general, the consortium is extremely committed and, in addition to a series of smaller demonstrators and connections, has already been able to show several findings with regard to the elicitation of the product carbon footprint (PCF) as part of a so-called asset administration shell (AAS), but also concerning business process development taking into account sustainability criteria and sustainability strategies. It will be exciting to see how the project develops over time.

With the last reports at the end of the year, things will be a little quieter, but that will certainly change quickly with the new year. I would therefore like to wish the CliCE-DiPP project team and project partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance.

CliCE-DiPP Consortium Meeting

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Impressive consortium meeting of the CliCE-DiPP research project at the Institut für Produktionsmanagement, Technologie und Werkzeugmaschinen – PTW at Technische Universität Darmstadt: We sat right in a room next to the Flow Factory and were able to gain an insight into the future of production technology. As part of the CliCE-DiPP research project, all production facilities there are being equipped with sensor technology to evaluate the product carbon footprint and CO2 product passport.  This involves sawing, milling and laser processing, as well as a powder coating system. It was great to see the project partners again, catch up on the latest developments and exchange ideas for the next phase of the project, and a big thank you to the PTW hosts for their hospitality and delicious food.

Production Tour at Protektor

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Yesterday we had the impressive opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of the production at Protektor, at its headquarters in Gaggenau (Germany), as part of the German research project CliCE-DiPP. As a leading manufacturer of building profiles in Europe, they are also confronted with the issues of energy efficiency and sustainable production life cycle.  Both aspects are addressed in the CliCE-DiPP project, with a focus on a practical solution that the manufacturing industry can use to, among other things, create Product Carbon Footprints within a so-called Asset Administration Shell.

Besides a clearer understanding of how the production works at Protektor, we, later on, discussed a variety of aspects of what is necessary to create a Product Carbon Footprint but also what has to be advanced and be done to really go ahead toward a sustainable product life cycle.

Many thanks again to the Protektor team, especially Dr. Christof Maisch, Dr. Jörg Böllhoff, Luisa Schäfer, and Kevin Weisgerber, who allowed us to take a look at the production and gave us so many insights into their strategies, ideas, and current progress toward more sustainability.

Kick-off of the German Research Project CliCE-DiPP

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It was a really good and successful kick-off, not only to finally get to know the partners personally but also to already plan the first arrangements for the next steps! With the determination of the CO2 footprint for products, the CliCE-DiPP project targets the core of a CO2-sensitive industry. Of course, this will also be a major challenge in the conceptualization and prototypical implementation. After all, the solution should not only be effective but also practical for companies to handle.

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