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)).