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New EU DOME project to deploy a distributed open marketplace for cloud services in Europe

A consortium of 39 European organisations from 14 countries has launched the new DOME projectto support cloud-to-edge infrastructure and services in Europe. The project aims to create a single access portal for stakeholders in cloud and edge services from providers to consumers, focusing on the principles of ease of use, inclusiveness and equality. DOME will take the form of an online catalogue of service offerings through a federated collection of independent marketplaces connected to cloud and platform offerings connected to cloud and platform providers' offerings.

Cloud computing is a key part of Europe's digital future, the data processing capacity needed to support its digital future. digital transformationThe EU's digital strategy objectives are being met through EU programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme and the Connecting Europe FacilityThe European Commission proposes actions to build essential capacities to be achieved by Member States in new high-end digital infrastructures and services and by improving and strengthening the capacities available at national and EU level.

In this context, the European Commission has redoubled its efforts to support the deployment of state-of-the-art cloud infrastructure and services:

  • Improve the availability of curated, high-trust cloud and edge services that serve the interests of crucial sectors that handle sensitive data, such as the public sector.
  • Increase adoption of cloud-to-edge services among public and private entities alike and in verticals lagging behind in cloud adoption, such as the European healthcare sector.
  • Strengthen the EU's open strategic autonomy, ensuring that the digital transformation of the economy takes place on the basis of secure, fair and resource-efficient infrastructure and services.

"The vision of the project consortium is to create a dynamic ecosystem that brings together all stakeholders in cloud and edge services, including infrastructure and data providers, platform providers, service integrators, certification agencies and diverse customers from all sectors. Our goal is to drive the EU cloud industry forward by streamlining current practices and giving EU customers more power than ever before".says Giovanni Frattini, Technical Director of Engineering Ingeniería Informática Spa, responsible for the project.

DOME - Distributed Open Marketplace for Cloud and Edge Services in Europe

With the aim of boosting the adoption of Cloud and Edge services in Europe, the first call of the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL-2021 CLOUD-AI-01) drove actions to deploy and operate a Marketplace of federated cloud-to-edge based services. The DOME project consortium, consisting of 38 members from 14 EU Member States, including 11 large companies, 23 SMEs, 2 research institutions, 6 non-profit organisations and 2 public bodies, was selected and will carry out the following strategic activities over 36 months:

  • Operate the platform in accordance with security, energy and resource efficiency, data protection, ethical standards and portability requirements;
  • Ensure the integration of state-of-the-art identity and access management services into the market platform to support its operation;
  • Design a curation/verification process for services offered on the market, in particular for specific services in regulated sectors (e.g. healthcare, energy, finance...);
  • Implement interconnections with similar markets and service catalogues that already exist in some Member States;
  • Enable access, through a single EU portal, to an online catalogue of existing cloud-based service offerings up to the edge that comply with a pre-defined set of EU rules and requirements available in the forthcoming EU Cloud Rulebook;
  • Implement service brokering functionality to enable transactions between providers and users in the marketplace; and
  • Ensure a vendor-independent technical architecture and reference framework.

Key assets: Sovereignty, trust and reputation.

By meeting EU market requirements, the quality of DOME's service catalogue will ensure its reputation for building a trustworthy information brand, through governance mechanisms and trust-enhanced transactions, in line with Gaia-X specifications.

DOME ensures fair competition and strict vendor neutrality in the positioning of services in the market, offering equal business opportunities to all players in a win-win model that is fair and open to all who meet the established rules and requirements. This will enable European technology providers to develop new digital services and offer cutting-edge AI-enhanced solutions to increase and optimise productivity in the public and private sectors.

38 members of the consortium from 14 EU countries joined forces

DOME is coordinated by Engineering Ingegneria Informatica Spa in collaboration with the FIWARE Foundation as technical coordinator, and the partnership involves organisations from industry, research institutions and academia such as: Active Ageing Association; Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza; Beia ConsultInternational; Cloudferro; Consorzio Red Alastria; Consorzio Sistema Informativo; Dawex; Dekra Testing And Certification; Demetrix; Digitanimal; E-Group Ict Software; Elliot Cloud; Etna Hitech; Eurocrime; European Dynamics; Expert.Ai S.P.A. ; Fundingbox Research; Future Internet Consulting; Golem; Hashnet; Idom Consulting; In 2 Ingenieria De La Información; Inno-Focus; Ionos; Libelium Comunicaciones; Nicos Aktiengesellschaft; Orange; Outscale; Pons Ip Sa; Portel Logistic; Stichting Ishare Foundation; Teamdev; Tecnalia Fundacion Research & Innovation; Time.Lex; Torino E Piemonte Exchange; Ubiwhere.

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DOME has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101084071.

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Elliot Cloud and Bosonit register participation of 600 employees to collaborate in the fight against cancer

The Riojan companies support the athlete Miguel Ferrer in his solidarity challenge to run the six great marathons of the world in order to raise funds to fight the disease.

As part of its corporate commitment to solidarity and sport in La Rioja, and with the aim of contributing to the fight against cancerThe companies Bosonit and Elliot Cloud support the athlete Miguel Ferrer in his challenge to complete the 6 World Marathon Majors in less than a year in order to raise funds to fight the disease.

The presentation of this solidarity initiative, which took place this Friday at Bosonit's headquarters in Logroño, was attended by the head of Culture of BosonitMaría Díez Arnaíz; the CEO of Elliot Cloud, Óscar Ruiz; the long-distance runner Miguel Ferrer and the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in La Rioja (AECC), Elena Eguizábal.

The technological companies of La Rioja have taken part in this challenge and have registered the participation of 600 employees to collaborate with a donation that will serve to continue advancing in treatments and research in the fight against cancer.

The long-distance runner from La Rioja will put the names of each of the donors on the T-shirts that he will wear in all the marathons that make up the challenge and the proceeds, which amount to 1,200 euros, will be donated in their entirety to the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).

against cancer

Sport represents fundamental values and principles such as effort, perseverance and self-improvement, and through it, different achievements can be made. In this case, helping to promote research, giving visibility to the disease and demonstrating that together we can achieve important advances," said María Díez Arnaíz, Head of Culture at Bosonit. This initiative is aligned with the corporate social responsibility strategy promoted by Bosonit, through which ?it also promotes other types of solidarity actions aimed at the development of society, such as the dissemination of fundamental technological knowledge with the aim of reducing the digital divide, the collaboration agreement established with the Riojan women's basketball club Bosonit Unibasket or the donation to the Food Bank, all guided by the technological consultancy's adherence to the United Nations Global Compact?, explained Díez Arnaíz.

Elliot Cloud's CEO, Óscar Ruiz, underlined that the initiative ?strengthens the company's voluntary commitment towards the progress of societyby encouraging the active collaboration of our employees? In this regard, he said: "Not everything is technology and work, there are much more important issues in life in which companies must help as much as possible in an altruistic way and thus give back to society what it is giving us, in addition to offering economic development and jobs".

For his part, Miguel Ferrer has acknowledged his desire to take on this challenge once ?he has achieved all his sporting goals and is convinced that it is time to do, through sport, a solidarity action to raise funds to fight against a disease such as cancer, which has touched us all, in one way or another, and which I, in particular, in the figure of my mother, has had to suffer it up to three times? In this sense, he assured: "With the symbolic act of wearing all the names on my T-shirt, I want everyone to feel that they are with me and participate in crossing the finish line of the 6 most famous marathons on the planet".

During the event, the t-shirt with the 600 names of Bosonit and Elliot Cloud employees was handed over to the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in La Rioja (AECC), Elena Eguizábal, who expressed her excitement and gratitude for this action that supports the fight against cancer in La Rioja. It is exciting that we can go together around the world representing, supporting and crossing the finish lines of these marathons to make the fight against this disease visible," said Eguizábal. I can only thank Miguel Ferrer, the Riojan companies Bosonit and Elliot Cloud, and everyone who promotes this type of initiative in La Rioja because it shows that we are a very supportive and participative community.

Together for a good cause

The challenge is to run in one year the 42 kilometres of the Six Majors, the most famous marathons in the world that take place in Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.

On 24 April, Miguel Ferrer ran the first marathon in London, followed by Berlin on 24 September, Chicago on 8 October and New York on 5 November. In 2024, he will run the Tokyo Marathon on 10 March and finish in Boston on 15 April next year.

The moments of his training sessions and races in which he participates can be followed through his Instagram profile (eldeporteyyo) where Miguel Ferrer already has 62,000 followers.

Individuals and companies wishing to join the initiative can contact reto@6destinos1meta.es.

NWorld Business Group

Bosonit is an advanced technology services consultancy that helps companies and institutions in their digital transformation and evolution. It specialises in data processing through Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, and works with advanced technologies in Cybersecurity, Cloud & Devops and Development.

Elliot Cloud is a company that has developed a native solution for infrastructure management in the industrial sector, smart cities and buildings, energy and water. It is a platform that applies IoT technology for the capture, transformation and analysis of data that favours the management, control and optimisation of infrastructure processes.

Bosonit and Elliot Cloud are part of NWorld, one of the leading independent groups formed by 100% Spanish capital. With a global presence, it executes projects in 20 countries, with a special focus on Europe and America, where more than 1,800 professionals work.

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GEDIAV-H20 project: Development of advanced digital twins and their application through the use of AI to water resources management.

From Elliot Cloud, through the GEDIAV-H20 projectwe are committed to the digitisation and the application of new technological solutions to collaborate with the promotion and support of Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) for the improving the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with Manteniment Sustainable Integral SL we have realised a project for develop a digital twin predictive from a sewage treatment plant wastewater treatment plants.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Support programme for Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) 2022b.
  • Duration: 9 months (August 2022 - April 2023).
  • Project budget: 360,962.36 euros.
  • Grant awarded: 288,769.89 euros.

Aim of the GEDIAV-H20 project

This predictive digital twin consists of a collaborative platform which includes a 3D representation of the asset and all its parts and incorporating the necessary information for operational and strategic management (BIM model). This platform shall  from show real-time data for the different users/roles that exist in a debugger and should enable operate virtually installation under conditions that are rarely safely observed in reality.  

The digital twin will incorporate a artificial intelligence layer (IA) that will allow us to find patterns of behaviour, correlations unknown until now, to be able to establish future scenarios from the de the point of view from management of the asset itself (operations and maintenance), but also in the area of of savings energy and lhe minimisation of the  environmental impact. 

On the basis of the work carried out, a scorecard which will incorporate information and KPIs and which will provide processed information to the operator and which will allow him to better asset management. 

Call for applications for aid to support Innovative Business Groupings with a view to improving the competitiveness of SMEs. small and medium-sized enterprises and the call for proposals for the year 2022The European Commission's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, in the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. 

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SMART SAF project: Reducing environmental pollution through smart use of sustainable fuel in aerojets

From Elliot Cloud, through the SMART SAF projectwe are committed to the digitisation and the application of new technological solutions to collaborate with the promotion and support of Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) for the improving the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with Smart City Cluster and CiTD Engineering & Technologies we have carried out a research project on the analysis of an application that is capable of predicting, in real time, the appearance of persistent condensation trails when an aircraft passes, under certain meteorological conditions.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Support programme for Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) 2022b.
  • Duration: 9 months (August 2022 - April 2023).
  • Project budget: 312,891 euros.
  • Grant awarded: 242,157 euros.

Objective of the SMART SAF project

This system, which will also be able to assess the environmental impact associated with contrails and induced cloudiness for each individual flight, will be a major step towards mitigating aviation's main contribution to global warming. This will require the exploitation of meteorological and flight information data and the use of artificial intelligence to generate predictions for the detection and location of areas with specific high relative humidity and temperature conditions in the aircraft's flight path.

This system would have a significant economic impact for airlines by enabling voluntary offsetting of emissions for this type of effect according to existing certifications, as well as reducing potential financial penalties for pollution imposed by international aeronautical bodies. The ultimate aim of these industrial research activities is to create more competitive and innovative products, through data analysis and simulation, and to move towards sustainable aviation.

Call for applications for aid to support Innovative Business Groupings with a view to improving the competitiveness of SMEs. small and medium-sized enterprises and the call for proposals for the year 2022The European Commission's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, in the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. 

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Deep DTI: Deep Learning to gain insights from smart destination data

From Elliot Cloud, through the Deep DTI projectwe are committed to the digitisation and the application of new technological solutions to collaborate with the promotion and support of Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) for the improving the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with Smart City Cluster and GalgusIn the last few years, we have carried out a research, development and deployment project for a prototype of a system for location analytics, tracking, counting and segmentation of visitors and tourists in a Tourist Destination. Smart (DTI)The signals emitted by their smartphones, with all the necessary privacy and anonymity guarantees of the data.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Support programme for Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) 2022b.
  • Duration: 9 months (August 2022 - April 2023).
  • Project budget: 350,278 euros.
  • Grant awarded: 280,222 euros.

Aim of the Deep DTI project

The main objective of this project is to research, develop and deploy a prototype of a system for location analytics, tracking, counting and segmentation of visitors and tourists in a Smart Tourism Destination (ITD), using the signals emitted by their smartphones, with all the guarantees of privacy and anonymity of the data.

The system is completely passive, which saves tourists from having to install applications, grant permissions, activate their GPS, as well as turn on their Bluetooth or WiFi.

They need only pass close to the sensor nodes (APs ? access points) to contribute to the analytics, and the data is provided fully aggregated and anonymised, with no possibility of being cross-referenced with personal or sensitive data of individuals. These sensors will be provided by Galgus, which has them. The differential value of this project therefore lies in the data processing algorithms that are investigated, implemented and validated in the field.
This project will greatly benefit both the participating innovative companies and the recipients of the technology to be developed (city councils, public administrations, managers of Smart Tourism Destinations, hotel chains, luxury resorts, convention centres, etc.).

Call for applications for aid to support Innovative Business Groupings with a view to improving the competitiveness of SMEs. small and medium-sized enterprises and the call for proposals for the year 2022The European Commission's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, in the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. 

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eMAPA 4.0: Advanced pentesting automation platform for manufacturing companies in the field of Industry 4.0

From Elliot Cloud, through the eMAPA 4.0 projectwe are committed to the digitisation and the application of new technological solutions to collaborate with and support the Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) and OnTech (Southern European Technology and Biotechnology Cluster) for the improving the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with , the University of Malaga, MNEMO and San MobileWe have carried out a project in which we have developed a prototype of a platform for the automation of pentesting tasks in order to reduce the cyber-risk of manufacturing companies in an advanced state of digitalisation.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Support programme for Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) 2022b.
  • Duration: 9 months (August 2022 - April 2023).
  • Project budget: 561,960.42 euros.

Aim of the eMAPA 4.0 project

Starting from an approach from the point of view of the defender - the owner of the infrastructure - what is now being pursued is to develop a technological platform, based on massive data processing, that incorporates the know-how previous relating to pentesting activities , and proceed to automate it in an effective and efficient way.The specific features of the manufacturing enterprises in the Industry 4.0. 

The purpose of this platform is the discovery and confirmation of vulnerabilities in the infrastructure that can be exploited by hostile internal and/or external actors for different purposes. Detailed knowledge of vulnerabilities will help to implement securitisation activities that minimise risks.  

Taking into account that current enterprise IT architectures organise their assets in different areas (cloud, on-premise, edge), the proposed platform will focus on the area of cloud devices (devices in the cloud) and edge devices (those devices closest to where the information is generated or from where it is received), as these are particularly important in the manufacturing industry as they are all the hardware and software necessary to control industrial equipment: control systems (ICS) such as programmable logic controllers (PLC), distributed control systems (DCS) and supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA). These devices would constitute the productive core of a manufacturing industry. 

From the technical point of viewThe eMAPA 4.0 project, the eMAPA 4.0 project, proposes to develop a a platform that enables the automation of pentesting tasks on a specific area of an organisation's infrastructure (cloud-centric, edge). Prior to the execution of the pentesting, there will be a set of equally automated activities for the discovery of assets and possible security breaches that may exist on them. The information obtained from the pentesting can be exploited individually by an organisation or grouped for a set of organisations with some kind of relationship, such as belonging to the same value chain. 

In order to achieve this, the incorporation of massive data processing technologies (Big Data) and the application of advanced machine learning and/or artificial intelligence algorithms are required. Advanced data visualisation technologies will be applied in order to enhance the value of the results obtained. 

The system to be implemented will be based on the search for methods and technological approaches that allow for the building a scalable, distributed architecture and building software that provide the following technological capabilities:

  • DiscoveryThe connection and exploitation of internal and/or external information sources of a heterogeneous nature in terms of their content and structure. We can talk about log files, external APIs or process results. 
  • Intensive processing and analysis of the information collected through the eMAPA 4.0 project, for its appropriate integration and homogenisation in order to facilitate its subsequent use. Generation of new information through the application of deduction rules. 
  • Integration of the CALDERA framework based on MITRE that allows the incorporation of different Red Team type tools to execute different types and activities of pentesting. 
  • Configuration of discovery activities - scope of action - and of pentesting activities - typology of tests -. 
  • Monitoring of the status of the different tasks in progress or completed. 
  • Visualisation system of data obtained either by discovery processes or by pentesting processes. Mechanisms for grouping, comparison over time and between organisations, evolution over time of the information collected, generated and obtained.  
  • Reporting systemThe Commission's work is based on evidence of the assets and gaps identified. 
  • Definition of different user profiles on the basis of which different process execution and/or information access policies can be established. 
  • Establishing security solutions robust access and transfer of information between components and organisations (both in their different modules and between their operating systems and corporate servers). Horizontal and vertical information security based on profiles. 

Initiative financed by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism within the programme of support to the AEIs to contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of Spanish industry, and with the support of the European Union through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

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OPTENERGY2 Project: Optimisation of energy consumption based on a comprehensive and predictive tool aimed at industrial customers and energy communities.

From Elliot Cloud, through the OPTENERGY2 ProjectWe are committed to digitalisation and the application of new technological solutions to promote and support Innovative Business Groupings (AEI) for the development and implementation of new improving the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with Energy Cluster of Aragon (CLENAR), AEI Smart City Cluster and Switching ConsultingWe have carried out a nine-month project, through an experimental project, which aims to modelling the consumption of centres or communities (electrical and thermal) for each of the prosumers of the network in which Thewill go to a platform application which will have The project takes into account the production of renewable energy, the consumption of its members, the monitoring of these, etc.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Support programme for Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) 2022b.
  • Duration: 9 months (July 2022 - April 2023).
  • Project budget: 245,501 euros.
  • Grant awarded: 147,300 euros.

Objectives of the OPTENERGY2 Project

The project aims to carry out an experimental development of a comprehensive solution for the capture of data from distributed energy generation (electrical and thermal) for each of the prosumers of the network, modelling both the expected consumption of each of the centres or communities, as well as forecasting the generation in each of them, and monitoring the installation in real time. 

The development will include a platform application for the promotion and management of energy communities, which will take into account the production of renewable energy, the consumption of its members, the monitoring of both, calculation of the carbon footprint, calculation of savings obtained, etc. 

This solution will also have an energy market indicator data capture module for the construction of energy prices. Taking into account data inputs such as TTF, MIBGAS, HenryHUB, MEFF, parity of hydraulic reserves, wind, nuclear, CORES, combined cycle production, BRENT, TEXAS, etc., it will enable predictive purchasing criteria to be established. 

The platform will also integrate a calculator of CO2 emissions emitted and saved. 

SCALDATA ProjectInitiative financed by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism within the programme of support to the AEIs to contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of Spanish industry, and with the support of the European Union through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

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AMBITELL Project: Digitisation of industrial self-consumption photovoltaic plants

Through the AMBITELL projectWe are committed to digitalisation and the application of new technological solutions to improve the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with CITD Engineering and TechnologiesAragon Energy Cluster (CLENAR), AEI Smart City Cluster, ITAINNOVA and AMB GreenpowerWe have carried out a nine-month project through an interactive platform, to visualise and facilitate the management of self-consumption installations, generating greater automation and process optimisation.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Programme of support to AEIs for the improvement of the competitiveness of SMEs - 2022.
  • Duration: 9 months (July 2022 - April 2023).
  • Project budget:128,774 euros.
  • Grant awarded: 67,663 euros.

Objective of the AMBITELL Project

A wide variety of SCAD programmes are currently available on the market as a digital management tool for remote monitoring of industrial processes. 

In the renewable energy sector, and more specifically in photovoltaic installations, there are different types of SCADA depending on the technology and characteristics of the installation. This generates a situation of certain complexity when it comes to managing different types of SCADA. photovoltaic solar plants self-consumption, as installations may have different SCADAs, with their own particular technology.  

The AMBITELL project aims to carry out an experimental development in the form of an interactive platform to visualise and facilitate the management of self-consumption installations, facilitating the massive processing of data and getting more out of all the information available. 

The AMBITELL platform will thus result in increased process automation and optimisation, time savings, improved business decision making and the absence of human error. 

SCALDATA Project

Initiative financed by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism within the programme of support to the AEIs to contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of Spanish industry, and with the support of the European Union through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

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SCALDATA Project: New digital technologies for additive manufacturing process control through data analytics

From Elliot Cloud, through the SCALDATA ProjectWe are committed to digitalisation and the application of new technological solutions to improve the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with CITD Engineering and Technologies, Andalucía Smart City Cluster and AEI Smart City ClusterWe have carried out a nine-month project to generate predictions on the defectology of manufactured parts by means of artificial intelligence techniques applied to manufacturing parameters.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Support programme for Business and Innovation Clusters (BICs) 2022.
  • Duration: 9 months (21/03/2022 ? 21/12/2022).
  • Project budget: 267,590 euros.
  • Grant awarded: 205,491 euros.

Objective of the SCALDATA Project

Additive manufacturing processes are efficient in the use of materials and energy and contribute to making production processes more flexible. Therefore, in a scenario of scarce resources, with increasingly tight deadlines and costs, it is imperative to replace and complement traditional material removal processes with more efficient ones such as additive processes. However, there are still many factors that prevent the adoption of this technology, especially the appearance of defects in the manufactured parts, which are unpredictable, random and difficult to detect.

The main objective of the project will be to exploit data relating to powder metal bed additive manufacturing processes and use artificial intelligence to generate predictions for the typology, location and effect of defects in the parts produced. Knowledge of this defectology, both in terms of location and size, is of vital importance for the validation of the part, especially for applications with fatigue requirements.

Currently, the distribution of defects in a printed part is obtained thanks to non-destructive inspection methods such as tomography or radiography, being necessary to reach minimum resolutions to be able to detect defects that could be critical for the correct functioning of the part. This process is cost and time inefficient and often leads to discarding parts after costly manufacturing, machining or other post-processing and inspection processes.

SCALDATA Project

Initiative financed by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism within the programme of support to the AEIs to contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of Spanish industry, and with the support of the European Union through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

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OPITRADE Project: Optimisation of industrial processes by applying decentralised traceability

Through the OPITRADE ProjectWe are committed to digitalisation and the application of new technological solutions to improve the competitiveness of SMEs. In collaboration with the CITD Engineering and TechnologiesAndalucía Smart City Cluster, Andalucía Smart City Cluster and AEI Smart City ClusterWe have carried out a nine-month project to integrate IoT and Blockchain technologies in order to monitor and manage the circular economy of plastics at the level of equipment and production process.

Project data

  • Call for applications: Programme of support to AEIs for the improvement of the competitiveness of SMEs - 2022.
  • Duration: 9 months (21/03/2022 ? 21/12/2022).
  • Project budget: 226,901 euros.
  • Grant awarded: 175,864 euros.

Objective of the OPITRADE Project

Plastic is a material used intensively in industry and its use has become an environmental problem on which many national and international policies have an impact. The optimisation of its management is, therefore, fundamental to reduce its waste and the amount of it that ends up having to be recycled due to errors and malfunctions in industrial processes.

In this sense, the OPITRADE project aims to integrate IoT and Blockchain technologies to monitor and manage the circular economy of plastics at the level of equipment and production process, allowing to analyse the related processes, optimise them and even, in future applications, favour predictive and preventive maintenance of the production chain.

While, in plastic recycling processes, knowledge-based systems are normally based on expert systems, recommendation systems or case-based Reasoning, in the studies carried out in this project, the aim of the simulation has not been to control the industrial process, but to simulate it in order to develop possible intelligent improvements, both in the process itself and in the energy and economic frameworks that can produce a benefit from any perspective related to the production process. Thanks to this, a generalised procedure has been obtained that has allowed the definition of a methodology applicable to other production processes in the industrial sector.

SCALDATA Project

Initiative financed by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism within the programme of support to the AEIs to contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of Spanish industry, and with the support of the European Union through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

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