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magazine Fall 2020 Issue #14 CECIMO SPECIAL MANUFACTURING IN TIMES OF COVID Eva Kaili Member of the European Parliament Nicolas Schmit European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Dominique Riquet Member of the European Parliament
Machine tools and the European Green Deal, a love story? By Fr辿d辿ric Melchior, CECIMO Director Technical Regulation In December 2019, the European Commission presented one of its flagship initiatives, namely the European Green Deal. It is an integral part of the European Commissions strategy to implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals. The European Green Deal provides a roadmap with actions to boost the efficient use of resources by moving to a clean, circular economy and stop climate change, revert biodiversity loss and cut pollution. It outlines investments needed and financing tools available and explains how to ensure a just and inclusive transition. The European Green Deal covers all sectors of the economy, notably transport, energy, agriculture, buildings, and industries such as steel, cement, ICT, textiles, and chemicals. As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission published in March 2020 the second Circular Economy Action Plan. It aims to make the European economy fit for a green future, strengthen its competitiveness while protecting the environment and give new rights to consumers. Building on the work done since 2015, the second Circular Economy Action Plan focuses on the design and production for a circular economy, with the aim to ensure that the resources used are kept in the European economy for as long as possible. However, our sector has not been waiting patiently for the European Commission to bring out the European Green Deal and the second Circular Economy Action Plan from its drawer. Machine tools are durable and last over 20 years. Also, machine tools are composed for 83% of metallic materials which is easily recycle. In other words, our sectors contribution to the circular economy began long before their respective existence, through different measures aiming at improving the performance of our products and developing as well as implementing new technologies. Additionally, repair, refurbishing and recycling of products are already a reality in our sector, but as important as these aspects is the role of machine tools and related manufacturing technologies as key enablers of the circular economy. By providing our clients with the latest manufacturing technologies we assist them to move towards a circular economy by increasing their productivity and giving them the means to optimise resources and processes In Mid-2019, CECIMO published a report explaining how our sector is contributing to the circular economy. To implement its principles, our sector invests in new technologies, share best practices and works towards global standards. As Henry Ford said, If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself". Therefore, policy makers can help by setting the appropriate framework for our sector to undertake this challenge, for example by supporting digitisation as well as Research and Development. As there is always room for improvement, CECIMO is currently developing a strategy and an action plan to ensure that the European Green Deal and the second Circular Economy Action Plan are not hampering our sector but do also create opportunities for it.
Is the Machinery Directive fit for purpose? By Fr辿d辿ric Melchior, CECIMO Director Technical Regulation In the context of the ongoing revision of the Machinery Directive and when considering the upcoming adoption of a new legislative proposal in the beginning of 2021 (expected for March 2021), CECIMO, as the representative of the machine tool industry and related Manufacturing Technologies, would like to share its point of view. From a general point of view, we believe that the Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/EC), taking everything into consideration, is a sound piece of legislation and that, consequently, any future revision should be characterised by continuity rather than by revolutionary changes. Nevertheless, on this journey towards a new legislative proposal, three topics have gained in importance, namely, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital documentation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is not something new but there has been a significant acceleration in the last years. However, in our sector, the acceleration has been lesser, and the AI is still at an early development stage. Moreover, there is a limited scope for AI applications in our sector. Examples of such applications are process optimisation, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring. As our sector is becoming more and more digitised, cybersecurity has the potential of becoming a major issue. However, our sector has not been waiting patiently and remained passive. Different solutions have during the years been implemented, for example by deploying different kinds of countermeasures such as advanced firewalls and virus scanners as well as providing safe and secure access to critical data and parameters. To address both AI and cybersecurity as well as other technological developments, we believe that the Machinery Directives current essential health and safety requirements are today satisfactory. Moreover, AI and cybersecurity are both horizontal subjects, which are not limited to our sector and they should therefore be tackled in a horizontal manner. Likewise, one size fits all approaches should be avoided for both as AIs and cybersecuritys respective scope of application vary widely in the different sectors. Finally, we consider that both harmonised standards and the Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, are better suited instruments to manage technological developments. The possibility to allow digital documentation is welcomed by our sector. There are many advantages with its use, both for manufacturers and customers. One of these is to provide customers with an increased searchability, which is vital in the case of an incident. It is however important that manufacturers remain free to select which documentation should be offered in a digital format and how it should be offered. This should of course be done in accordance with all the relevant requirements of the Machinery Directive. According to us, the best way forward to enable digital documentation is the introduction of some additional explanations and clarifications in the Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Therefore, we believe that there is no need to revise the Machinery Directive as it is already today able to adequately address AI, cybersecurity, and digital documentation.
Manufacturing is facing important new challenges. To mention one, more than one-third of consumers today prefer customisable goods and services to the traditional ones, choosing to pay more for the extra personalised features. We are quickly moving from an era of mass-production to an era of mass-customisation, and flexible and reconfigurable production lines are becoming vital to respond to customer expectations. But factories, regardless of their size, face financial and technical obstacles on their way to more responsive production lines. The Horizon 2020 project Digital & Intelligent MOdular FACtories (DIMOFAC) came to life to assist factories to overcome these challenges. The DIMOFAC project begun its journey in October 2019 it will last for a total of four years. The project, supported by the European Commission (maximum grant of 14.163.497,67), is composed of a consortium of 30 European partners led by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). The partners of the consortium are working together on testing, validating and disseminating a homegrown technology and process (the DIMOFAC Modular Factory Solution) meant to make assembly lines more flexible and more reactive to sudden and rapid changes in demand. It is estimated that the DIMOFAC Modular Factory Solution will enable factories to: Reduce by 15% the time it takes to reconfi gure their production lines. Decrease by 10% the resources (raw materials, energy, fluids, manpower) used for the production process. Lower by 15% the overall cost of production. In the medium term, such benefits will translate into the creation of more skilled jobs, a boost in growth and a lower environmental impact. As a partner of the DIMOFAC project, CECIMOs role is of referent concerning matters related to standardisation. CECIMOs main task is to ensure that the DIMOFAC projects activities are in line with the developments in the smart manufacturing landscape from a perspective of existing standards and in development of standards at European and international level. For this purpose, and in cooperation with other standardisation participants in the DIMOFAC project, CECIMO is leveraging its established connections within the standardisation community. As the European association representing machine tool industries and related manufacturing technologies, CECIMO has been contributing as a leading partner in a variety of standard-related platforms. To mention one, CECIMO has been part of the Working Group on standardisation, in support to the Digitising European Industry initiative, created by the European Commission to accelerate the transition of European smart manufacturers towards digitisation. CECIMO has also numerous partnerships as a liaison body with international organisations focused on smart manufacturing. All in all, CECIMOs strategic position within the smart manufacturing community guarantees a strong link between the DIMOFAC project and the array of current and expected standards in this field. Digital & Intelligent MOdular FACtories By Fr辿d辿ric Melchior, CECIMO Director Technical Regulation

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  • 1. magazine Fall 2020 Issue #14 CECIMO SPECIAL MANUFACTURING IN TIMES OF COVID Eva Kaili Member of the European Parliament Nicolas Schmit European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Dominique Riquet Member of the European Parliament
  • 2. Machine tools and the European Green Deal, a love story? By Fr辿d辿ric Melchior, CECIMO Director Technical Regulation In December 2019, the European Commission presented one of its flagship initiatives, namely the European Green Deal. It is an integral part of the European Commissions strategy to implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals. The European Green Deal provides a roadmap with actions to boost the efficient use of resources by moving to a clean, circular economy and stop climate change, revert biodiversity loss and cut pollution. It outlines investments needed and financing tools available and explains how to ensure a just and inclusive transition. The European Green Deal covers all sectors of the economy, notably transport, energy, agriculture, buildings, and industries such as steel, cement, ICT, textiles, and chemicals. As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission published in March 2020 the second Circular Economy Action Plan. It aims to make the European economy fit for a green future, strengthen its competitiveness while protecting the environment and give new rights to consumers. Building on the work done since 2015, the second Circular Economy Action Plan focuses on the design and production for a circular economy, with the aim to ensure that the resources used are kept in the European economy for as long as possible. However, our sector has not been waiting patiently for the European Commission to bring out the European Green Deal and the second Circular Economy Action Plan from its drawer. Machine tools are durable and last over 20 years. Also, machine tools are composed for 83% of metallic materials which is easily recycle. In other words, our sectors contribution to the circular economy began long before their respective existence, through different measures aiming at improving the performance of our products and developing as well as implementing new technologies. Additionally, repair, refurbishing and recycling of products are already a reality in our sector, but as important as these aspects is the role of machine tools and related manufacturing technologies as key enablers of the circular economy. By providing our clients with the latest manufacturing technologies we assist them to move towards a circular economy by increasing their productivity and giving them the means to optimise resources and processes In Mid-2019, CECIMO published a report explaining how our sector is contributing to the circular economy. To implement its principles, our sector invests in new technologies, share best practices and works towards global standards. As Henry Ford said, If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself". Therefore, policy makers can help by setting the appropriate framework for our sector to undertake this challenge, for example by supporting digitisation as well as Research and Development. As there is always room for improvement, CECIMO is currently developing a strategy and an action plan to ensure that the European Green Deal and the second Circular Economy Action Plan are not hampering our sector but do also create opportunities for it.
  • 3. Is the Machinery Directive fit for purpose? By Fr辿d辿ric Melchior, CECIMO Director Technical Regulation In the context of the ongoing revision of the Machinery Directive and when considering the upcoming adoption of a new legislative proposal in the beginning of 2021 (expected for March 2021), CECIMO, as the representative of the machine tool industry and related Manufacturing Technologies, would like to share its point of view. From a general point of view, we believe that the Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/EC), taking everything into consideration, is a sound piece of legislation and that, consequently, any future revision should be characterised by continuity rather than by revolutionary changes. Nevertheless, on this journey towards a new legislative proposal, three topics have gained in importance, namely, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital documentation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is not something new but there has been a significant acceleration in the last years. However, in our sector, the acceleration has been lesser, and the AI is still at an early development stage. Moreover, there is a limited scope for AI applications in our sector. Examples of such applications are process optimisation, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring. As our sector is becoming more and more digitised, cybersecurity has the potential of becoming a major issue. However, our sector has not been waiting patiently and remained passive. Different solutions have during the years been implemented, for example by deploying different kinds of countermeasures such as advanced firewalls and virus scanners as well as providing safe and secure access to critical data and parameters. To address both AI and cybersecurity as well as other technological developments, we believe that the Machinery Directives current essential health and safety requirements are today satisfactory. Moreover, AI and cybersecurity are both horizontal subjects, which are not limited to our sector and they should therefore be tackled in a horizontal manner. Likewise, one size fits all approaches should be avoided for both as AIs and cybersecuritys respective scope of application vary widely in the different sectors. Finally, we consider that both harmonised standards and the Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, are better suited instruments to manage technological developments. The possibility to allow digital documentation is welcomed by our sector. There are many advantages with its use, both for manufacturers and customers. One of these is to provide customers with an increased searchability, which is vital in the case of an incident. It is however important that manufacturers remain free to select which documentation should be offered in a digital format and how it should be offered. This should of course be done in accordance with all the relevant requirements of the Machinery Directive. According to us, the best way forward to enable digital documentation is the introduction of some additional explanations and clarifications in the Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Therefore, we believe that there is no need to revise the Machinery Directive as it is already today able to adequately address AI, cybersecurity, and digital documentation.
  • 4. Manufacturing is facing important new challenges. To mention one, more than one-third of consumers today prefer customisable goods and services to the traditional ones, choosing to pay more for the extra personalised features. We are quickly moving from an era of mass-production to an era of mass-customisation, and flexible and reconfigurable production lines are becoming vital to respond to customer expectations. But factories, regardless of their size, face financial and technical obstacles on their way to more responsive production lines. The Horizon 2020 project Digital & Intelligent MOdular FACtories (DIMOFAC) came to life to assist factories to overcome these challenges. The DIMOFAC project begun its journey in October 2019 it will last for a total of four years. The project, supported by the European Commission (maximum grant of 14.163.497,67), is composed of a consortium of 30 European partners led by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). The partners of the consortium are working together on testing, validating and disseminating a homegrown technology and process (the DIMOFAC Modular Factory Solution) meant to make assembly lines more flexible and more reactive to sudden and rapid changes in demand. It is estimated that the DIMOFAC Modular Factory Solution will enable factories to: Reduce by 15% the time it takes to reconfi gure their production lines. Decrease by 10% the resources (raw materials, energy, fluids, manpower) used for the production process. Lower by 15% the overall cost of production. In the medium term, such benefits will translate into the creation of more skilled jobs, a boost in growth and a lower environmental impact. As a partner of the DIMOFAC project, CECIMOs role is of referent concerning matters related to standardisation. CECIMOs main task is to ensure that the DIMOFAC projects activities are in line with the developments in the smart manufacturing landscape from a perspective of existing standards and in development of standards at European and international level. For this purpose, and in cooperation with other standardisation participants in the DIMOFAC project, CECIMO is leveraging its established connections within the standardisation community. As the European association representing machine tool industries and related manufacturing technologies, CECIMO has been contributing as a leading partner in a variety of standard-related platforms. To mention one, CECIMO has been part of the Working Group on standardisation, in support to the Digitising European Industry initiative, created by the European Commission to accelerate the transition of European smart manufacturers towards digitisation. CECIMO has also numerous partnerships as a liaison body with international organisations focused on smart manufacturing. All in all, CECIMOs strategic position within the smart manufacturing community guarantees a strong link between the DIMOFAC project and the array of current and expected standards in this field. Digital & Intelligent MOdular FACtories By Fr辿d辿ric Melchior, CECIMO Director Technical Regulation