Software industry, ICT and media
Digital transformation in manufacturing and process industry
Sustainability and circular economy
Research and Development under Contract
Software Engineering and Data Intelligence
Computer Vision, Interaction and Graphics
Human-Technology Interaction, and Robotics
Urban and Mobile Computing
Software and business processes
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and decision support systems
Ontologies and interoperability
Computer vision and image processing
Computer graphics, virtual, augmented and mixed reality
Cognitive and collaborative robotics
Human Factors, usability, and UX design
FRAMEWORK
The TEXP@CT agenda's main objective is to leverage companies in the Clothing Textile Sector (STV) and companies in the TICE and Production Technologies sectors to levels, respectively, of digitalization and a range of technological offerings that are markedly higher.
With TEXP@CT, the sector is intended to have a significant boost in terms of the adoption of digital technologies and solutions, while at the same time becoming more attractive for current and future human resources, more resilient, more sustainable and more sophisticated. To this end, it is intended:
- Increase the level of digitalization of STV companies, using reference companies as anchors
- Promote industrial pilots that serve as a beacon for the sector
- Increase the increase in solutions and technologies available for the Textile and Clothing Industry (ITV) sector
- Contribute to the volume of exports, through new digital solutions and technologies and, on a more distant level, a stronger ITV
- Filling gaps in the digital skills of professionals in the ITV sector
PROPOSED SOLUTION
The Pact for the Digitalization of the Textile Industry will make 18 new products and services available with the potential for adoption of these solutions. Automatic scanning solutions, introduction of robotic cells, digital printing, 3D simulation, AI for predictive equipment maintenance, are just a few examples.
The development of generic solutions, but focused on the textile and clothing industry, will increase the economic value of these same solutions when compared to others, similar, but with an isolated presence.
The vast majority of solutions to be developed can be sold in different geographies (countries such as Italy, Spain, France or even Germany, which have a strong textile presence and where these solutions can be exported), given that the processes inherent to the The textile and clothing industries are clearly similar, suffering from inequalities, above all, in the degree of implementation of automation and digitalization of processes.
CCG/ZGDV CONTRIBUTION
CCG/ZGDV, through its R&I departments, is involved in the development of the following workpackages:
- WP1 - Robotization and Automation
PPS1: Collaborative robot solution for clothing manufacturing - development of a production cell for automating garments by introducing a robotic unit;
- WP2 - Responsive Factory
PPS7: Traceability Framework for WIP Monitoring - development of a system capable of tracing the life cycle of each textile product, from fiber to end product;
PPS8: Digital Twin Platform for Textile Manufacturing - provides standardized content, data sharing, frequency and accuracy of information exchange, and integration of multiple digital twins;
PPS9: Production Planning, Optimization, and Control - development of an AI-based optimization and forecasting solution for planning and control;
PPS10: AI for Manufacturing Process Improvement - creation of an "as a service" ML platform for garment quality inspection;
PPS12: Quality Control Management - development of automatic inspection stations based on computer vision and AI;
- WP3 - Direct to Consumer
PPS13: Direct-to-consumer Platform - development of a B2B and B2C e-commerce platform, using computer vision and AI technology, extended reality, resulting in a virtual fitting room;
- WP4 - Data Interoperability
PPS14: T&C Digital Supply-chain Management - development of a digital infrastructure for data exchange between everyone in the supply chain, through an eBiz data interoperability standard;
- WP6 - Digital Product
PPS22: T&C Product Lifecycle Management 4.0 - development of digital technologies that support PLM 4.0 (Product Lifecycle Management)