Description of Centre

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Areas of Activities

Main areas of interest:

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Autonomous and Predictive Operation of Processes achieved by developments within:

• Advanced Data Analytics incl. smooth data pre-treatment, handling and AI.

• Real-time Sensing, Sensor technology and soft sensors and excellence within OEE1

• Communication Network Intelligence

• Robotics for Autonomous Systems

• Competence and Lean Digital

Working areas within the defined interests

• Facilitate increased internal Digital Competence and innovation in the member companies.

• Increased awareness on use and exploitation of opportunities - existing and emerging.

• Transfer of generic technology– internal and among members and branches.

• Joint RTD2 projects on digitalisation – share costs including RCN3 and EU financing

• Develop SMB Technology suppliers for long term relations with industry.

• Scaling of tested technology including results from on-going projects.

• Sharing knowledge and best practices among the members.

• Sustainable and cost-efficient use of digitalisation with emphasis of stable and predictive production with an optimized OEE.

The industrial needs are the overall targets for DigiPro

• Social awareness – adapt to UN's Sustainable Development Goals

• Circular economy - resource efficiency in the value chain

• Cost efficiency - Optimised specific energy by a minimum of environmental footprint

• Effective development - of new processes, products, logistics and working processes

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1 OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency

2 RTD: Research, Technology, Development

3 RCN: Research Council Norway (Norges Forskningsråd)