Acronym: PreMETS
Project Title: Predictive Maintenance Education & Training System An alliance for boosting the European Innovation in Predictive Maintenance through entrepreneurial cooperation, education, and training.
Duration: 36 months (01/07/2023 - 30/06/2026)
Description: Predictive Maintenance (PM) is regarded as a critical component in the optimisation of primary resources utilised within the economy and vital infrastructure systems, all while addressing the pressing issue of climate change. Currently, comprehensive PM curricula are conspicuously absent in industry, academia, and vocational education and training (VET). PM is crucial for optimizing economic resources and fundamental infrastructure systems. Its primary function is to foresee and prevent critical infrastructure breakdowns or failures through digital approaches.
Predictive Maintenance offers numerous positive economic and social benefits:
- Enhanced human safety
- Increased infrastructure resilience
- Energy and resource savings
Comprehensive Predictive Maintenance Systems (PMS): PMS is especially critical for transportation infrastructure and equipment. It prioritizes human safety and resource preservation. A lack of innovation, expertise, and training can lead to catastrophic disasters.
Costs of Downtime: Various industries are affected, including Aerospace, Manufacturing, Shipping, and Wind Energy.
Downtime costs per hour:
- Aerospace: €8,532 per aircraft
- Manufacturing: €221,841
- Shipping: €1,369 per drillship
- Wind Energy: €970,320
Objectives: The objectives of the PreMETS project involve the establishment of an alliance aimed at the enhancement of European Innovation in Predictive Maintenance through collaborative entrepreneurship, education, and training. The primary goal is to create a cohesive digital platform encompassing all facets of the PM process. Within this context, the general objectives of PreMETS, aligned with the call’s objectives, are as follows:
- An innovative cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral PM education toolkit will be developed (compliant with ECTS and ECVET standards) for the training of more than 1,000 PM learners, including students and VET participants, during the project’s implementation.
- Create an advanced toolkit tailored for PM trainers across various domains, including higher education, vocational education, and corporate training. This resource is anticipated to be adopted by more than 250 trainers during the project’s implementation.
- Establish a micro-credential certification framework for PM-related micro-courses. This framework will enable at least 500 learners, encompassing students, VET participants, and the workforce, to receive certifications that formally recognize their acquired skills.
- Develop a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary platform that integrates the PM education toolkit, the toolkit for PM trainers, the micro-credential certification system, an embedded lifecycle analysis process calculation service (which learners can utilise to assess various resilient PM strategies’ environmental, social, and economic impacts), and a virtual space designed for the deployment of blended Teaching Factories.
- Pilot the training courses and the platform through innovative work-based learning, incorporating blended apprenticeship secondments. These initiatives will bring together a diverse group of learners from academia, VET, and industry, under the guidance of trainers and experts. They will have the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge in cyber-physical industrial settings, facilitating hands-on experience and skill development.
For further information, please visit the PreMETS website.
HIT key role and responsibilities:CERTH/HIT is the coordinator of the PreMETS project and the leader of the work package WP4 - "PreMETS Predictive Manufacturing Platform". The objective of this work package is to develop a cross-disciplinary platform, plus develop, test and integrate the platform modules/services; confirm the platform requirement analysis (functional and technical) performed in the preparation phase and finally populate the platform with content and prepare it for the pilots.
Contact person:
Dr. Afroditi Anagnostopoulou
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+30 212 1069 828
Attila Akac
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+30 211 0130 489
