In 2018 the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) together with the Liguria Region signed the Innovation Agreement in relation to Ansaldo Energia's "Lighthouse Plant" project.
The agreement outlines that the investment, in addition to the incentives provided for by the Industry 4.0 Plan, will receive a contribution of 25% of the total (20% MISE and 5% Liguria Region).
The Intelligent Factory Cluster managed the identification, on behalf of MISE, of the Lighthouse Plant Enterprise 4.0 (Lighthouse Plant), leading to the selection of Ansaldo Energia as one of the first two Lighthouse Plants finalists.
Ansaldo Energia has invested a total of 14 million euros in a three-year industrial research and development plan, based on the development and application of the main digital technologies covered by Industry 4.0 to the entire production process of its two production sites in Genoa (Campi and Cornigliano).
The terms of the Innovation Agreement signed today by MISE and the Liguria Region provide that Ansaldo Energia’s investment – in addition to the incentives provided for by the 4.0 Business Plan – will be eligible for a contribution equal to 25% of the total (20% MISE and 5% Liguria Region).
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- Pilot project development for man down detection: study and pilot site analysis for the design of the best solution for the detection of the voluntary (SOS) or involuntary (man down) emergency event using the inertial platform present inside the wearable device and networks.
- Extension of the safety solution for workers throughout the 100 thousand meters squared area of the Ansaldo Energia plant.
The solution fully exploits the potential of Smart Track’s IoT Connected Worker platform with the management of worker safety in complex and multi-site environments in a single web application called SmartStudio.
Numerous floor plans of the Ansaldo Energia plant were digitized with the loading of maps into SmartStudio and 150 anchors were installed to geolocate emergency events.
Following an alarm event, the WeTAG wearable device exchanges information with the anchors installed within the site to communicate its georeferenced position to the central server. The related alarm notification appears on the SmartStudio application, which can be accessed in various Ansaldo Energia points such as the infirmary and the concierge, displaying the floor plan showing a geolocated emergency event.
At the same instant, alarm messages are sent to the security officers via email and chatbot on Telegram, WhatsApp, and mobile phone calls to minimize intervention times and send help quickly.
