Future-proofing a 120-year old marble quarry
COREbeat is digitally transforming Marini Marmi,
a historic marble quarry in the north of Italy.
Future-proofing a 120-year old marble quarry
Author: Alexandros Patrikios
July 5th 2024
Our sustainable future relies on longevity, which can be ensured through the meaningful restoration and modernisation of our historic past. That is the case for Marini Marmi, a historic stone transformation facility in the North of Italy, which has supplied material for a variety of big structures with significant heritage impact all over the World.
COREbeat is helping this historic facility modernise its legacy equipment and machinery, through the use of cutting-edge predictive maintenance algorithms.
The Dig_IT project
CORE Group’s collaboration with Marini Marmi stems from the Dig_IT project, a Horizon 2020-funded project which aims to address the needs of the mining industry, moving forward towards a sustainable use of resources while keeping people and environment at the forefront. The Marini use-case of the Dig_IT project aims to reduce unpredicted downtime contributing to overall productivity optimisation.
Where COREbeat comes in
COREbeat, CORE Group’s flagship predictive maintenance solution, promises to eliminate downtimes through the use of Deep Learning algorithms. Offering a 360-solution, COREbeat comprises compact hardware, AI-infused software and an intuitive web and mobile UI and has been applied to many production lines across Europe. Its capabilities present Marini Marmi with a pivotal next step in the digitalisation of their facilities.
At the Marini Marmi quarry, COREbeat has been installed in different assets of a large-scale marble-cutting engine. Installation took less than 2 hours, and Marini employees could immediately monitor the behavior of their gang saw. In less than 6 weeks, COREbeat’s predictive maintenance capabilities also became available.
When things break down
After the initial installation and training period, the quarry’s employees received a notification, informing them that one of the parts was in critical condition and required immediate attention. In just one week, the part was now in critical condition, with a COREbeat’s health score below 10% indicating that it is time for maintenance. The factory staff scheduled maintenance for the machine 4 days later, and the machine kept working for another 3 days, breaking down within the indicated timeframe. The results were highly positive for COREbeat, but the Marini Marmi staff were faced with delays that might have been prevented.
Find out more
COREbeat is still up and running at Marini Marmi through the Dig_IT project. If you’re interested in finding out more about Dig_IT, you can follow the project’s dedicated page on social media. For all the rest of our 40+ EU research projects, you can find more information on our dedicated webpage.
