SmartFactory-KL

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Industry 4.0 system of the SmartFactory-KL partner consortium

The technology initiative SmartFactory KL eV ( SmartFactory KL ) is a non-profit association founded in 2005 which, together with partners from research and industry, implements research and development projects on the subject of Industry 4.0 . The work extends from the development and definition of the Industry 4.0 vision to its implementation.

Activities and meaning

The concept of the association is to act as the world's first manufacturer-independent demonstration and research platform and to test innovative information and communication technologies ( ICT ) in realistic industrial production environments, so-called model factories. By networking individual systems in the production environment via the Internet of Things and Services, the association researches and develops the intelligent factory of the future, the so-called smart factory . The SmartFactory KL also meets with great interest in companies internationally, such as in the USA, Chile or Korea .

The Kaiserslautern- based association has around 50 members - from international companies to medium-sized companies to research institutions and universities from all over the world. The association is supported by the active and financial participation of its members as well as the support of sponsors.

Since it was founded, SmartFactory KL has been working with the Innovative Factory Systems (IFS) research division of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the Technical University of Kaiserslautern . Detlef Zühlke is the main initiator of the SmartFactory-KL and was chairman of the board until May 7, 2019. His successor in the office of CEO is Prof. Dr. Martin Ruskowski. As early as 2017, Ruskowski took over the duties as holder of the newly named Chair for Machine Tools and Controls (WSKL) at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and as head of the research area Innovative Factory Systems at DFKI.

history

The association was founded on June 10, 2005 in Kaiserslautern by seven partners from industry and science. The founding members included: Siemens , KSB , BASF , Pepperl + Fuchs , ProMinent , TU Kaiserslautern and DFKI . In March 2006, the partner consortium, led by BASF, Siemens and Pepperl + Fuchs, began designing the demonstration factory.

The official opening of the SmartFactory KL - the first manufacturer-independent demonstration and development center for the industrial application of the most modern information technologies in Europe - took place on July 9, 2006. In 2007, the SmartFactory KL was named the “Excellent Place 2007” by the “Germany - Land of Ideas” initiative “Appointed.

In April 2012, the “Keyfinder” demonstration system from SmartFactory KL was presented for the first time as a central exhibit at the Industrial IT Forum at the Hanover Fair . In 2013, the “Keyfinder” system with a networked Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) control was also presented at the Hanover Fair. Based on the exemplary production of a key finder, the relevant content of the emerging 4th industrial revolution could be illustrated for the first time.

Since 2014, SmartFactory KL has been presenting its Industry 4.0 demonstrator at the Hanover Fair every year, which combines automation technology and information technology to illustrate various aspects of Industry 4.0 in production, such as modularity , flexibility, standards , interfaces and batch size 1. It is This is a system that was developed and built for the first time by a manufacturer-independent system that was created in line with the association's network concept. The system is constantly being further developed by the member companies.

In 2016, the association was appointed consortium leader of the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center in Kaiserslautern by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy . With the DFKI, the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and the Institute for Technology and Work eV , other experts from the region are involved as project partners. The aim here is to support small and medium-sized companies in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland in digitizing and implementing Industry 4.0 ideas.

Industry 4.0 demonstrator

The Industry 4.0 system of the SmartFactory KL partner consortium is an intelligent factory that enables highly flexible automated production based on the motto "Plug & Produce" (based on the same idea as " Plug & Play "). The system consists of production modules, a higher-level infrastructure and IT systems. The system is completely suitable for industry and demonstrates Industry 4.0 topics such as scalable, modular automation , employee support, predictive maintenance (as a preliminary stage to smart maintenance ) and failure-free maintenance.

Uniform standards defined in the consortium and therefore manufacturer-independent ensure the aggregation and collaboration of the individual production and infrastructure modules as well as IT services . For demonstration purposes, the system produces individual business card holders in batch size 1. Each product controls its own production via an integrated RFID tag by transmitting its individual specifications to the individual modules.

Members

Overall, the SmartFactory KL consists of more than 50 members from industry and science. The partner consortium of the SmartFactory KL Industry 4.0 plant comprises 15 of these member companies, which offer hardware components and systems, software solutions and services related to production automation. These include: B&R , Bosch Rexroth , EPLAN , Festo , Harting , Huawei , IBM , KIST Europe , Mettler Toledo , MiniTec, Phoenix Contact , Pilz , ProAlpha , TÜV SÜD and Weidmüller . A detailed list of members can be viewed on the SmartFactory KL website .

further reading

Individual evidence

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  12. ↑ Schaal Sebastian: The struggle for the factory of the future . In: Wirtschaftswoche online . April 16, 2015, accessed February 6, 2017.
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  14. ↑ Urban, Udo: Kick-Off for the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center . In. Ke-next online . May 13, 2016, accessed February 1, 2017.
  15. ↑ Loskyll, Matthias: From vision to reality . In: IT & Production . No. 04, 2014, pp. 58–59.
  16. ↑ Honsel, Gregor: Double produces better . In: Technology Review . July 8, 2009, accessed February 1, 2017.
  17. ^ SmartFactory-KL: Members and sponsors

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