industry 4.0

Investment, productivity & innovation

Flexibility

More flexibility through the production of small batches to the cost of large-scale.

Speed

More speed from prototype to mass production through innovative technologies.

Productivity

Increased productivity through reduced set-up times, reduced errors and downtime.

Quality

Better quality and reduced waste by means of sensors that monitor the production in real time.

Competitiveness

Higher product competitiveness through increased functionality arising from the Internet of things.

Enabling

technologies

Advanced Manufact. Solutions

Collaborative robot interconnected and rapidly programmable

Additive Manufacturing

3D printers connected to digital development software

Augmented Reality

Augmented reality to support the production processes

Simulation

Simulation of interconnected machines to optimize processes

Horizontal/ Vertical Integration

Information integration along the value chain from the supplier to the consumer

Industrial Internet

Multidirectional communication between production processes and products

Cloud

Management of large amounts of data on open systems

Cyber Security

Security during the network operations and open systems

Big Data and Analytics

Analysis of a broad-based data to optimize products and production processes