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Editorial INDUSTRY EXAMPLES BOSCH’S CURRENT PROJECTS Driving Industry 4.0: With the upcoming fourth industrial revolution, manufacturing processes are looking to be streamlined and seamlessly connected to enhance productivity and quality control with lower energy needs. Showcasing an example at the Hannover Messe trade fair in April 2016, Bosch presented machinery, sensors and software to form one complete digitally connected factory. This included innovations such as a robotic arm that stops when someone gets too close, enabling machines and humans to work together without a protective barrier. Bosch’s IoT Cloud compares data from sensors, and once any deviation is identified, customers, suppliers and service providers are notified and alerted in real time. This minimises costly downstream consequences and production stoppages. A calculation algorithm produces forecasts/pre-emptive condition monitoring for large boiler plants. Modes of operation that lead to inefficiency, increased wear or unplanned downtime can then be identified at an early stage and avoided. Multi-sensor systems are used to record, process and transmit measurement parameters. Workpieces also fitted with these sensor systems so that each product will have its own blueprint and can report its manufacturing status, resulting in self-organising and self-monitoring production. Virtual power plants help run businesses at lower cost, mainly by planning, controlling and monitoring energy supply, energy consumption and energy storage. The Virtual Power Plant Manager provides a single solution designed to optimise network stability and maximise energy trading revenues. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (3D PRINTING) AT DMG MORI DMG Mori’s LASERTEC 65 3D machine, which offers a hybrid solution for combined additive manufacture and 5-axis milling. This process for deposition uses a co-axial powder nozzle for the additive process. On larger components, the process can be over 10 times faster than the generation with a powder bed machine. With most structural components, 95% of the material is removed by milling, but by additive processors, material is only built up where is it needed, saving costs and raw materials. This process also allows successive layers to be built thinly, even alternating materials between each layer. This, combined with the precision, allows a wide variety of 3D components to be built with accuracy and cost-efficiency. SPOTLIGHT ON GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES Automation Nation The German government launched the Industrie 4.0 initiative in 2013, pledging EUR200 million in research aimed at helping domestic manufacturers. Particular attention is paid to the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) forming the backbone of the German economy. The initiative is attempting to adopt new technologies and maintain leading market positions in the face of growing competition from international tech giants. The Mittelstand 4.0 Initiative In September 2015, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy announced the launch of the first five competence centres aimed at helping small and medium-sized companies to go digital as part of the government’s Mittelstand initiative, which focuses specifically on SMEs. The first centres will be established in the states of Berlin/Brandenburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Rhineland-Palatinate in partnership with industry associations, leading universities and research centres, including the Technical University of Darmstadt, the Leibniz University of Hannover, Fraunhofer Institute, and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Up to 16 centres are planned for the next year. 26
SGC CONFERENCE: INDUSTRIE 4.0 FOR SINGAPORE MANUFACTURERS- AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FACTORY OF THE FUTURE In June 2016, the Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SGC) organised a conference on Industrie 4.0. targeting small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in Singapore. The aim was to facilitate and enable the exchange of ideas and technologies between Singaporean and German businesses. The presentations given by various experts with different backgrounds gave an introduction and guide to getting started with smart manufacturing. It was emphasised that SMEs need not invest in costly hightechnology, but can start small by solving operational challenges with innovative solutions. It was after all, through those innovative solutions that key technologies such as artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, autonomous robotics, genomics or nanotechnology arose, and this will lead us to the fourth industrial revolution. Additionally, the Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, attended this event and talked about Industrie 4.0 in the current context of both respective countries. He emphasised the role of Industrie 4.0 as one aspect of the fourth industrial revolution and how the government has and will continue to contribute to the successful participation of the Singaporean industry in this movement. References: — DMG Mori Singapore Pte Ltd, 2015. Additive manufacture of 3D components in finished part quality at the Open House Singapore. Online]. — Germany Trade & Invest, 2014. Industrie 4.0- What is it?. Industrie 4.0: Smart Manufacturinbg for the Future, July, pp. 6-7. — Germany Trade & Invest, 2016. Welcome to the Future. markets Germany, Issue 1, pp. 26-27. — Robert Bosch GmbH, 2013. Bosch presents Condition Monitoring basic for industrial boilers. [Online] Available at: http://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/en/bosch-presents-condition-monitoring-basic-for-industrial-boilers-42125.html [Accessed 13 September 2016]. — Robert Bosch GmbH, 2015. Asenkerschbaumer: connectivity offers great opportunities for logistics. [Online] Available at: http://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/en/asenkerschbaumer-connectivity-offers-great-opportunities-for-logistics-43118.html [Accessed 13 September 2016]. — Robert Bosch GmbH, 2016. Connected sensors, machinery, and software: Bosch offers Industry4.0 from a single source. [Online] Available at: http://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/en/connected-sensors-machinery-and-software-bosch-offers-industry4-0-from-a-singlesource-44871.html [Accessed 13 September 2016]. — Robert Bosch GmbH, 2016. Intelligent cross-linking of distributed energy facilities. [Online] Available at: https://www.bosch-si.com/solutions/energy-management/virtual-power-plant/solution.html [Accessed 13 September 2016]. — Robert Bosch GmbH, 2016. Intelligent sensor systems for Industry 4.0. [Online] Available at: http://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/en/intelligent-sensor-systems-for-industry-4-0-44893.html [Accessed 13 September 2016]. — The Boston Consulting Group, 2015. Industry 4.0 – The Future of Productivity and Growth in Manufacturing Industries. [Online] Available at: http://www.bcg.com.cn/export/sites/default/en/files/publications/reports_pdf/BCG_Industry_40_Future_of_Pro [Accessed 20 July 2016]. SGC Business Magazine 2016/2017 27
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