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Fleischwirtschaft <strong>international</strong> 6_<strong>2017</strong><br />

Trade Fair<br />

Fair shows new generation of robots<br />

Up until 2020, the global stock of industry robots will increase from around 1.8<br />

mill. pieces in the year 2016 to over 3mill., with an upwards trend.<br />

Typical fields of application are pick and place applications, the handling<br />

between different production steps or follow-the-line applications.<br />

all be flying theirflags at the<br />

Cologne fair grounds. Butsolutions<br />

forefficient Industry 4.0<br />

processesand smartfactory<br />

scenarios are also under focus at<br />

the leading trade fair for the food<br />

and beverage industry.The<br />

special event Robotik-Pack-Line<br />

is thebestexample of the collaboration<br />

between first-class technology<br />

partners from different<br />

disciplines. Underthe motto<br />

"Digital Robotics" the automatic<br />

linewith acapacity of 80 strokes<br />

aminute will take over the complete<br />

packing process on-site –<br />

fromprimary,tosecondary<br />

packing,through to the palletisation<br />

–including an inline leakage<br />

test andcontaminant inspection.The<br />

theme robots in the<br />

food production sector will be<br />

addressed onthe first day of the<br />

tradefair in the scope of the<br />

Resource Efficiency Forum (1:00<br />

to 3:00 p.m.).<br />

Robot technology is abig part<br />

of Industry 4.0. Of course also<br />

other achievments are presented<br />

at the fair.Smart sensors and<br />

Cloud services are providing<br />

added value in the food industry<br />

step by step. The influence of the<br />

increasing digitalisation on the<br />

production of food is one of the<br />

central themes. Smart factories<br />

are to be set up in practically all<br />

industries of the food industry,<br />

where the machines and products<br />

organise, steer and control themselves<br />

autonomously.Whether<br />

Greenfield or Brownfield: The<br />

course in the direction of Industry<br />

4.0 is already being tread –<br />

now the task at hand is to solve<br />

the networking challenges. Smart<br />

sensors are the answer here.<br />

One example is the maintenance<br />

section, for instance predictive<br />

maintenance, where the<br />

machines have to independently<br />

report back information on their<br />

operational state to the maintenance<br />

personnel. Intelligent<br />

sensor systems take on akey role.<br />

In addition to values such as<br />

pressure, volumes and temperature,<br />

the artificial "sensory organs"<br />

also measure oscillations<br />

and vibrations. Based on this<br />

status data, the production is to<br />

monitor itself to alarge extent.<br />

Yetthis alone does not suffice.<br />

Industry 4.0-compatible sensors<br />

also have afurther interface in<br />

addition to outputs for the system<br />

control. This allows them to be<br />

linked up to Cloud services.<br />

Machines and process that are<br />

equipped with artificial intelligence<br />

create the prerequisite for<br />

more flexibility in the production.<br />

The visitors will be able to see<br />

how real the smart factory is and<br />

which challenges are involved in<br />

implementing the vision at the<br />

world's most important supplier<br />

trade fair of the food and beverage<br />

industry.<br />

Koelnmesse<br />

Koelnmesse is an <strong>international</strong><br />

leader in organising food fairs<br />

and events regarding food and<br />

beverage processing. Trade fairs<br />

such as the Anuga, ISM and<br />

Anuga FoodTec are established<br />

world leaders. Koelnmesse not<br />

only organises food trade fairs in<br />

Cologne, Germany,but also in<br />

further growth markets around<br />

the globe, for example, in Brazil,<br />

China, Colombia, India, Italy,<br />

Japan, Thailand, the United<br />

States and the United Arab Emirates,<br />

which have different focuses<br />

and contents than the<br />

German fairs.<br />

//www.anugafoodtec.com

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