1. SMART Automation Austria 2014
07.05.2014: Panel Discussion

2. Panel discussion at SMART Automation Austria
Industry 4.0
Chances, Potentials, Roadmap

3. Participants
Moderation: Mag. Monica Rintersbacher (Director LBA Leitgetriebe GmbH)
• Ing. Marcus Schellerer, Director Rittal GmbH
• Ing. Mag. Thomas Lutzky MBA, Director Phoenix Contact GmbH
• Mr. Hermann Obermair, Manager - Sales, B&R
• Ing. Walter Eichner MBA, Pilz GmbH
Mag. Monica Rintersbacher (LBA Leitgetriebe GmbH); Hermann Obermair (B&R)

4. Industry 4.0 has been on the agenda of SMART Automation in Austria. The
concept defines the fourth industrial revolution of a new level of
organization and control covering the entire value chain of the life-cycle of
products. The trend in the automation industry is increaslingly being shaped
by the individualization of customer requirements – from the initial idea to
development and design as well as manufacturing and the delivering and
use of the product right up to recycling.
The consideration is based on constant availability of relevant information
in real time through networking and coordination of all the entities involved
in the value chain and the ability of the data to derive the optimal flow value
at each point of time.

5. Statement B&R
According to the Industry 4.0 working group, Smart Factories and the
Internet of Things will be reality by 2025. B&R customers will not have to
wait nearly that long, however. The innovative specialist in the field of
automation offers technologies and solutions that make it possible to
implement tomorrow's machines and systems today.
The concepts of the future will thrive on the use of open technologies. This
requirement is already being met by B&R's Automation Studio software and
the open-source POWERLINK and openSAFETY standards. The APROL
process control system allows machinery to be quickly and safely
interconnected in order to optimize maintenance intervals, overall energy
efficiency and the load on individual machines. This is Industry 4.0 – up
close and personal.

6. An important step into the future for B&R is the Scalability+ concept,
advanced technology that maximizes the overall modularity and flexibility of
machines and systems and allows machine manufacturers to select a
hardware and software solution that best fits their automation needs – all
without having to enter into any kind of commitment. If the development
process determines that components or solutions need to be upgraded or
scaled down, this can be done at any time. Development work that has
already been completed is completely retained.
B&Rs modular Panel PC platform is an important component of
Scalability+. The newest system in this platform, the Panel PC 2100, was
presented to the public for the first time at the Hannover Messe 2014. All
2ndgeneration Automation Panels can be upgraded to a powerful Panel PC
system simply by installing the PC module. Taking advantage of innovative
Bay Trail architecture from Intel, the PC module is as compact as a
DVI/SDL receiver.

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