The document discusses key aspects of integrated industry and the fourth industrial revolution. It describes how industrial companies can generate their own power through decentralized energy grids. It highlights new technologies like smart factories that are fully networked and intelligent, additive manufacturing, industrial internet of things, human-machine collaboration, and smart robots. It also discusses challenges around data security, standards, and changing business models in this new integrated industrial landscape.
2. Integrated Industry
Key challenges of the fourth industrial revolution – such as
achieving universal standards for machine-to-machine
communication, maintaining data security and finding new
business models – can be mastered only through collective
endeavor in networks.
The Factory of the Future is intelligent and fully networked.
Conventional Mechanical Engineering meets IT, creating new
worlds.
Specific Solutions for Integrated Industry are available.
3. Industrial Companies and Private Individuals can generate their own power
supplies and sell their surplus power on a decentralized power supply system.
So in Integrated Energy Grids, the traditional power companies are not the sole
stakeholders.
13. Depending on utilization, Smart factories will supply themselves
autonomously and dynamically with electricity, switching providers
depending on utilization.
An individual mix of wind, hydroelectric, solar and Biogas will improve
Industrial economy and make it greener.
Salt River Project (SRP), a utility serving over 1 million homes and
businesses in and around Phoenix, Arizona, has connected its power plants
and electrical grid to SmartSignal, GE software that can monitor turbines,
generators and other machines and minimize unplanned downtime. This is
important because like an undiagnosed illness leading to hospitalization,
unplanned downtime is expensive.
The world’s power plants could save some $80 billion annually if they
operated near their potential
15. Application Specific Research
In materials research, organic materials are replacing established materials
bacteria and enzymes
are being used industrially
19. Virtual Reality Systems with Mechanical
CAD and ECAD
Tools for mechanical CAD and E-CAD are already networked with virtual reality
systems.
Plans designed using these systems can be processed immediately
20. 3 D simulation of component and product models is becoming increasingly diverse
and,
Makes sense for more and more applications
From tiny screws to complete factories.
23. Additive Manufacturing
Batch size 1 approach
Saves time and costs in Manufacturing
Even components and goods which could not be produced with traditional
methods can now be manufactured
Range of materials is also virtually
unlimited.
24. Product Lifecycle Management
Manufacturing companies now digitize every part of their value chains
PLM reduces development times with integrated demand management and
supports innovative system and smart engineering approaches
PLM can integrate seamlessly with ERP
28. Sensor Technology
Thousands and thousands of measurement systems and control components with
sensor functions are taking over factories – a key foundation for full networking
29. Powerful Joining Technologies
Increasing requirements on joints in combination with new materials and materials
combinations in many high-tech branches have led to a situation where adhesive
bonding becomes the preferred joining method.
Powerful Joining Technologies push the strength and stability properties of
conventional and new material's to their limits.
Rotor for an electric motor with bonded
magnets
30. Industrial Image Processing
Whether for inspection and quality assessment, gap measurement , position
sensing for robots or simply for scanning codes – IIP has gained a foothold
everywhere
Camera and laser technologies work with innovative software and can find even as-
yet unknown deviations and errors using neural networks.
31. Light weight Construction
New materials and new productions methods with the accelerated search for more
efficient components are helping light weight construction
Carbon and graphene are creating a revolution
Most promising future use of graphene is in the production of lightweight, yet
super strong composite materials.
Carbon nanotubes are just layers of graphene wrapped into perfect cylinders.
Carbon nanofibers are also made from layers of graphene, this time arranged into
the shapes of stacked cones, cups, or plates.
32. Bionics
The study of mechanical systems that function like living organisms or parts of
living organisms.
33. Smart Materials
Materials Harder than steel but lighter than feathers
Self Healing components
Programmable materials, Shape Memory Alloys
34. Adaptronics (Smart Structures)
Adaptronic structures and systems can adapt automatically to variable operating
and environmental conditions through the use of feedback control.
36. Machine Machine Communication
M2M communication is an important aspect of warehouse management, remote
control, robotics, traffic control, logistic services, supply chain management, fleet
management and telemedicine. It forms the basis for a concept known as
the Internet of Things (IoT).
37. Smart Factory
Manufacturing systems share production
data with systems : every element in
intelligent factories is networked with every
other element.
39. Drive Components
Innovative, efficient electric motors, pneumatic systems and more versatile drive
components are becoming essential elements of the automation arms race.
This is equally true in bulk goods production and the process industry.
43. Smart Robots - Cobots
Cobots which are networked with one another not only automate processes, they
already work safely hand in hand with humans.
They are aware of their environment, utilize advanced sensor technology
effectively (for example 3D vision) and are powered by smart software.
Smart robots can adjust their motion to changes in the surroundings, for example
products which are placed differently or are shaped differently.
48. Process Automation
Companies in the process industry must innovate constantly to remain competitive.
They strive to reduce plant costs and need to fulfil stricter environmental
guidelines.
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50. Cyber Security
Who actually owns the data in the Internet of Things?
How can I keep hackers at bay?
Do I need to amend patent laws?
How is labour law affected when machines and humans work together.
Who is liable when smart factories make mistakes?