ENGEL to show optimal use of Industry 4.0 packages at CHINAPLAS 2016

Productivity, quality and flexibility are decisive for a competitive edge. But to achieve optimal results, it is no longer enough to deploy the best injection molding equipment; it is all about leveraging its maximum potential. This is the fundamental goal at the focus of the fourth industrial revolution that has come to be known as Industry 4.0. 

 

As Mr. Gero Willmeroth, Sales and Service President at ENGEL Machinery (Shanghai) said, Industry 4.0 is no longer just a buzzword, but rather a trend that is getting increasing attention among ENGEL customers. He further said that the company's CHINAPLAS exhibit focuses on the possibilities and opportunities that Industry 4.0 opens up for visitors as ENGEL views itself as a partner helping customers to make the best possible use of these opportunities. 

 

For ENGEL, Industry 4.0 is not a new issue, but is already long-established daily practice in many areas. And under the inject 4.0 brand, ENGEL is bundling the products and services that are already available today together with coming products and services that help turn a manufacturing operation into a smart factory. With the help of the networking and integration of production systems, the systematic exploitation of process and production data and the use of decentralized, intelligent production systems, the manufacturing processes in a smart factory continuously optimise themselves and make it possible to react very flexibly to the ever more quickly changing requirements. At its stand, ENGEL is presenting just what this can look like for all three areas of the smart factory – smart production, smart services and smart machines. Numerous live demonstrations bring some transparency into the often quite intangible world of Industry 4.0 and make the factory of tomorrow a real experience today.

 

 

During the four days of the trade fair, the parameters from all the production cells in operation at the ENGEL stand are gathered by a central master computer where the ENGEL e‑factory MES solution is running. It provides features for scheduling jobs, querying the status of the injection moulding machines, and creating quality reports and documentation (smart production). At the same time, the exhibit visitors are given insights into how maintenance and servicing tasks can be completed online via remote connection, thus saving the processor time and costs and increasing the machine availability of the production cell (smart services). At the ENGEL trade fair stand, smart machines will be shown working in a smart way. For example, the iQ weight control and iQ clamp control software solutions enhance process stability by continually analysing the plasticising and moulding process, automatically adjusting quality-relevant parameters in case of deviations from target values.

 

The inject 4.0 products that lead to optimal overall results differ for each injection moulding task, each company and each location – another fact that will become clear at the ENGEL trade fair stand. "The modular concept allows our customers to start with a solution adapted to their individual requirements at any time and then gradually develop it further," as Willmeroth emphasises. "There is no need to start with a full solution right from day one. Optimising manufacturing processes starts with the individual machines and can reach all the way up to a global production network."

 

At CHINAPLAS, ENGEL is set to demonstrate also its injection molding machines at work. As a single source supplier, the family-owned company provides turnkey manufacturing cells for sophisticated applications which in addition to injection molding machines also include automation, process technology, the mould and further peripheral equipment. Besides the injection moulding machines, various types of robots and process technologies also stem from ENGEL's own development. Among other things, ENGEL demonstrates its great system solution and technology expertise at Chinaplas with an application for various industries such as packaging and automotive.  

 

ENGEL Machinery (Shanghai)

Tel: +86-21 5151 9292

Fax: +86-21 5151 9298

E-mail: info.cn@engel.at

Website: www.engelglobal.com/cn

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