KraussMaffei offers custom-made networking with Plastics 4.0

Presentations at K 2016

"Industry 4.0 gives plastics processors of any size tremendous opportunities to optimize their value chain and production reliability, increase output and take advantage of potential savings. At K 2016 we presented numerous solutions and the newest developments from the areas of Intelligent Machines, Networked Production Processes and Interactive Services that help our customers use the potential of Industry 4.0 to their own advantage," says Dr. Hans Ulrich Golz, President of the Injection Molding Machinery segment of the KraussMaffei Group and Managing Director of Krauss-Maffei.

Intelligent machines

An example from the Intelligent Machines area is the new expanded function APC Plus. A great advantage of the APC function (Adaptive Process Control) introduced at the Fakuma trade show in 2014: It detects process fluctuations that can be caused by changing ambient conditions or fluctuating viscosity, and takes countermeasures automatically. Along with the processing of thermoplastics, the APC function is now also suitable for multi-component injection molding and processing silicone. In the enhanced version, APC Plus, it provides numerous new, intelligent features, such as taking into account the specific behavior of the raw material.

Three strong pillars for implementing Industry 4.0

Under the name Plastics 4.0, the KraussMaffei Group bundles its solutions into three categories: Intelligent Machines, Integrated Production and Interactive Services. Intelligent Machines represents intelligent, self-optimizing machines, which improve productivity and quality. Integrated Production symbolizes seamlessly networked production, in which the individual machines and components communicate with each other and autonomously control the processes accordingly. Interactive Services must in turn be equated with systems and services based on state-of-the-art communication technologies in the environment of fast and globally active service.

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