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Germany - Two prototypes of a machining centre show the way towards digital production. The networked machines are equipped with sensors which initially supply the data. Intelligent evaluation in correlation with other data provides a new quality of statement of the machine status. By Jörg-Oliver Hestermann, Schaeffler Technologies
In order to raise the efficiency of production machines, it is logical to use the digitalisation of the value creation chain for highly promising solutional approaches. The main focus here is on providing data and corresponding evaluation processes which make the machine status more secure and can determine the characteristics of the workpiece more accurately. This is said to create added value for the machine operator in the form, for example, of higher machine availability, better machine utilisation, optimisation of production and process, or the possibility of judging the quality of the workpiece during or directly after production.