Industry 4.0 is irreversible – The change in production infrastructure has already begun.
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1) Interview about Industry 4.0 with our Chairperson, Frank Egersdörfer 2) New Product Feature: Improved layer planning with Cosmino 3) Lean Material Flow – a forum held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Academy in Munich 4) Information events[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Interview about Industry 4.0 with our Chairperson, Frank Egersdörfer
Mr. Egersdörfer has led COSMINO AG for almost 26 years and, in doing so, experienced and supported many development trends, like statistical process control, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and the progress of automation overall.
A new wave of development is now approaching us using the keyword “Industry 4.0″. Is Industry 4.0 comparable or are we in fact talking about a fourth industrial revolution?
Mr. Egersdörfer answers: “The first issue to be determined is what is an industrial revolution? People can talk about a revolution related to IT tools themselves, because established data management tools like relational databases will no longer suffice for working with Industry 4.0. In relation to production, I believe that we are talking less about a revolution and more about an evolution.”
Will manufacturing in the Age of Industry 4.0 become more independent controlled without people?
Mr. Egersdörfer: “No, definitely not. People will get powerful navigational tools for moving products, components and product carries optimally through the production process. We might call them intelligent real-time navigation modules, which will help the operators, but not replace them.”
[/vc_column_text][vc_button title="Read More" target="_self" color="wpb_button" icon="none" size="wpb_regularsize" href="https://www.cosmino.de/en/news/interview-industry-4-0-chairperson-frank-egersdorfer/" el_class="custom_btn2 btn_space"][vc_column_text]New Product Feature: Improved layer planning with Cosmino
So far, only one layer model per job could be active as a starting point for the productivity and effectiveness of accounting in the Cosmino software; a change in the later model had to be done in the master data and and would be validated immediately. For this reason, a new user-friendly layer model was programmed which is prepared for all known feature in layer planning. 1) With the improved shift scheduling of different layer models for a system be valid and be scheduled individually on the indivual days and weeks. For the entire planning horizon, layer models via a simple calendar function are allocated.
Figure 1: This layer model shows the productive layers (green), flexi-layers (pink), and free layers (gray)
2) The number of breaks is increased. One to up to six breaks per shift can not be assigned. All known later models created by the customers are well supported.
3) The subsequent filling of the idle time is completely eliminated because the software's unused layers are recognized as "non-planning". Active system statuses during this period such as "unfinished shift maintenance" or faults are recorded correctly.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]