Exploring the full potential of Industry 4.0 in plastics processing

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1 INSTITUT FÜR KUNSTSTOFFVERARBEITUNG IN INDUSTRIE UND HANDWERK AN DER RWTH AACHEN Exploring the full potential of Industry 4.0 in plastics processing Joint potential analysis and readiness study (Arburg)

2 Why is Industry 4.0 important to your business? An enhanced interconnection enables you to react quickly on quality issues and hardly predictable customer demands! Production data is valuable and a targeted analysis enables you to increase production efficiency and lower reject rates! Digitalisation helps you to monitor and control your whole business from everywhere at every time! Traceability is highly demanded in Customer Relations, so you need to serve information about every single step in the product lifecycle! Your core business is threatened by new innovative start-ups and customer-centric business models! 2 Industry 4.0 will have a tremendous effect on all industries

3 How to benefit from new developments? To benefit from Industry 4.0 and related developments you have to identify your status quo determine your roadmap perpetuate innovation Explore your individual capability to implement new technologies in digitalisation Generate industry-specific indicators to measure your advances Recognise current targets and challenges in your company Elaborate suitable recommendations for your individual readiness Define your individual approach to Industry 4.0 Detect upcoming trends and demands that need to be addressed Create your own success story and gain advantages by digitalisation It was Kevin Ashton (1999), who had the vision of the Internet of Things (IoT) as an environment of interconnected devices and affordable automatised services. 3

4 Who do we address? Industry 4.0 was integrated in the new high-tech strategy by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2013 to refer to significant changes in industrial production systems until OEMs Qualify your suppliers for implementing new technologies to achieve seamless traceability for high-critical products. Suppliers and plastics processors Determine your own Maturity Index to explore the next steps in the implementation of Industry 4.0 to improve your processes and achieve a consistent information transfer. Software developer Provide future software tools that are able to interconnect with several systems and ensure a smooth implementation in every company. Machine manufacturer Prepare machines for the integration and enhanced communication with new planning and development tools. Automotive Medical and healthcare Consumer, sports and design Electronics and industrial Transportation and logistics 4 The readiness study offers many benefits especially to processors of different sectors

5 What is your status quo in Industry 4.0? Characteristics in plastics processing Way to take advantage from Industry 4.0 in full amount Processes are already highly automatised with a huge amount of accessible data Traceability for batches is required rather than for single products Strong customer-client relationships are common and important to maintain Process data is used retrospectively to ensure smooth running of processes Today 2025 Chances due to an enhanced digitalisation in production Predict the final part quality and react to fluctuations instantly to avoid rejects Gain competitive advantages by customer-oriented service models But which fields of business are affected by Industry 4.0? which technologies are suited for your business? what s the economical benefit of it? 5

6 Aims and intentions of the joint study We want to support you in exploiting the potential of Industry 4.0 for your individual business. determining your individual capabilities and your readiness to implement Industry 4.0 technologies. selecting feasible and profitable investments. setting the agenda in your technological roadmap. getting in touch with experts and young professionals. Therefore we will identify challenges and opportunities. examine technologies and use cases. evaluate technological possibilities and economical benefits. In comparison to the IoT, Industry 4.0 focuses on production environments and the interconnection of production systems rather than on the private sector 6 The readiness study empowers you to identify and adopt success stories

7 Expected outcome and results Development of an industry-specific Maturity Index Model in plastics processing Comprehensive set of key performance indicators Analysis of technologies and realistic use cases Feasible recommendations at each level Identification of applicable best practices for the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 Deduction of company-specific roadmaps for a continuous innovation management Establishment of the Maturity Index Model as the basis for an upcoming strategic positioning 7

8 A systematic approach of collaboration To avoid lock-in-effects and unprofitable investments, a strategic approach for the implementation of Industry 4.0 is needed a Maturity Index Model is the method of choice 3 Months 5 Months 4 Months Timeline W Q W W W W W Stage 1 M Stage 2 M Stage 3 M Kick-Off June 2018 Report meeting September 2018 Report meeting February 2019 Final meeting June 2019 Deliverables Status quo Challenges Use cases Business models Technology analysis Maturity indicators Elaboration of an adjusted Maturity Index Model Company-specific roadmap Feasible recommendations Implementation strategies 8 Q: Questionnaire W: Workshop M: Milestone

9 Study achievements and future prospective Stage 1: Pilot study and use case analysis (including workshops to identify challenges and business models that might be affected) Stage 2: Maturity Index Model (technological analysis and definition of maturity indicators) Stage 3: Elaboration of a roadmap (enhancement of the Maturity Model by recommendations for implementation) Phase 1 Timeline phase 1 Call for partners: Q1 + Q Webinar for potential participants: 23 March 2018 Kick-off: 11 June st Report meeting: 17 September nd Report meeting: February 2019 Final meeting: June 2019 Conceptional design of new business models from industrial demands Phase 2 Investment phase 1 The total investment per participant 15,000 excl. VAT Building a community of system suppliers, experts and young professionals Phase 3 9

10 The Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University Founded in 1950, the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and the Skilled Crafts at RWTH Aachen University is the world's leading institute in research and education in plastics technology. An extraordinary international network in industry and science, the cutting-edge technical equipment and more than 300 highly motivated employees shape the future of plastics technology. The close integration and interaction of research, education and industrial practice distinguish the work of IKV. The Sponsors' Association, the supporting industry network of IKV since its foundation, brings together 290 international member companies and organisations from the entire plastics industry. Always in close exchange with IKV, they are deeply involved in cooperative projects and benefit directly from research, events and employee qualification. Laboratories and technical centres Injection moulding Extrusion and rubber technology Additive manufacturing Composites and polyurethane technology Part design and materials technology Surface technology Centre for analysis and testing of plastics Part testing Damage analysis Material characterisation Academy of plastics technology Development of training courses Technology transfer Seminars and conferences 10

11 Why select IKV as your partner in Industry 4.0 for the plastics processing industry? Competence in plastics technology at IKV IKV is a pioneer in plastics product development with almost 70 years of experience in materials science, simulation and processing technology. Basic and applied research for industrial requirements and the transfer of knowledge are the main pillars of our success. We make use of our broad network into research and all areas of the plastics industry. IKV is a strong partner of RWTH Aachen University, Europe's leading technical university in materials and production engineering. At the Campus Melaten, we are located in a vital and inspiring joint research environment of industry and world-class institutes. Within the working group for Industry 4.0 in Plastics Processing, we have the vision of becoming the worldwide leading partner in research and development for visionary applications in research, economy and innovative start-ups. Therefore, we support our partners in developing interconnected production environments regarding data and material processing by collaborating in interdisciplinary projects and building up a huge network of experts and young professionals in the field of Industry 4.0. The IKV technical centers provide state of the art equipment for plastics processing and feature the latest machine technology for plastics additive manufacturing. Our research engineers bring in deep expert knowledge in process analysis, design, modelling, simulation and testing. 11

12 Your contact at IKV For further information or to participate directly in this joint study, we are looking forward to your mail or phone call: Dr.-Ing. Matthias Theunissen Head of Department Injection Moulding Phone: Pascal Bibow, M.Sc. RWTH Injection Moulding Industrial Engineering Phone: INSTITUT FÜR KUNSTSTOFFVERARBEITUNG IN INDUSTRIE UND HANDWERK AN DER RWTH AACHEN Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University Seffenter Weg Aachen, Germany Phone: Fax: