Reifenhäuser: Full steam ahead into the digital future – increasing productivity and efficiency with the Digital Business Platform
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For the latest film in the series on Industry 4.0 at K 2016, Plas.TV visited Reifenhäuser in Troisdorf.
A manufacturer of extruders and extrusion systems, Reifenhäuser combines traditional machinery manufacturing with cutting-edge Industry 4.0 solutions. Its focus on intelligent networking and digitisation of production processes is an integral part of its corporate strategy, guided as always by the benefits to the customer.
“We do not see Industry 4.0 as an end in itself. It is all about increasing productivity and efficiency and hence economic viability. Process digitisation is a megatrend that is also having a significant effect on the plastics industry, on us as machinery manufacturers, on our customers and on their customers in turn. With the Digital Business Platform, Reifenhäuser has developed a long-term roadmap charting the digital future to boost the potential of Industry 4.0,” CEO Bernd Reifenhäuser explains.
And what does Industry 4.0 mean for Reifenhäuser specifically? One might mention quality diagnosis by quality analytics, increased system availability through condition monitoring and predictive maintenance or making increasingly complex technologies easier to use. This much we can say: “Reifenhäuser is already setting standards for the digital future of extrusion and its customers are even now reaping the benefits of Industry 4.0.“
See more in the film in our series on Industry 4.0 at K 2016: Link to the film
Best practice for Industrie 4.0 in plastics and rubber machinery manufacturing on “plastics40.tv”
33 member companies are already featured with practical examples of Industry 4.0 on our new website for K 2016. This provides a preview of the technologies they will be showing. Further details and more companies will be added until the start of the fair. The site will also include a technology overview on Industry 4.0 in plastics and rubber machinery manufacturing as well as the contributions from our Kountdown series.
K 2016 and Industrie 4.0
The VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association and its member firms have set themselves the target of bringing Industry 4.0 to life with specific practical examples at K 2016. They want to make the sector aware of which Industry 4.0 technologies are already successfully being used today for improving production efficiency in plastics and rubber machinery manufacturing and to highlight the advantages for their customers.
With the series of films entitled “K 2016: Der Kountdown läuft!“ [“K 2016: the Kountdown has begun”] they will in the months between now and the start of the fair be previewing what they plan to show at K 2016. The series is a VDMA and Plas.TV co-production.
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