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Is Germany a winner<br />
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Dear readers,<br />
A few weeks may have passed since the World Cup in Russia and<br />
although the German team got kicked out far too early, the event<br />
certainly benefitted the German economy thanks to a surge of additional<br />
contracts.<br />
According to details provided by the German/Russian chamber of<br />
foreign trade, around fifty companies were involved in modernizing<br />
the infrastructure, assisting with preparations, and maintaining the<br />
premises where the events were staged for the World Cup. The chamber<br />
of foreign trade estimates that the contract value is around EUR 3<br />
billion. Large companies, like Siemens and Bosch, were also involved<br />
and provided safety equipment, as well as air conditioning and heating<br />
units. The Bosch team, for example, installed a video monitoring<br />
system at one of the World Cup venues.<br />
However, even once all of the orders relating to the <strong>2018</strong> World Cup<br />
have been completed, numerous economic experts are certain that the<br />
modernization of hotels and apartments will continue. The World Cup<br />
attracted a lot of tourists from home and abroad. To ensure that<br />
Moscow remains an attractive destination for domestic and foreign<br />
investments, as well as company relocations, the local government has<br />
already been investing in a renovation program since 2017. However, it<br />
remains to be seen to what extent German<br />
companies will benefit from this.<br />
German and Russian companies will have an<br />
excellent opportunity to discuss future cooperations<br />
at Cemat Russia. A spin-off of<br />
Cemat in Hanover, the annual trade fair for<br />
conveying equipment, warehouse<br />
technology, and logistics has become well<br />
established on the Russian market. Cemat<br />
Russia is also an excellent platform for<br />
Russia to extend its potential in the<br />
transport and logistics sector.<br />
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TABLE <strong>OF</strong> CONTENT<br />
NEWS AND MARKETS<br />
08<br />
03 EDITORIAL<br />
<strong>06</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong>WIDE NEWS<br />
08 OPTIMISM IN SIGHT<br />
FOR THE <strong>RU</strong>SSIAN<br />
ECONOMY<br />
34<br />
24<br />
30 WITNESS THE CULTURE <strong>OF</strong><br />
AUTOMATION IN SOUTH CHINA’S<br />
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR<br />
32 SECURITY FOR THE CONNECTED<br />
INDUSTRY<br />
34 BRINGING DIGITAL TWIN<br />
APPLICATIONS TO YOUR BUSINESS<br />
35 HIGH-QUALITY SPICES<br />
WITH PROCESS CONTROL<br />
MOTION AND DRIVES<br />
24 HIGH PERFOR-<br />
MANCE POLYMER<br />
BEARINGS FOR<br />
BEVERAGE<br />
FILLING AND<br />
PACKAGING<br />
SYSTEMS<br />
26 PRODUCT NEWS<br />
AUTOMATION<br />
36 SUSTAINABLE GENERATION <strong>OF</strong><br />
POSITIONING SYSTEMS<br />
38 MAKING MACHINE VISION ROBUST<br />
40 GUIDED OPERATOR SOLUTIONS<br />
ENHANCE QUALITY CONTROL<br />
PROCESS<br />
42 PRODUCT NEWS<br />
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14<br />
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12 BLG REMAINS CONFIDENT<br />
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14 CEMAT <strong>RU</strong>SSIA: SHOWCASING<br />
<strong>RU</strong>SSIA’S POTENTIAL IN THE<br />
TRANSPORTATION AND<br />
LOGISTICS SECTOR<br />
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W RLDWIDE NEWS<br />
Turck and Banner found Joint Venture<br />
in Malaysia<br />
Turck and Banner Engineering have founded an additional joint<br />
venture in Southeast Asia (SEA). After the regional headquarters in<br />
Singapore, Turck Banner Malaysia is the second joint venture in the<br />
region. Both partners agreed to cover<br />
specific markets in joint ventures<br />
as part of their internationalization<br />
strategy. On<br />
March, <strong>2018</strong>, the<br />
business premises of<br />
the new company<br />
were officially<br />
opened in Petaling<br />
Jaya. The opening<br />
ceremony was<br />
introduced by<br />
Managing director<br />
Darren Chan.<br />
Turck and Banner<br />
Engineering have<br />
successfully worked<br />
together in Europe for<br />
many years with joint<br />
ventures in England, France and<br />
Italy. Turck is the regional sales partner<br />
for Banner products in many other regions. Picture: Ceremonial<br />
cutting of the ribbon (from left): Chuck Choi, Patrick Maguire, Frank<br />
Rohn, Darren Chan, Bob Schlicksup, Matthias Turck.<br />
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Large order for Interroll’s Modular<br />
Conveyor Platform from Korea<br />
Interroll announced that it has received a large order<br />
from a Korean E-Commerce company, worth in the<br />
lower double-digit million CHF range for a large-scale<br />
delivery of Interroll’s Modular Conveyor Platform<br />
(MCP) as well as its Spiral Lifts. Interroll will deliver<br />
and install a record number of conveyor modules<br />
covering a total length of 12 km as well as eight Spiral<br />
Lifts destined for the customer’s distribution center<br />
located in South Korea. Interroll is fully committed to<br />
enable the customer’s go-live within an ambitious<br />
timeline by strengthening<br />
infrastructure capacities to<br />
cope with the upcoming<br />
peaks during the<br />
Korean mid-autumn<br />
festival and Christmas<br />
season. Completion<br />
of all installations<br />
is scheduled<br />
within <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
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Major lithium-ion order: 19 Jungheinrich<br />
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NEWS AND MARKETS<br />
The Mexican logistics service provider Seglo Logistics, a<br />
subsidiary of the Schnellecke Group with headquarters<br />
in Wolfsburg, Germany, has ordered 19 reach<br />
trucks, the new type ETV 216i from Jungheinrich.<br />
This truck model is with a permanently installed<br />
lithium-ion battery as a standard feature. The<br />
order is part of a major contract covering a total<br />
of 118 lithium-ion trucks from Jungheinrich for<br />
Seglo Logistics. In addition to the reach trucks, the<br />
order includes 42 counterbalanced fork lift trucks<br />
types EFG 430 and EFG 220; 50 tow tractors type<br />
EZS 350; and 6 horizontal order pickers type ECE<br />
225. The Jungheinrich trucks will be used in a new<br />
automobile plant close to the central Mexican city of<br />
San Luis Potosi.<br />
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Optimism in<br />
sight for the<br />
Russian economy<br />
NEWS AND MARKETS<br />
Macro-economic and monetary stability, improvement<br />
in manufacturing, rising wages and pensions<br />
combined with rising oil and commodity prices provide<br />
a positive boost to recovering Russian economy. As a<br />
result this improves the foreign capital investment<br />
scenario particularly in sectors like machinery, and<br />
transportation and logistics equipment.<br />
R<br />
ussia is the largest country in the world, with a surface of over<br />
17 million sq. kilometers and a population of 145 million. The<br />
country has undergone drastic changes since the collapse of the<br />
soviet union. Economic reforms in the 1990s privatized most of the<br />
industry sectors, except energy, transportation, banking, and<br />
defense-related industries. Russia is one of the world’s leading producers<br />
of oil and natural gas, and is also a top exporter of metals<br />
such as steel and primary aluminum. Crude oil, petroleum products<br />
and natural gas comprise roughly 58 % of Russia’s total exports,<br />
iron and steel represent 4 % and gems and precious metals account<br />
for about 2.5 %. This makes Russia heavily dependent on global<br />
commodity prices and also vulnerable to the boom and bust cycles<br />
of the commodity market. The economy, which had averaged 7 %<br />
growth during the 1998-2008 period as oil prices rose rapidly, has<br />
been witnessing diminishing growth rates since then due to the<br />
exhaustion of Russia’s commodity-based growth model. Russia was<br />
among the hardest-hit economies by the 2008-09 global economic<br />
crisis. The economic contraction was the sharpest since the 1990s,<br />
but no long-term damage was caused due to the government’s proactive<br />
and timely response to protect the key sectors of the economy<br />
from the after effects of the crisis. As a result, Russia’s economy<br />
Author: Sushen Doshi, International Correspondent, World of Industries<br />
began to grow again and increased roughly by 4 % from 2010-12,<br />
before slowing down to less than 1.5 % in 2013 and 0.6 % in 2014.<br />
A combination of falling oil prices, international sanctions, and<br />
structural limitations pushed Russia into a deep recession in 2015,<br />
with GDP falling by close by 3.7 %. The downturn continued through<br />
2016, but bounced back with an increase of 1.5 % in 2017 as global<br />
demand picked up. The global growth reached a stronger than<br />
expected 3 % in 2017. It continued its growth momentum from 2017<br />
into early <strong>2018</strong> and is expected to peak at 3.1 %. Supported by improvement<br />
in investment, manufacturing, monetary situation<br />
along with rising commodity prices, Russia’s economy recovered<br />
from a recession in 2017. Robust growth in advanced economies<br />
and commodity-importing emerging markets has also contributed<br />
to a rise in Russia’s economic situation.<br />
In terms of manufacturing, Russia registered a marginal growth<br />
of 0.1 % in 2017 as compared to 2016, as industries such as automobiles,<br />
commercial and other transport vehicles, chemicals, coke<br />
and oil products contributed the most and a drop in the production<br />
of computers, electronic and optic devices contributed negatively<br />
to manufacturing growth. Lower government spending in areas of<br />
defense also impacted negatively on the growth. Exports grew by<br />
5.1 %, in 2017 compared to 3.3 % in 2016, this exports growth in<br />
goods was mainly fueled by growing exports of non-oil goods and<br />
robust external demand. Services sector also demonstrated robust<br />
growth in exports at 14.4 %, driven by an increase in exports of<br />
transport services, construction, information and communication<br />
technology.<br />
Russia’s internal domestic demand also bounced back by 3.6 % in<br />
2017, and became the main engine of growth. Increasing domestic<br />
demand, investment, growing real wages and pensions and declining<br />
unemployment, supported by a stronger ruble, contributed<br />
nearly 1.8 % to GDP growth in 2017. Fixed capital investment in<br />
mineral resource extraction (oil and gas), in transportation via<br />
pipelines and sports mainly due to the <strong>2018</strong> FIFA World Cup, were<br />
the main areas of growth in fixed capital investment. While fixed<br />
capital investment started the recovery in some manufacturing sectors<br />
like food products (close to 10 %), textile (close to 40 %), phar-<br />
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maceuticals (close to 15 %), electrical equipment<br />
(around 30 %), mechanical machinery<br />
and components (around 15 %), some sectors<br />
like metallurgy and metal goods saw a<br />
contraction in fixed capital investment<br />
which was the biggest drag on manufacturing<br />
investment dynamics.<br />
Growth prospects<br />
from <strong>2018</strong>-2020<br />
Russia’s growth prospects for <strong>2018</strong> – 2020<br />
remain modest, with growth forecasted<br />
to be between 1.5 and 1.8 %. However, in<br />
the short-term, these forecasts may<br />
change due to highly volatile oil prices.<br />
Relatively high oil prices, continued momentum<br />
in the global economic growth<br />
and macro stabilization would support growth.<br />
Yet, the growth forecast for Russia for <strong>2018</strong> has been slightly<br />
decreased to 1.5 % due to carry-over effect from a weak second<br />
half of 2017 and lower than expected growth in the first<br />
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the latest sanctions. Growth projections for 2019 and 2020 stand at<br />
1.8 %. This forecast is subject to both favorable and unfavorable<br />
risks. Favorable risk factors come primarily from higher than expected<br />
oil prices. Unfavorable risk factors include escalation of<br />
trade tensions and restrictions among major economies, which<br />
could derail the recovery in global trade and negatively impact confidence<br />
and investment worldwide. Other external unfavorable risk<br />
factors include a further expansion of trade sanctions, unfavorable<br />
currency exchange rate and rising inflation.<br />
Overview of Russia’s logistics sector<br />
Russia’s continent-straddling size is both a blessing and a curse.<br />
Despite existing transport links, Russia ranks 99 out of 160 countries<br />
in terms of logistics performance. The World Bank’s Logistics<br />
Performance Index ranks Russia far lower than other comparable<br />
economies such as Germany (1st) and the UK (8th). Current low<br />
logistics performance, however, does not close off investment<br />
avenues. Rather, it points towards some golden opportunities. Russia<br />
is in need of updated technologies, methodologies and attitudes<br />
when it comes to transportation sector. Below are some reasons<br />
why Russia’s transport and logistics market is a fertile ground<br />
for foreign companies to invest in.<br />
Well established logistics network – but there is room for expansion:<br />
With over 86,000 kilometers in rail tracks, a road network over<br />
1.4 million kilometers long, plus countless air and seaports, Russia<br />
is a well-established intermodal network hub. That said, there is still<br />
major room for improvement and expansion. The estimated market<br />
potential stands at $ 150 billion in a report from research firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.<br />
Fresh warehousing stock is in demand, updated<br />
cargo handling facilities at ports, new airports, rail hubs and<br />
logistics centers are needed to match government ambitions.<br />
Foreign investment in transport & logistics is being sought: Due<br />
to a lack of competitiveness in domestic operators, foreign logistics<br />
businesses are already being courted for investment – often in the<br />
form of tie-ups, joint ventures or operational co-operation. Huge<br />
sums are being injected into transport and logistics from overseas<br />
investors. For example Dubai’s DP World, global port infrastructure<br />
and management specialists inked a $ 2 billion deal to enhance<br />
Russia’s port infrastructure networks. Other foreign firms, such as<br />
DHL or Finnish company Itella Russia, are already well established<br />
in the Russian market. Technological advantages, efficient operations<br />
and experience, puts international brands at a significant advantage.<br />
Russia is greatly in need of integrated and cost-effective<br />
transport and logistics solutions, so international operators can<br />
score some big wins in Russia.<br />
E-commerce is on the rise: With more than 75 million internet users,<br />
Russia’s e-commerce sector has been growing despite the otherwise<br />
economic hardships. Online retail grew by more than 6 % in<br />
2015 during the peak of the Russian recession, and is now worth<br />
more than $ 23 billion. So what does this mean for transport and<br />
logistics? Simply put, Russia requires a higher number of fulfillment<br />
centers, increased third-party and courier services and extra warehousing<br />
real estate. Warehousing alone is estimated to need $ 30<br />
billion of extra investment to keep pace. E-commerce is gaining further<br />
prominence in Russia’s retail makeup – and extra logistical services<br />
are needed to match growing online sales numbers.<br />
Weak third party logistics: Underdeveloped and lack of competitiveness<br />
from Russia’s domestic 3pl providers is hampering the sector.<br />
Foreign companies such as DHL and TNT Express already dominate<br />
the market. Foreign firms are able to do so due to their<br />
significant technological advantages, operational efficiency and<br />
access to financing. Logistics technology manufacturers can supply<br />
Russian 3pl operators with the tech needed to claw back a larger<br />
market share. Fulfillment, cargo tracking and intelligent inventory<br />
solutions are in high demand.<br />
With opportunities abound across the length and breadth of the<br />
country, investors and companies should certainly look to the world’s<br />
largest nation as their next market for investment or expansion.<br />
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BLG Logistics has been active on the Russian market<br />
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years later, BLG entered into a strategic partnership<br />
with the Sea Port of St. Petersburg to take on port<br />
handling activities there. Initially, the logistics expert<br />
was responsible for marketing the automobile areas as<br />
well as for quality inspection.<br />
Good development in Bronka<br />
In 2017, some six years after starting up in St. Petersburg, BLG<br />
Logistics relocated its operative port activities from the city port of<br />
St. Petersburg to the newly built port of Bronka. St. Petersburg’s new<br />
deep-water port opened in January 2016. Regular line services<br />
connect Bronka with the main Northern-range ports, including the<br />
Auto-Terminal Bremerhaven run by BLG.<br />
At the beginning of 2017, BLG Logistics Automobile SPb and LLC<br />
Fenix, owner and operator of the Russian port of Bronka, signed a<br />
long-term cooperation contract for automobile handling via Bronka.<br />
It means BLG Logistics is now responsible there for port handling as<br />
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n 2011, BLG Logistics added transport services to its portfolio.<br />
The next year saw the Russian automobile market boom, with<br />
some 3 million new registrations. However, uncertain political<br />
conditions in the subsequent years followed by sanctions imposed<br />
by Western countries and the collapse of the oil price led to a devaluation<br />
of the ruble, high inflation, and declining real income.<br />
The central bank reacted with two-figure interest rates, which<br />
tightened credit for companies and consumers. These<br />
developments have caused the consumer-driven automobile<br />
market to crash by more than 50 percent since 2013. In 2016, the<br />
market generated just 1.4 million vehicle registrations. This also<br />
affected BLG Logistics. Now, since the beginning of last year, the<br />
Russian automobile market has been picking up again.<br />
We want to successively expand<br />
our service portfolio in Bronka<br />
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well as storage of vehicles. With direct access to the bypass road as<br />
well as six berths for ocean-going ships plus direct connection to the<br />
rail network, Bronka offers ideal conditions for import and export of<br />
vehicles and other ro-ro cargo. Together with Fenix, BLG started its<br />
new business initially on a 12-hectare area with 25 truck loading and<br />
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unloading bays. Uwe Seliger, Managing Director of BLG Automobile Logistics GmbH &<br />
Co.KG, Eastern Europe & Russia Business Unit, says: “The port offers us excellent<br />
infrastructure with direct access to the Russian Federation’s road and rail network.”<br />
Covering the entire transport chain for finished vehicles<br />
BLG Logistics is also well placed in the transport field in Russia. Drawing on European<br />
quality standards and a state-of-the-art IT system, the logistics expert has attracted big<br />
names in the German and Korean automotive industry as major anchor customers for<br />
transport operations.<br />
Additionally, in April <strong>2018</strong>, BLG took on the entire transport from Germany of a model<br />
from a German automotive company manufactured in the US. The logistics expert ‘s<br />
activities here start as soon as the vehicles arrive in Bremerhaven. BLG was awarded a doorto-door<br />
contract from there. This includes sea transport from northern Germany to Bronka<br />
as well as distribution to the dealers in St. Petersburg and Moscow. This is the first time the<br />
customer is importing vehicles via sea to Russia. For BLG Logistics, it is a further step toward<br />
establishing Bronka as an entry port for the German automotive industry. Uwe Seliger<br />
explains: “Our medium-term goal is to also ship vehicles made in Germany for the Russian<br />
market to Bronka via Bremerhaven rather than overland, as we do now.”<br />
BLG Logistics remains committed to covering the entire transport chain for complete<br />
vehicles in Russia. The company aims to establish a network similar to that in Western<br />
Europe. The plan is that BLG will take over the full chain from the factory or import port<br />
right through to the dealer. Due to the sheer size of the country, BLG considers rail and<br />
inland waterways to be the best transport forms for Russia.<br />
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CeMAT Russia: showcasing Russia’s potential<br />
in the transportation and logistics sector<br />
Russia’s transport and logistics sector is a<br />
lucrative prospect for foreign companies. The<br />
international trade fair CeMAT being held in<br />
Moscow, offers countless opportunities across the<br />
length and breadth of the country. Visitors and<br />
exhibiting companies should take advantage of<br />
this event to expand into the Russian and<br />
neighboring market.<br />
With a surface area larger than that of Pluto, Russia<br />
is truly vast. The world’s largest country’s<br />
geographic constraints make it absolutely essential<br />
to have an extensive transport and logistics network.<br />
In order to service its 145 million citizens with<br />
goods and services, the air, sea, road and rail logistics<br />
are in high demand. Moving goods into and<br />
around Russia is a herculean task. This requires a<br />
strong logistics sector – including functional transport<br />
links and well equipped logistics hubs. Russia’s<br />
transport strategy 2030, laid down by the ministry<br />
of transport back in 2012, specifies the growing<br />
need for development in the logistics and warehousing<br />
sector around the country. With the efforts<br />
put in by the Russian government it looks like the<br />
country is on course towards expanding the availability<br />
of world-class logistical hubs and integration<br />
of modern technology into the logistics sector.<br />
Since the beginning of April, 2016, that transport &<br />
logistics markets in Russia are on the rise after a<br />
difficult 2014 and 2015, Western sanctions and the<br />
oil crisis had played havoc on Russia’s transport<br />
firms but now things are starting to look positive<br />
again. Since 2016, millions of Euros have been<br />
spent and assigned for construction of new and<br />
strategic facilities. With number of logistics hubs<br />
increasing throughout Russia, the demand for related<br />
technologies such as picking and fulfillment,<br />
cargo tracking, and other sector-specific<br />
equipment, machinery, and tech is also on the<br />
rise. With all the big logistic projects in the pipeline<br />
and overall growth prospects in mind, CeMAT Russia,<br />
country’s leading international trade show for logistics<br />
and supply chain becomes a ‘must go’ event for all<br />
the industry stake holders.<br />
This 3 day event is an ideal business-to-business platform to meet<br />
and engage with the who’s who of Russian logistics industry, right<br />
from international logistics experts to industry professionals<br />
and highly qualified decision-makers of small as well as large<br />
corporations. For machinery manufacturers and exhibitors,<br />
CeMAT Russia provides a unique opportunity to create<br />
new networks, cultivate new relationships with potential<br />
customers and also to catch up with the latest<br />
developments and requirements of existing customers.<br />
CeMAT Russia welcomes industry<br />
players of all sorts, from small and medium-sized<br />
enterprises to large corporations<br />
and market leaders from<br />
Russia and from Europe and<br />
elsewhere. Whether it is<br />
about offering sus-<br />
CeMAT Russia <strong>2018</strong><br />
LOGISTICS<br />
The 9th edition of CeMAT Russia – the international exhibition for<br />
materials handling, warehousing equipment and logistics is set be<br />
held from 19th to 21st September <strong>2018</strong> at Moscow’s Crocus Expo.<br />
Author: Sushen Doshi, International correspondent for World of Industries<br />
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tainable solutions in order picking and packaging technology,<br />
functional safety in material handling, performance enhancing<br />
automation systems or project management, CeMAT Russia<br />
has on showcase all the latest technologies and services in all<br />
areas of end user-oriented applications. The event is organized<br />
by two of the world’s exhibition industry leaders –<br />
Deutsche Messe <strong>RU</strong>S from Germany and ITE Group of<br />
Russia. The exhibitions and conferences organized by the<br />
ITE Group in Russia are supported by various industry<br />
associations and the government of Russia. Combining<br />
Deutsche Messe <strong>RU</strong>S and ITE’s local market and industry<br />
knowledge along with international experience<br />
enables the organizers to host a business event which<br />
corresponds to global standards.<br />
With all the big logistic projects in the pipeline and<br />
overall growth prospects in mind, CeMAT Russia provides<br />
exhibitors and visitors a platform to network,<br />
showcase their latest products on the market, and<br />
expand their services throughout Russia. This is the<br />
place to be to take the pulse of Moscow’s, and Russia’s,<br />
logistics sector.<br />
Like every year, the show in Moscow will feature<br />
a business forum which will involve presentations<br />
and discussions on various important issues and<br />
trends that are coming up in the industry. The<br />
forum “Efficient management of company intralogistics” is the<br />
main business event of the logistics community. Over the years, the<br />
forum has turned into an efficient communication business-platform<br />
for discussion of recent advances, exchange of ideas and exposure<br />
to the best practice in the field of intralogistics and creating<br />
of warehouses of future. In 2017, the forum discussions included:<br />
n Key trends in logistics and intralogistics 2017-<strong>2018</strong>: uber, Big data,<br />
drones, IoT, cloud technologies,<br />
n Session on successful development of logistics strategy of leading<br />
companies<br />
n Workshop focusing on increasing the efficiency of warehouse<br />
operations without heavy investments<br />
n A case-study session on successful utilization of information and<br />
digital technologies, video analytics and warehouse management<br />
system at warehouses<br />
n A round table conference of supply chain professionals, logistics<br />
operators<br />
n A discussion on warehouse automation, digitalization and integration<br />
Future of intralogistics<br />
Just like production and manufacturing, the future of transportation<br />
and warehouse logistics is digital and networked. Automated<br />
guided vehicles and systems are quickly becoming a key part of<br />
01 The scalable solutions for the<br />
e-commerce sector include shuttle systems<br />
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02 Weasel is the AGV system used for the flexible in-house<br />
transport of goods such as containers, boxes, and rack goods<br />
03 Externally it can hardly be distinguished<br />
from the well-known attachment: the 2T160B<br />
fork positioner with electronic drive and<br />
patented control system<br />
LOGISTICS<br />
today’s warehouses and production facilities worldwide. New<br />
methods of navigation and increasingly sophisticated sensor technology<br />
ensure efficiency and process automation in production<br />
and warehouse logistics worldwide. What benefit do they offer to<br />
users? What technical innovations and enhancements are there?<br />
All these questions will be answered by the research experts and<br />
manufacturers in Moscow at CeMAT Russia.<br />
Product categories at Moscow’s event<br />
At CeMAT Russia, you can find the latest trends and technologies<br />
that provide solutions for faster loading and unloading, improved<br />
ergonomic performance and the future of hoisting and material<br />
handling. The Move & Lift section of the trade fair has on display<br />
industrial trucks, forklifts and its accessories, vertical lifting<br />
equipment and platforms, scissor lifts, escalators, cranes, hoists,<br />
mechanical handling equipment, monorails, remotely operated<br />
transportation systems, shelf storage & retrieval equipment, power<br />
and drive technology components, hydraulics, pneumatics and conveyor<br />
systems, complete supply chain management solutions, complete<br />
robotic handling systems and port related logistics equipment.<br />
Businesses today need solutions for handling growing quantities<br />
of goods. The Store & Load section of the trade fair features automated<br />
systems designed to increase productivity, and reach maximum<br />
capacity. Visitors can find automated guided vehicles, conveyor<br />
systems that require extremely low drive energy, apps<br />
for storage planning, storage shelf systems, factory and<br />
workshop equipments, pallets, bins and containers, industrial<br />
doors & gates, cleaning facilities for warehouses, loading<br />
bridges and ramps, transfer bridges, loading systems for<br />
bulk goods and containers, and complete logistics service<br />
packages.<br />
Logistics sector like any other, is adapting to the emerging market<br />
realities. The Manage & Service section of the trade fair will give you<br />
an excellent overview of all the logistics services now available for<br />
managing today’s challenges. This includes transport financing<br />
models, logistics planning, traffic control systems, integrated traffic<br />
systems, real estate & sites for logistics operations.<br />
Logistics IT is the technology zone dedicated to professional<br />
logistics software and systems. The focus here is on innovative IT<br />
solutions for production logistics, commercial logistics, cloud computing<br />
and mobile logistics applications in the warehouse. This<br />
section of CeMAT at Russia features e-logistics services, intralogistics<br />
systems & software, computer & control systems, control technology<br />
& sensors, identification technology, Auto ID/RFID etc.<br />
The way, in which today’s organizations are concentrating their<br />
production and logistics networks, it is creating a larger impact on<br />
the evolution of order-picking and packaging technology. At CeMAT<br />
Russia, the Pick & Pack exhibition area focuses on latest packaging<br />
technology for warehouses, packaging and order picking systems,<br />
labelling and identification systems, measuring and dispensing<br />
units, and various kinds of packaging materials.<br />
Photographs: Lead Photo Fotolia, processing VFV Layout, 01 Vanderlande,<br />
02 SSI Schaefer, 03 Kaup<br />
www.cemat-russia.ru/en<br />
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Dematic creates<br />
Robotics Center<br />
of excellence<br />
Dematic, a leading global<br />
supplier of integrated<br />
automated technology,<br />
software and services to<br />
optimize the supply chain,<br />
today announces the<br />
formation of the Robotics<br />
Center of Excellence<br />
business unit, dedicated to<br />
the development and<br />
engineering of robotic<br />
automation. The new<br />
business unit is responsible<br />
for the application and<br />
implementation of robotic<br />
solutions that make order<br />
fulfillment operations more<br />
efficient, productive and<br />
responsive to today’s<br />
on-demand omni-channel<br />
distribution environment.<br />
Toyota launches the new Traigo80<br />
heavy-duty electric forklift<br />
The heavy-duty 80-Volt counterbalanced truck is a true<br />
all-rounder. The new Traigo80 range replaces the current<br />
Traigo HT range and consists of 6, 7, and 8-tonnes models,<br />
of which the latter is now also available with 900 mm load<br />
centre. The powerful motors offer strong climbing ability and<br />
high travel speed, making the forklift suitable for demanding<br />
applications normally reserved for engine-powered forklifts. The truck can also manoeuvre in<br />
compact spaces where necessary thanks to the sharp rear steering angle. The well laid-out<br />
dashboard allows the driver to work intuitively and experience low vibrations and noise thanks<br />
to the full floating driver’s compartment.<br />
www.toyota-forklifts.eu<br />
The Dematic Robotics<br />
Center of Excellence<br />
provides a wide variety of<br />
automated solutions built<br />
around process improvements,<br />
robotic technology,<br />
vision and software. These<br />
solutions are applied in all<br />
functional areas of the<br />
warehouse from receiving to<br />
shipping. Typical solutions<br />
include de-layering,<br />
de-palletizing, bin replenishment,<br />
goods-to-robot<br />
piece picking, kitting,<br />
crossbelt and pouch sorter<br />
induct, palletizing and<br />
trailer loading. Solutions are<br />
designed to handle pieces,<br />
cases, totes, layers and<br />
pallets.<br />
www.dematic.com<br />
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Beumer Group invests all its expertise<br />
in new high-performance sorter<br />
LOGISTICS<br />
The BG Sorter from Beumer Group is optimally<br />
prepared to meet the challenges of high-performance<br />
sorting. The new sorter family offers the appropriate<br />
version for each type of item. Tilt tray and cross-belt<br />
sorters can be used in customer systems. Thanks to<br />
permanent communication with the carriers, the<br />
system features exact and controlled sortation with<br />
maximum flexibility. Contactless energy and data<br />
transmission reduces maintenance costs as well as<br />
wear and tear.<br />
The BG Sorter CB (cross belt) offers a reliable solution for sorting<br />
any kind of items, such as parcels or bagged goods. The socalled<br />
“full cross belt design” means that the maximum belt width<br />
is ensured. The customers’ benefit: More usable belt surface is<br />
available with the same sorter size. This permits handling a wide<br />
mix of goods easily and safely. The risk of products lying between<br />
the belts is reduced. The E-Tray version (tilt tray) also offers many<br />
advantages. An improved tilt tray design prevents items from getting<br />
stuck between the trays, which helps to avoid collisions and<br />
downtimes.<br />
Wireless real-time communication<br />
“Our new construction series is based on proven technologies with<br />
key components like the sorter frame made of steel or the contactless<br />
energy supply system instead of the usual contact lines,” explains<br />
Stephan Heessels, global Director of Beumer Group’s Logistic<br />
Systems division. This enables users to reduce machine<br />
maintenance costs as well as wear and tear. In addition, the dust<br />
generated when using contact lines is avoided. Permanent wireless<br />
communication on W-Lan basis enables real-time data transmission<br />
– compared with infrared communication where data are<br />
transmitted only when an infrared sensor is passed. The BG Sorter<br />
features communication times reduced to milliseconds so that discharge<br />
profiles can be adapted in real time. W-Lan communication<br />
permits careful handling of a wide variety of products: Users can<br />
add, select and change discharge profiles at any time without the<br />
need to adapt the hardware. Moreover, discharge is very precise<br />
with different discharge speeds.<br />
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Beumer Group attached great value to low maintenance and repair<br />
costs when developing the BG Sorter. Status monitoring and extended<br />
diagnostics tools enable employees to detect possible errors<br />
at an early stage. This has a positive effect on product life-cycle<br />
costs. The sorter can be easily accessed for maintenance and repair.<br />
Its design is compact and permits efficient use of the space above<br />
and below the system.<br />
Innovative kinematics of carriages<br />
A completely innovative carriage featuring two points of articulation<br />
and carrying and guide wheels which are tightly fastened to the<br />
axles has been developed for the carriage assembly of the BG Sorter.<br />
This patented solution offers two advantages: On the one hand, it<br />
enables clearly reduced curve radii compared with conventional<br />
carriage geometries. On the other hand, the polygon effect in curves<br />
is minimized, which results in less oscillations in the system.<br />
The BG Sorter is equipped with carrying wheels that have been<br />
specially developed for it and are larger than those used in comparable<br />
systems. They minimize rolling resistance, which directly results<br />
in lower energy consumption and also ensures reduced noise<br />
emission as well as increased running smoothness.<br />
01 Beumer Group’s BG Sorter combines experience and advantages of<br />
the proven tilt-tray and cross-belt sorter families<br />
Energy-efficient drive<br />
The construction series is available either with the proven Opti<br />
Drive, which is based on servo drives, or the contactless linear synchronous<br />
motor (LSM). Both drive systems reduce energy consumption<br />
and CO 2<br />
emissions. OptiDrive is a patented highly<br />
efficient frictional drive solution, which offers an economical alternative<br />
to the asynchronous linear motor drives often used in highperformance<br />
sorters. A special feature is that the contact pressure of<br />
the drive wheel is automatically set depending on the required driving<br />
power – even for braking. This boosts efficiency to up to 85 percent<br />
and enhances the service life of the drive wheels. The advantage<br />
of the LSM, which is energy-efficient as well, is that it eliminates<br />
contact between moving parts, providing minimal levels of wear<br />
and tear without compromising speed, capacity and reliability.<br />
BG Sorter CB: cross belt design increases capacity<br />
and safety<br />
The cross-belt sorter BG Sorter CB achieves a high throughput at a<br />
speed of up to three meters per second. The carrying capacity is 50<br />
kilograms per cross belt. “Depending on the throughput and product<br />
mix, we can configure the system with one cross belt per carriage<br />
or with two or three cross belts,” explains Stephan Heessels.<br />
We support our customers in<br />
achieving long-term growth<br />
Stephan Heessels, global Director of Beumer<br />
Group’s Logistic Systems division<br />
“This enables us to sort a wide variety of products with sizes of up to<br />
1,500 x 1,000 mm.” The configuration with several cross belts, especially<br />
with varying product sizes, clearly increases the system capacity<br />
if compared with conventional sorters with only one cross<br />
belt per carriage.<br />
The full cross belt design provides an appropriate response to the<br />
increasing share of items that lack dimensional stability. Thanks to<br />
02 The so-called “closed deck” closes the gap between individual trays,<br />
preventing items from getting stuck between the trays<br />
the maximum belt width, these are safely positioned, transported<br />
and accurately discharged.<br />
The new induction unit places items on the cross belts with maximum<br />
accuracy. The position of the items on the system is checked<br />
after induction and corrected, if necessary, ensuring that the products<br />
are always perfectly positioned.<br />
BG Sorter ET: Intermediate cover prevents failures<br />
The BG Sorter ET is a tilt tray sorter, which can transport items with<br />
a weight of up to 60 kilograms. “Jamming of items between the trays<br />
is among the most frequent reasons for unplanned downtimes of<br />
this sorter type,” says Stephan Heessels. “We have introduced a new<br />
tray design to avoid this.” The so-called “closed deck” closes the gap<br />
between individual trays, preventing items from getting stuck between<br />
the trays. This function reduces downtimes and avoids possible<br />
damage to the sorter or the goods. Users can handle items of<br />
different sizes with more flexibility.<br />
“Our BG Sorter combines future-oriented features, which set new<br />
standards in precise and cost-effective handling of as large a product<br />
range as possible,” says Stephan Heessels. “Providing our customers<br />
with this scalable system, we facilitate their future growth<br />
and help them achieve long-term returns on investment.”<br />
Photographs: Beumer Group<br />
www.beumergroup.com<br />
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Combined transport and<br />
handling system<br />
Production-related process sequences and spatial<br />
constraints were the main focus of the requirements<br />
set out by the Arnold Group regarding the design of a<br />
conveying system for glass tubes. The tubes coming<br />
directly from production at a temperature of approx.<br />
100°C were to be accepted by the conveying<br />
technology, transported, and transferred to the<br />
corresponding further processing stations. Although<br />
this design sounds pretty straightforward, the<br />
engineers at AMI Förder- und Lagertechnik had to<br />
develop a technically sophisticated indexing conveyor<br />
system that was specifically tailored to the operator’s<br />
requirements.<br />
The requirement<br />
The requirement for a customer from the glass tube production sector<br />
was to implement a fully-automated conveying system that was<br />
able to execute the handling and transport functions for the tubes<br />
– with a diameter of 25 mm and lengths ranging between 90 and<br />
150 mm – coming directly from production at a temperature of approx.<br />
100°C and ultimately combining all of this into an efficient<br />
material flow. Within a eight-second cycle, four correctly sorted, i.e.<br />
90 mm long, glass tubes should be transported, picked up by a suction<br />
gripper, transferred to a workpiece carrier system with 24 units,<br />
and supplied to the machine plant for further processing by the<br />
conveying technology.<br />
As the Arnold Group had already collaborated with AMI Förderund<br />
Lagertechnik on other projects and because it appreciated the<br />
company’s ability to meet individual requirements, as well as its<br />
specialist knowledge and reliability, the request for a quote and ultimately<br />
the contract to develop, construct, produce, and finally<br />
implement the indexing conveyor system was awarded to the company<br />
from Luckenbach, Germany.<br />
LOGISTICS<br />
T<br />
he Arnold Group supplies a broad range of burners, tools, and<br />
standard machines for demanding specialist glass companies<br />
in the thermal and mechanical glass processing sector. However,<br />
the company’s portfolio also includes complex process solutions,<br />
for example, for solar thermal glass tube production processes, the<br />
highly accurate resizing of fused quartz glass tubes, the highly automated<br />
production of laboratory and light glass, and other special<br />
applications for thermal glass processing. The customer directory<br />
includes companies from the photovoltaics, glass and fused<br />
quartz glass processing, fiber optics, and automotive manufacturing<br />
sectors.<br />
The framework conditions<br />
Certain framework conditions had to be observed in addition to the<br />
technical requirements and the request to integrate the conveyor<br />
system within the downstream processes following actual production.<br />
“Due to the existing on-site infrastructure comprising machines,<br />
systems, safety equipment, and a control cabinet, as well as<br />
the limited floor space required us to be quite creative when it came<br />
to the structural design and implementation,” explains Rolf Quint,<br />
design engineer at AMI. Ultimately, the indexing conveyor system<br />
had to meet process-related requirements and also had to be integrated<br />
within the systems used for subsequent processing. According<br />
to Quint, the workpiece carrier (incl. protruding components)<br />
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used to hold the glass tubes was not allowed to exceed a certain<br />
width, for example.<br />
The solution and design details<br />
Once the persons responsible at the Arnold Group had defined the<br />
framework conditions and requirements, the AMI project team was<br />
given the go-ahead to develop a suitable conveying system.<br />
The construction was based around a belt conveyor with a special<br />
toothed belt that guaranteed the accurate acceptance of the glass<br />
tubes on to the individual workpiece carriers and exact transfer to<br />
the relevant further processing station. With a distance of approx.<br />
six meters between the drive axle and steering rod, a split of 24 was<br />
selected to bridge the gap between the acceptance and transfer<br />
points on the two processing systems. This also enabled the required<br />
eight-second cycle to be implemented.<br />
Due to the existing machines and systems, a workpiece carrier<br />
system with a width of 260 mm was designed, whereby each unit<br />
can hold four glass tubes and can be manually adjusted to tubes<br />
with a length of 90 to 150 mm, as requested by the customer. If an<br />
adjustment is required, this can simply be implemented by the<br />
operator via a knurled head screw located on the side of the workpiece<br />
carrier.<br />
A high-temperature resistant polyamide plastic that even retains<br />
its shape at continuous working temperatures of up to 155°C was<br />
selected for the device attached to the individual workpiece carriers<br />
for accepting the glass tubes.<br />
A relevant guide rail is indispensable for ensuring that both the lateral<br />
and height positioning of the glass tubes on the workpiece carriers<br />
is correct when they are accepted from production and transferred<br />
for further processing. Although the toothed belt is equipped<br />
with its own lateral guide rail on the conveyor system, the lateral and<br />
height positioning of the workpiece carriers must be able to be positioned<br />
accurately for accepting and transferring glass tubes. To ensure<br />
this, the AMI design engineers developed an internal guide rail<br />
system via which the workpiece carriers can be aligned laterally and<br />
in height using two adjustable guide elements on both sides of the<br />
indexing conveyor. This design solution ensures that the length settings<br />
on the workpiece carriers are not affected by interference contours<br />
caused by supports, for example, and that a safety barrier of less<br />
than the available width of 260 mm could be implemented.<br />
A bevel gear with a flange-mounted servo motor and absolute<br />
value transmitter supported by an inductive proximity switch at the<br />
acceptance position have been implemented to ensure that the cycle<br />
of the toothed belt and workpiece carriers is accurate. A light barrier<br />
and reflector at the relevant acceptance and transfer stations are<br />
also used to check whether the holding fixture on the relevant workpiece<br />
carrier is empty before being loaded and following removal.<br />
Special handling features<br />
01 Quint: “By developing the indexing conveyor system, we have<br />
once again demonstrated that with our specialist knowledge we can<br />
implement specific operator requirements.”<br />
02 The knurled head screw on the workpiece carrier is used to<br />
adjust it to the length of the tube being accepted<br />
03 The onboard suction gripper unit ensures that the glass<br />
tubes are accepted and transferred<br />
AMI developed and produced a handling system made up of an aluminum<br />
base frame construction to be used for the transfer function<br />
to the relevant further processing system. A solid aluminum base<br />
plate is provided to secure the linear pneumatic drive, including the<br />
guide rail, mechanical stop, and vibration damper. The guide block<br />
of the linear drive is designed to support the vertically guided cylinder,<br />
on which the four spring-loaded suction grippers – one per<br />
glass tube – are attached. All of the pneumatic valves are positioned<br />
in close proximity to the relevant drive. This ensures that any delays<br />
caused by excessive hose lengths are avoided.<br />
The onboard vacuum ejectors for the handling system are positioned<br />
in direct proximity to the suction grippers for similar reasons.<br />
The advantages are clear to see: Short hose lengths, improved<br />
response characteristics, and fewer hoses in the energy chain (only<br />
two air supply lines, instead of one air supply and four vacuum<br />
lines). The pneumatic hoses, valve cables, and drive signal transmitters<br />
are routed via an onboard energy chain – its large turning<br />
radius guarantees the long service life of the hoses and cables.<br />
Within the energy chain itself, the hoses and cables are routed separately<br />
using partitioning strips.<br />
Transfer of the glass tubes by the suction grippers to the holding<br />
fixture on the workpiece carriers is monitored by a combined light<br />
barrier/reflector. This ensures that tubes are only transferred when<br />
the holding fixture is free.<br />
Conclusion<br />
With all of the constructional details and overall design, the design<br />
engineers at AMI have developed an indexing conveyor system for<br />
glass tubes that can be integrated into an existing production plant<br />
including its sub-processes and machines, and that meets the objective<br />
of achieving an efficient material flow. Thanks to its low maintenance<br />
design, the conveyor system will also demonstrate its efficiency<br />
when it comes to maintenance and servicing – the bearings are<br />
lubricated for life, for example. Additionally, all of the main elements<br />
are made of low-friction plastics and only need to be checked at regular<br />
intervals for possible damage. This also applies to the workpiece<br />
carriers, where checks are limited to looking for possible deformations<br />
caused by excessive temperatures that may have occurred.<br />
The operator is more than satisfied with the indexing conveyor<br />
system and this project has once again illustrated that collaborating<br />
with the responsible persons at the Arnold Group was a key factor<br />
to its success, explains Manfred Langen Jr., an employee in the Sales<br />
Department at AMI Förder- und Lagertechnik GmbH.<br />
Photos: AMI<br />
www.ami-foerdertechnik.de<br />
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Liebherr launches<br />
first purely<br />
electrical port crane<br />
The new LPS 420 E is the latest extension<br />
of the Liebherr mobile harbor crane<br />
product range. The newly designed<br />
machine is a purely electric driven portal<br />
crane. All crane movements like luffing,<br />
hoisting, slewing and travelling are done<br />
by electric motors.<br />
As the LPS 420 E is a member of the LHM series, it is also characterized<br />
by high modularity. Therefore, it is a universal allrounder<br />
and a key asset for handling every type of cargo, from containers<br />
to bulk, general cargo and heavy lifts up to 124 t. The forward<br />
looking machine is designed for ports and terminals with an electrical<br />
infrastructure. Equipped with two winches, each with a powerful<br />
190 kW electric motor, the LPS 420 E provides a maximum load capacity<br />
of up to 124 t. Therefore, the portal crane can be perfectly<br />
used for heavy break bulk as well as project and general cargo.<br />
Bulk Handling<br />
LOGISTICS<br />
The LPS 420 E raises the bar in terms of electrical driven bulk handling<br />
performance. With a turnover of up to 1,200 tons per hour, the<br />
new Liebherr electric crane exceeds the average turnover of comparable<br />
electric driven cranes in the market. With a maximum outreach<br />
of up to 48 m, ships with a size of up to Panamax class can be<br />
served. This makes the crane the ideal electrical driven solution for<br />
bulk handling – local emission-free.<br />
The main components of the E-drive are liquid cooled and the<br />
heat is dissipated by heat exchangers. The fully closed liquid cooling<br />
system in combination with the heat exchanger are installed on top<br />
of the slewing platform. According to this, no overpressure unit is<br />
necessary to prevent dust coming inside the machinery house,<br />
which is a big benefit for cranes working in a dusty environment.<br />
Container Handling<br />
Productivity is a decisive factor in modern container handling.<br />
The LPS 420 E is an ideal solution for terminals where every container<br />
counts. With up to 30 cycles per hour, the LPS 420 E is the<br />
perfect solution when it comes to container handling performance.<br />
Ship sizes up to post-Panamax class are ideally servable<br />
for the LPS 420 E.<br />
The operator of the new LPS 420 E can rely on very dynamic electric<br />
motors. Furthermore, the low moment of inertia ensures a fast<br />
response of the motor for precise drive characteristics. Due to the<br />
high motor speed spread no gear shifting between normal and<br />
heavy load is required. This allows for uninterruptible power<br />
transmission from maximum load to maximum speed. Another<br />
well welcome side effect is that the noise emission of the planetary<br />
gear box is low.<br />
Latest Technology<br />
The LPS 420 E is especially optimized for terminals with a power<br />
supply ranging from 380 V to 460 V. Thanks to the Liebherr activefront-end<br />
frequency converter deviations in the voltage supply can<br />
be compensated easily for safe and stable operation. Due to the<br />
critical conditions, like limited space and harsh environmental conditions,<br />
a liquid-cooled and highly efficient multi-drive frequency<br />
converter system was implemented. The frequency converters are<br />
Liebherr built components, which have proven themselves in Liebherr<br />
ship-to-shore gantry cranes and material handlers. As an additional<br />
benefit, Liebherr energy storage units can be used to reduce<br />
the peak-load in the crane main power supply and to take<br />
advantage of regenerative energy within the system. The compact<br />
unit ensures a high power storage capacity, which enables the<br />
accumulation and supply of 200 kW of power within 15 seconds.<br />
Photograph: Liebherr<br />
www.liebherr.com<br />
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High performance polymer<br />
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MOTION AND DRIVES<br />
Bottling and packaging machinery manufacturers<br />
have a wide variety of possible applications for<br />
bearing systems made of high-performance polymers.<br />
Companies like Küppersbusch GmbH near Essen in<br />
Germany have been using plain bearings from the igus<br />
modular construction system for more than 20 years.<br />
Smoothies, bio-juices, concentrates, spirits and liquors made in<br />
Germany: The variety of beverages for consumers today is much<br />
greater than in the last few decades. usually, it is the smaller<br />
companies that set important trends and, at least in the beginning,<br />
produce smaller quantities. When they want to invest in a partially<br />
or fully automated filling system, they often turn to industry experts<br />
like ‘Küppersbusch GmbH’ in Velbert. Located just 70 kms away<br />
from Cologne, the company develops and manufactures customerspecific<br />
bottling and packaging machinery for the beverage<br />
industry.<br />
Established in 1972, the family owned enterprise specializes in<br />
this clientele and its special requirements. Jochen Küppersbusch,<br />
managing partner and the second generation entrepreneur to run<br />
the company: “In the 1970s, when there were many regional corn<br />
distilleries, we mainly developed and built filling systems for spirits<br />
and liquors. Today, this only accounts for around 10 % of our business.<br />
We are now a more diverse company and see ourselves as a<br />
niche supplier for small producers and fillers of liquid and paste-<br />
like products. We are also profiting from the trend towards smaller<br />
containers and special containers.”<br />
First hand application know-how<br />
through contract filling<br />
A typical feature of Küppersbusch’s procedure is that there are no<br />
pre-fabricated solutions or type series. Klaus Voigt, project engineer<br />
in the company explains: “The customer tells us their requirements<br />
and then we develop a solution.” Since it is mostly about small to medium<br />
volumes and users want flexibility, their solution often consists<br />
of semi-automatic, linear filling, labeling and capping machines.<br />
During the project planning, the developers can fall back on<br />
extensive application know-how and experience at Küppersbusch.<br />
On a separate floor of the company building, the company uses its<br />
own production facilities for the contract filling of a wide variety of<br />
products. Jochen Küppersbusch: “That’s why we know the practical<br />
requirements of our customers from our own experience.”<br />
High performance polymer bearings from igus –<br />
in use for more than 20 years<br />
Küppersbusch looks back on decades long relationship and cooperation<br />
with the motion plastics specialist from Cologne, igus.<br />
Klaus Voigt remembers having visited the company in Bergisch<br />
Gladbach, which is where it was located at the time. This was before<br />
1994, the year in which igus moved to Porz-Lind near Cologne, the<br />
company’s present location.<br />
The designers at Küppersbusch use various type series and versions<br />
from the igus bearings product range, and with good reason.<br />
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01<br />
01 Semi-automatic<br />
filling, capping and labelling<br />
machine with drylin lead<br />
screws for height and format<br />
adjustments<br />
02<br />
02 For height and format<br />
adjustments, Küppersbusch<br />
often uses drylin lead screws<br />
with flange nuts<br />
Klaus Voigt explains: “It is important to us that both the rotary and<br />
the linear bearings can be cleaned well and achieve a long service<br />
life. For hygiene reasons, they must not require any external lubricants,<br />
and depending on the application, this means parts in contact<br />
with product, the materials must be FDA-compliant.” All of<br />
these properties apply to igus plain bearings made of high-performance<br />
polymer with incorporated lubricant.<br />
Rotary and linear bearing technology<br />
Using the example of a filling plant for spirits, which is currently undergoing<br />
its final test runs in Velbert before delivery, it is easy to see<br />
how many and which different plain bearings from the igus modular<br />
system are used here:<br />
For diverse height-adjustment mechanisms, trapezoidal threads<br />
from the drylin product range combined with flange nuts made of<br />
high-performance polymer are used. The format adjustments are<br />
made via drylin R flange bearings. Clip bearings have been built<br />
onto the bracket of an electric motor in order to ensure easy<br />
assembly.<br />
On another (vertical) linear axis, Küppersbusch uses a combination<br />
of drylin R flange bearings with aluminium adapters in which<br />
anodized aluminum shafts move. Klaus Voigt: “We have been using<br />
this solution for approximately eight years. It is visually perfect,<br />
does not need any lubrication and is almost wear-free.”<br />
A variety of iglidur materials<br />
In the choice of the iglidur material, the designers benefit from the<br />
steadily growing variety. Klaus Voigt: “For many years we have<br />
used the FDA-compliant solution iglidur A180. Now we mostly use<br />
the new FDA variants iglidur A181 (blue) and the FDA-compliant<br />
high-temperature bearing iglidur A500.” A relatively new igus<br />
product is used in the current system at the outlet of the rotary<br />
table for feeding the bottles. The guidance equipment for the<br />
bottles was originally made of stainless steel. In order to dampen<br />
the noise of bottles hitting metal, igus tribo-tape made of iglidur<br />
B160 material is now being used. This liner is resistant to cleaning<br />
agents and is characterized by a very good sliding / friction<br />
coefficient compared to glass.<br />
Bearings from igus in valve and pump applications<br />
Küppersbusch also relies on high-performance polymer bearings<br />
from the igus modular system at the valves and pumps of the filling<br />
and dosing stations. At the filling stations, the bottles are raised via<br />
drylin T-rail guides and connected to the filler. At the centering<br />
bridges of the filling tubes, the company installs iglidur flange<br />
bearings, which are not only FDA-compliant and chemically resistant,<br />
but also have an extremely long service life. Klaus Voigt tells<br />
from his experience: “These bearings are heavily stressed. We have<br />
a filling machine that has done 40 million cycles and is still operating<br />
with the first shaft and the first bushing.” Users of the Küppersbusch<br />
bottling plants profit from the fact that they can get by with a<br />
minimum of service. Their equipments are known to the customers<br />
for this.<br />
Photographs: igus GmbH<br />
www.igus.eu<br />
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ackground: fotolia<br />
Mitsubishi Electric’s new safety PLC<br />
conforming to top most standards<br />
Across industry sectors, many production applications<br />
demand critical systems to be operational in case of a<br />
failure to the primary CPU unit. Catering to this<br />
demand, Mitsubishi Electric’s modular PLC series<br />
‘Melsec iQ-R’ is now available as a fully redundant pair<br />
of controllers for high performance and extra reliability.<br />
It offers a complete duplicate PLC rack with all modules,<br />
which the primary set will switch-over to<br />
instantaneously. It also integrates various features into<br />
the PLC for monitoring safety. The programming<br />
platform, GX Works3 integrates both process and<br />
safety-control programming in one environment. This<br />
enables the execution of integrated process- and<br />
safety-control programs with a single CPU module,<br />
eliminating the time and cost associated with<br />
purchasing and installing a separate safety controller.<br />
Mitsubishi has added another layer of protection to the<br />
basic architecture of the iQ-R, which provides process<br />
integrity and dependability. It includes a SIL2-process<br />
CPU module and a separate SIL2-function module as a<br />
set, sitting alongside the power supply module. This<br />
ensures continuous operation by switching to standby<br />
operation if an error occurs in the control system.<br />
Aluminum acts like steel, with Nord’s<br />
innovative surface treatment<br />
Nord’s ‘nsdtupH’ surface treatment is an outstanding<br />
anti-corrosion treatment for gear units, smooth<br />
motors, frequency inverters and motor starters in<br />
aluminium cast<br />
housings. It’s<br />
special method<br />
makes the<br />
surface corrosion-resistant<br />
and<br />
harder; in this way, aluminium behaves like stainless steel with<br />
regard to corrosion protection. It is not a coating, but a surface<br />
treatment that creates a protective layer which is permanently<br />
bonded to the substrate material. Any damages that occur remain<br />
locally restricted and do not propagate. The surface is easy to<br />
clean and largely resistant to acids and alkalis. The ‘nsdtupH’<br />
drive units are a robust and durable alternative to painted geared<br />
motors or stainless steel versions. Nord drives with nsdtupH<br />
comply with FDA Title 21 CFR 175.300 and for this reason are<br />
suitable for food application. The nsdtupH surface treatment is<br />
advantageous for all drives used under extreme environmental<br />
conditions and for hygienically critical applications including the<br />
food, beverage and pharmaceuticals industry.<br />
www.nord.com<br />
eu3a.mitsubishielectric.com<br />
R+W is expanding its servo disc pack couplings offering<br />
by adding the SCL range<br />
PRODUCTS<br />
Servo drives are used for high precision and dynamic motion,<br />
especially in automation equipment, packaging machinery and<br />
industrial robotics. Shaft couplings for these applications must<br />
be correspondingly inertia-reduced, must provide misalignment<br />
compensation, and operate with a high degree of precision.<br />
The company, R+W has decades of experience in this area<br />
with its precision bellows couplings, and will now be expanding<br />
its offering by adding its new SCL range; consisting of a<br />
zero-backlash disc pack coupling with light weight aluminum<br />
clamping hubs – designed for lower torques. The servo disc pack<br />
coupling is suitable for dynamic drive tasks involving frequent<br />
stop-start and reversing operations, where the focus is on<br />
absolute positioning accuracy. Their<br />
hubs are made of aluminum, thus<br />
have low weight and low moment of<br />
inertia. The disc packs themselves are<br />
made of high-strength stainless steel<br />
and feature a high degree of power density. No micromovements<br />
are generated in the discpack connection, which<br />
translates to higher torsional stiffness. The shaft-hub connection<br />
is only available in a friction-locked format with a clamping<br />
hub, split clamping hub or conical clamping hub.<br />
www.rw-couplings.com<br />
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Ebm-papst expands with another<br />
facility in China<br />
Servo convertors equipped with module<br />
systems deliver high performance<br />
The drive and automation specialist Baumüller is introducing<br />
new axis units for its module system b-maXX 5000. The new units<br />
are suitable for a performance range with a peak performance of<br />
up to 240 kW. The entire range of b-maXX 5000 devices cover a<br />
nominal power range of 1 to 100 kW and thus prove to be a<br />
suitable solution for various<br />
applications in machine and<br />
plant construction. The<br />
converter series b-maXX 5000<br />
includes feed-in and<br />
regenerative units as well as<br />
drive units, which can be<br />
quickly and easily combined<br />
by an integrated drive connect<br />
system. For the machine<br />
builder and operator this<br />
means less installation effort and short start-up and service<br />
times. The controllers are available in the air, water and cold plate<br />
cooling types and score with minimal assembly space thanks to<br />
high performance density. With plug-in modules the devices can<br />
be equipped with safety functions according to IEC 61800-5-2.<br />
The machine builder can choose from 4 different modules to<br />
adapt the safety functions to his specific application. The plug-in<br />
modules enable a fast and flexible reaction to new requirements.<br />
With a ground-breaking ceremony, ebm-papst, global<br />
player in the fans and motors segment, started the<br />
construction of its new plant in Xi’an, the capital of<br />
Shaanxi province in China. From summer 2019, fan<br />
solutions for the Asian market will be manufactured here<br />
in the 27,000 sq. meters facility. A new manufacturing<br />
facility in China speaks volumes about the rising demand<br />
in the Asian market. With this new facility, the company is<br />
inching towards achieving its internationalization strategy<br />
and targeting emerging markets like Indonesia, Vietnam,<br />
Thailand apart from China. The decision for the new<br />
location near the city of Xi’an, with its 12 million<br />
inhabitants, is reinforced by the high availability of<br />
qualified specialists and excellent transport and logistical<br />
connections. The company is being represented in China<br />
since 1996 and currently employs around 1,800 staff at the<br />
Chinese sites. The headquarters, along with a<br />
development center, is located in Waigaoqiao, Shanghai,<br />
and a production plant in Nanhui, Shanghai and two more<br />
locations are in Hong Kong and Qingdao. The total<br />
investment sum of the new building is estimated at<br />
around € 30 million.<br />
www.ebmpapst.com<br />
www.baumueller.de/en<br />
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Capacitive thread sensors:<br />
innovative technology from<br />
Micro-Epsilon<br />
background: fotolia<br />
Smart servo axis for effective and<br />
flexible production processes<br />
Lenze, the specialist in machine automation has come up with a<br />
scalable drive solution for production and intra-logistics systems.<br />
The combination of an i950 servo inverter, an m850 synchronous<br />
motor and a g700 planetary gearbox is easy to handle and<br />
facilitates cost-effective production, even for batch size 1. At the<br />
heart of the solution is the smart i950 servo inverter. Its greater<br />
computing power and the integrated EtherCAT-Port make it<br />
possible to control multiple<br />
axes synchronously at high<br />
speed, enabling it to<br />
complete complex tasks.<br />
The second component is<br />
the m850 synchronous<br />
motor. It stands out<br />
because of the favorable<br />
ratio between the mass<br />
inertia of load and motor,<br />
which results in very quiet<br />
running. Despite the high<br />
mass inertia, it is dynamic<br />
enough to handle medium to high loads. The drive is available in<br />
3 sizes, each in 3 different power classes that extend from 2.0 kW<br />
to 9.2 kW. The g700 planetary gearbox is adapted for these motor<br />
characteristics and meets the requirements of mediumperformance<br />
applications in terms of rigidity and high dynamics.<br />
www.lenze.com<br />
Micro-Epsilon has introduced capacitive sensors with<br />
a thread, these are not intended for clamping but are<br />
screwed into a thread. This opens up numerous<br />
applications possibilities especially for measurement<br />
tasks where the standard sensors cannot be clamped,<br />
non-contact displacement, distance and position<br />
measurements can be easily carried out using the new<br />
threaded sensors. They are specially designed for<br />
machine building applications where the sensors must<br />
be mounted at a defined distance e.g. on walls, in bore<br />
holes or even very<br />
deep drill holes.<br />
Due to the<br />
integrated plug-in<br />
connection, they<br />
are easy to install.<br />
Conventional<br />
capacitive sensors<br />
are equipped with<br />
a permanently integrated cable that gets twisted when<br />
screwing the cable in. However, the sensors from<br />
Micro-Epsilon are screwed in first and then connected<br />
with the cable via the integrated plug-in connection.<br />
They stand out due to their long-term stability, reliability<br />
and temperature stability. Furthermore, they offer<br />
extremely high reliability and high precision<br />
measurements down to nanometer range. Its innovative<br />
technology, makes them useful even in harsh industrial<br />
environments.<br />
www.micro-epsilon.com<br />
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Advertising sales director:<br />
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Differential pressure transmitter<br />
with railway certification<br />
The JUMO MIDAS DP10 differential pressure transmitter with<br />
a silicon sensor is used to detect the differential pressure in<br />
fluid and gaseous as well as low-aggressive media. The<br />
measurement range covers 0 to 40 mbar up to 0 to 16 bar<br />
differential pressure. The highly vibration-resistant differential<br />
pressure transmitter has been certified for use in the<br />
railway industry in accordance with the latest versions of the<br />
standards under DIN EN 50155, DIN EN 50121, and DIN EN<br />
45545. Within the railway industry the JUMO MIDAS DP10<br />
can be used in areas such as pressure monitoring for brake<br />
circuits or level measurement in service water, wastewater,<br />
and quench water tanks. JUMO MIDAS DP10 is also suitable<br />
for monitoring differential pressure to measure current in<br />
ventilation systems or for controlling the degree of contamination<br />
in filters.<br />
Sensor monitors filtration systems<br />
in wind turbines<br />
Efficient use of wind turbines requires full<br />
condition monitoring. This is where<br />
keeping hydraulic fluids and lubricants<br />
clean with qualified filtration systems is<br />
key. The filters not only remove the solids<br />
which increase wear but at the same time<br />
also serve as a sensor, since in a tribological<br />
sense these particles are nothing than<br />
the result of the system-related ‘wear<br />
margin’. So in mechanical systems the<br />
filters ‘measure’ the inevitable wear of<br />
friction partners.<br />
Since depending on the conditions in and under which the<br />
parts are used, this process is not necessarily even and in can<br />
even spike greatly due to spontaneous incidents, the filters<br />
require continuous monitoring. Bühler Technologies<br />
presents a new sensor for this challenging monitoring task.<br />
www.buehler-technologies.com<br />
www.jumo.net<br />
Compact, flexible and easy to install<br />
bearingless encoders are trending in<br />
elevator technology<br />
The use of non-contact magnetic measuring systems like the<br />
bearing-less encoders is a rising trend in the elevator<br />
technology. The bearingless measuring systems are especially<br />
suitable for external rotor motors. Kübler, one of the leading<br />
specialists in the field of position and motion sensors offers<br />
such measuring systems, made of an incremental sensor and<br />
a magnetic ring. This measuring system offers clear<br />
advantages: high resolution, reduced space requirements,<br />
suitable for narrow mounting spaces, flexible and easy to<br />
install. With its compact installation depth of only 10 mm, the<br />
Limes LI50 with magnetic ring can be installed quickly and<br />
easily in tightest mounting spaces. Oblong holes ensure easy<br />
adjusting of the measuring system. A wide mounting<br />
tolerance between the sensor head and the magnetic ring<br />
ensures trouble-free installation. Just like its encoders, the<br />
bearingless measuring system is particularly robust and<br />
reliable.<br />
www.kuebler.com<br />
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ASTRO.indd 1 08.02.<strong>2018</strong> 10:35:55
Witness the culture of automation<br />
in South China’s industrial sector<br />
As one of the largest and busiest industrial trade fairs<br />
in Asia, Industrial Automation Show - Shanghai, offers<br />
an excellent opportunity for visitors and exhibiting<br />
companies to interact and understand the trends of<br />
Asia’s automation market. These face to face<br />
interactions allow visitors to see what companies have<br />
to offer and for automation companies to better<br />
understand the requirements of their clients.<br />
Organized by Germany’s leading trade fair organizers, Deutsche<br />
Messe AG along with Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd.,<br />
the Industrial Automation Show (IAS) Shanghai will be hosted<br />
from September 19th-23rd, <strong>2018</strong> at the National Exhibition and<br />
Convention Center in Shanghai. Just like every year, the prestigious<br />
fair grounds with a display area of more than 70,000 sqm will<br />
attract exhibitors and visitors from all over Asia and South China,<br />
in particular. In 2017, this five-day show attracted over 160,000<br />
trade visitors from home and abroad, reporting a rise of nearly 6.5<br />
% more visits as compared to 2016. These numbers show the strong<br />
market position this event holds amongst all of Asia’s industrial<br />
automation trade fairs, and the 6.5 % rise in number of visitors<br />
proves the increasing popularity of this international trade fair.<br />
Apart from increasing interest from South China, more and more<br />
exhibitors and visitors from countries like Japan, South Korea,<br />
Germany, Italy, America, Switzerland, France, Austria, Britain,<br />
Israel, Singapore, India and China Taiwan are participating, as the<br />
reach and significance of this event is gaining more importance. In<br />
2017, the proportion of overseas exhibitors was nearly 60 %. One of<br />
the prime reasons for show’s popularity, is the large number and<br />
quality of exhibitors from all segments of the industry that display<br />
their top products and systems. Along with IAS, the venue also cohosts<br />
the Metalworking and CNC Machine Tool Show (MWCS),<br />
these two specialized themed shows bring in more than over 600<br />
exhibitor companies respectively. The exhibitor list consists of<br />
reputed industry names and global market leaders like Siemens,<br />
Bosch, Phoenix Contact, Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, Delta, Turck,<br />
Festo, Beckhoff, National Instruments, B&R, Lenze, Sanyo, Rittal,<br />
Balluff, Wago, Pepperl+Fuchs, IFM, Sick, Harting, Baumer, Pilz,<br />
Hiwin, Keyence, Parker, Nord and many more. Just like in the past,<br />
even this year, these enterprises are expected to make a dazzling<br />
presence with their best-selling products and cutting-edge<br />
technologies that put a spotlight on smart manufacturing, highend<br />
equipment and innovative technologies, which are the key<br />
areas of “Made in China 2025”.<br />
Based on Industry 4.0 principles, the smart manufacturing<br />
concepts and applications are the main direction of China’s<br />
transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing sector. The<br />
spirit of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) National<br />
Congress focuses on smart manufacturing and the integration of<br />
information technology and industrialization, in order to revitalize<br />
the nation’s real economy. In line with these guidelines, IAS<br />
Shanghai <strong>2018</strong>, provides a unique platform for global and domestic<br />
enterprises to expand their market presence by showcasing the<br />
latest technological achievements, and thus boosting the<br />
development of manufacturing industry. As the largest and the<br />
most influential industrial automation show in Asia, IAS Shanghai<br />
<strong>2018</strong> has a strong lineup of core technologies of smart manufacturing,<br />
presenting a vast display of comprehensive solutions for industrial<br />
automation, production and process automation, electrical system,<br />
Industrial IT, and digitalization of manufacturing industry.<br />
Product Category at IAS Shanghai<br />
The trade show is categorized into various display sectors into<br />
production and process automation, electrical system, robotics and<br />
industrial automation IT & software. The production and process<br />
automation category has on display products and systems from the<br />
assembly & handling technology, linear positioning systems,<br />
Author: Sushen Doshi,<br />
International correspondent<br />
for World of Industries<br />
AUTOMATION
control systems, PLC, scada, industrial PCs, embedded systems,<br />
data capturing and identification systems, industrial image<br />
processing systems, sensors and actuators, communication,<br />
networks and field bus systems, measuring and test systems, laser<br />
technology and compressed air generation systems etc. The<br />
electrical systems category consists of electrical and mechanical<br />
power transmission systems like transformers, accumulators and<br />
UPS, electric switchgear and equipment for electrical control<br />
systems, electric and electronic test and measuring equipment,<br />
electric motors & frequency inverters, motor drives, cables &<br />
cabling accessories, electronic and opto-electronic components,<br />
gears and mechanical drive systems as well. The upgradation of any<br />
industry is incomplete without integration of IT and software<br />
systems. To cater to this demand IAS Shanghai offers a vast array of<br />
industrial automation IT and software products like production<br />
and manufacturing software, basic systems and development tools<br />
for industry, internet, intranet and extranet solutions, IT hardware<br />
for industry, professional services and consultancies that showcase<br />
comprehensive IT services to maximize the benefits of software<br />
products.<br />
Robotics at IAS Shanghai <strong>2018</strong><br />
One of the most in-demand sectors is robotics, with China<br />
investing aggressively in this arena. For four consecutive years,<br />
China has been the world’s largest industrial robot market. In 2016,<br />
China had a total sales volume of almost 90,000 units – representing<br />
30 % of the global market. According to the International Federation<br />
of Robotics (IFR), China has had the most industrial robots in<br />
operation globally since 2016. By 2020, China is expected to<br />
produce 150,000 industrial robot units and have more than 900,000<br />
industrial robots in operation. However, despite China having the<br />
most industrial robots in the world, its robot density is below the<br />
global average, with only 68 units per 10,000 workers in 2016.<br />
China’s robotics industry is clearly large, but still has significant<br />
room for development. The Chinese government has recognized<br />
this and has tried to address it in it’s ‘Made in China 2025’ policy.<br />
Over the next decade, there is no downside to this sector as the<br />
penetration of robots in China’s manufacturing set up is set to<br />
increase tremendously. At IAS Shanghai, the robotics display area<br />
will showcase the latest industrial robots, servo control, humanmachine<br />
interaction techniques, robot vision and intelligent<br />
speech, robot simulation system, service robots, machinery,<br />
appliances & components for robotic products.<br />
Shanghai: an industrial power in itself<br />
Another reason why IAS Shanghai is one of the favorite events<br />
amongst automation industry professionals is the host city:<br />
Shanghai. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, a global<br />
trading and financial center, a major transport hub and one of the<br />
busiest container port in the world, with more than 37 million TEU<br />
in container volume annually. Even the Shanghai stock exchange<br />
has emerged as one of the world’s largest by market capitalization.<br />
Since 1992 the city has recorded double-digit growth almost every<br />
year except during the global recession of 2008-09. In 2017,<br />
Shanghai’s total GDP grew to $ 475 billion. Apart from service<br />
industries like finance, retail and real estate, Shanghai also boasts a<br />
strong manufacturing sector which accounts for more than 35 % of<br />
the total output respectively. Steel, shipbuilding, automobile<br />
manufacturing, food and pharmaceuticals, software and<br />
automation are important industry sectors. Shanghai’s advantage<br />
lies in its size and industrial diversity, the competitiveness of several<br />
manufacturing subsectors, and the emergence of business services.<br />
At the same time, Shanghai’s expanding technological capabilities<br />
are being nurtured by a deepening pool of qualified human capital,<br />
increasing R&D, FDI in high-tech activities, and the openness of the<br />
city to the rest of the world. The dynamic megapolis is driven by a<br />
growing middle class, which is feeding a demand for innovation.<br />
With its advanced services, large supplier base, easy access to<br />
skilled and highly skilled technicians and engineers, Shanghai is<br />
rightly positioned as China’s premier business city.<br />
Apart from the business context, Shanghai is also a major tourist<br />
destination, as it attracts a wide range of tourists due to its vibrant<br />
culture, natural beauty, and modern infrastructure. A wide range of<br />
trade fair venues, conference facilities along with its wellestablished<br />
transport system make Shanghai a great destination for<br />
an event of the scale of IAS Shanghai.<br />
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Security for the connected industry<br />
AUTOMATION<br />
The Industrial Internet of Things, Made in China 2025,<br />
Cyber-Physical Systems – many new terms have been<br />
coined to describe something that will influence the<br />
way we work. What does the IoT mean for mechanical<br />
engineers or the manufacturers of controllers or other<br />
devices? We have spoken to Oliver Winzenried, CEO of<br />
Wibu-Systems, about the risks and opportunities that<br />
lie ahead and the solutions we have available.<br />
In car factories, driverless transporters bring semi-finished goods<br />
from production line to production line, where robots choose the<br />
tools they need from their kits to process them. Robots will be sent<br />
to fight fires in places too dangerous for humans; robots will provide<br />
care, and nurture and grow plants. The list of applications that<br />
are suited for the Internet of Things is already long, and it is growing<br />
every day. The IoT systems of the future will rely on public networks,<br />
but public networks are not safe environments. Hackers are always<br />
looking for backdoors or exploits to use in their criminal endeavors.<br />
Author: Nicole Steinicke, Editor, World of Industries<br />
Attackers’ attempts to tamper with data can cause and are already<br />
causing untold damage. The IoT has many unprotected flanks,<br />
which means that every component needs to have its own appropriate<br />
safeguards. This requires fully secure and reliable channels<br />
over which components in factories can communicate with each<br />
other.<br />
Strategy for success: Wibu-Systems’ concept for<br />
protection, licensing, and security<br />
Wibu-Systems, a privately held company founded by engineers<br />
Oliver Winzenried and Marcellus Buchheit in 1989, is an innovative<br />
technology leader in the global software license lifecycle management<br />
market. Wibu-Systems offers CodeMeter, a complete package<br />
for protection, licensing, and security that fulfills all relevant standards<br />
and requirements. CodeMeter is its core product, available<br />
either as a dongle (CmDongle), device-bound license (CmAct-<br />
License), or cloud license (CmCloudLicense). CodeMeter’s components<br />
are integrated into software and back-office systems to guarantee<br />
a streamlined process. Nicole Steinicke, Editor-in-chief, met<br />
Oliver Winzenried at the exhibition IAMD Beijing, China and spoke<br />
to him about the future of protection, licensing, and security for the<br />
Internet of Things.<br />
32 <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>INDUSTRIES</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
01 CodeMeter offers secure protection and effective license<br />
control for software and digital documents
,<br />
How is your China business developing, especially with regard to<br />
the mechanical and industrial engineering sector?<br />
Our China business is growing very well. Industrial automation is<br />
a driver for the integration of protection, licensing, and security<br />
capabilities. Last year, we saw a 40% increase in revenues in China.<br />
There is increasing demand for industrial automation technology,<br />
and industrial automation systems are more and more relying on<br />
software to deliver their functions. This requires security-by-design<br />
as well as geo-versatile and user-centric business models.<br />
Digitalization and Industrie 4.0 are hot topics nowadays. Which<br />
research projects have you joined that focus on these topics?<br />
02 Oliver Winzenried, founder<br />
and CEO of Wibu-Systems,<br />
Karlsruhe, Germany<br />
In the Industrial Internet of things (IIoT), security-by-design needs<br />
to be the benchmark for all components. This places particular<br />
priority on industrial grade design, the footprint of hardware and<br />
software, development support, and cross-brand cooperation as<br />
well as complete protection from the very first software layer. IoTcapable<br />
protections need to be physically and functionally scalable.<br />
Wibu-Systems offers CodeMeter, a complete package for protection,<br />
licensing, and security. The consistent and interoperable solution<br />
is fully scalable to match any job and application. But how can<br />
companies equip themselves for the connected future ahead?<br />
Oliver Winzenried discusses the requirements and challenges<br />
and shows how companies can look forward to lasting success<br />
in the new world of the Internet of Things.<br />
What did you exhibit at this year’s IAMD Beijing?<br />
At IAMD Beijing we presented the new firmware features for CmA-<br />
SIC and all CmDongles, the new CmStick/B and /BMC, and some<br />
additional features in CodeMeter License Central, Protection Suite,<br />
and CmEmbedded. Our new CmStick/B and /BMC come in a onepiece-metal<br />
casing, designed for greater shifts in temperature and<br />
humidity, and are equipped with an integrated security controller.<br />
Intelligent device manufacturers can protect the integrity of their<br />
technical IP against piracy, reverse engineering, and tampering,<br />
all while monetizing their digital assets.<br />
IUNO, the German national reference project for IT security in<br />
Industrie 4.0, is meant to identify the threats and risks for smart<br />
factories and develop protective measures that manufacturers can<br />
implement. With our interdisciplinary R&D project, our purpose<br />
is to provide sustainable designs and methods that meet the special<br />
requirements of IT security in terms of the operation, scalability,<br />
robustness, and efficiency recommended for Industrie 4.0 processes.<br />
In this regard, we are active in two use cases: A prototype<br />
of a secure technology data marketplace, e.g. for 3D printing data,<br />
and the integration of secure hardware elements in OPC UA<br />
enabled RFID readers to protect M2M communications. The two<br />
demonstrations are the result of our cooperation with Balluff, a<br />
world-leading maker of sensor technology, and T<strong>RU</strong>MPF, a global<br />
technology leader in machine tools and lasers. We are active in<br />
several other Pan-European projects and continuing to strengthen<br />
our relations with China by being a contributing member of the<br />
Alliance Industrial Internet and cooperating with the Tongji<br />
University in Shanghai.<br />
Security leaks and cyber-attacks are raising the question about<br />
the awareness of the security situation in industry. What is your<br />
recommendation for manufacturers?<br />
Awareness is definitely increasing. Nevertheless, the additional<br />
cost for security mechanisms and their more complex operation<br />
and setup are slowing down implementation. Companies should<br />
consider the best practices and start by aiming for 80% improvement<br />
with a 20% immediate effort. Doing nothing and waiting for an<br />
incident is too risky. To find out more about sustainable solutions,<br />
please watch my video at https://youtu.be/jLHd8zrDcxU.<br />
You are talking about “4D Integration” with Wibu-Systems’<br />
solutions. What is behind this term?<br />
Four-dimensional integration is the core foundation of CodeMeter<br />
to provide maximum interoperability. License containers: Our<br />
CmDongles with and without additional flash memory in many<br />
form factors, including industry-grade CmASIC, CmActLicenses,<br />
CmCloud, support for TPM and TEE like Intel SGX or ARM Trustzone.<br />
Devices: Support for small microcontrollers with CmMicro-<br />
Embedded, embedded systems, PLCs, PCs, servers to the cloud.<br />
Platforms: Wide OS and architecture support, e.g. for VxWorks,<br />
QNX, RTOS, Linux, Android, ... and X86, PPC, ARM processors.<br />
And last, but not least, business process integration with CodeMeter<br />
License Central connected to ERP (SAP), CRM (Salesforce), and<br />
e-commerce (Digital River) solutions.<br />
www.wibu.com<br />
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Bringing<br />
digital twin<br />
applications<br />
to your<br />
business<br />
Video<br />
Learn more: SAP’s view on<br />
network of digital twins:<br />
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AUTOMATION<br />
In order to create new business models and boost<br />
innovation; digital twins must evolve to connect,<br />
interact, and communicate with each other –<br />
expanding the entire value chain by creating a<br />
network. This article demonstrates the impact of<br />
digital twins as a first step towards making processes<br />
more intelligent, collaborative, and automated.<br />
Digital transformation offers significant opportunity, but it can<br />
also be a challenge for manufacturers as machines are becoming<br />
more complex and need to support flexible production.<br />
Digital twins can be leveraged to boost multi-discipline collaboration<br />
over the complete product lifecycle from innovation to operation.<br />
Digital twins are not a new concept for specific purposes like<br />
engineering, manufacturing or operations; but they stood alone and<br />
did not deliver on the promise of seamless collaboration – until now.<br />
SAP believes that in order for digital twins to have the desired impact<br />
they need to deliver value in four distinct areas: be an exact<br />
digital representation of and have a high fidelity connection to the<br />
physical object, support multiple processes (R&D, manufacturing,<br />
service) with just one version of the digital twin, allow multiple<br />
stakeholders and partners to collaborate on one version of the digital<br />
twin, and to allow semantic relations between digital twins of<br />
assets from different suppliers in the customer context.<br />
A new era of networks and product design<br />
Digital twins are more than a virtual lookalike of a physical product.<br />
Spread across the entire product and asset lifecycle, digital twins<br />
are used in engineering, manufacturing, operations and service.<br />
With the product lifecycle shrinking, ever-increasing streams of<br />
connected data and more complex production; organizations need<br />
to work across silos and ensure decision access for all disciplines.<br />
What if digital twins could communicate with one another, creating<br />
a network between themselves? The real-world product and its<br />
digital twin can bridge the physical and digital worlds at all points<br />
along the value chain, opening the door to new innovation and<br />
multiplying the possibilities of what can be achieved. Drawing on<br />
actual usage data of connected products and assets, digital twins<br />
are the basis for new product-as-a-service business models: Using<br />
machine learning, live insights can be gained from the constant<br />
stream of real-time usage and performance data to continually<br />
automate, learn and improve processes throughout the value chain<br />
and across all business areas.<br />
Digital Twins improve collaboration and provide<br />
insights<br />
Creating a network of digital twins makes it easy to share data with<br />
internal colleagues, external supply chain partners and even customers.<br />
Its its partners and it’s customers can collaboratively improve<br />
processes and more.<br />
Sharing digital-twin data with multiple internal departments ensures<br />
everyone is on the same page. The R&D, finance, marketing<br />
and sales teams – groups that typically work in silos – can collaborate<br />
to ensure a new product is properly designed, accurately priced,<br />
sufficiently promoted and commercially viable. Supply chain partners<br />
benefit from a network of digital twins with enhanced visibility.<br />
If an asset malfunctions, the maintenance provider knows it needs<br />
to mobilize a team to fix the equipment. If an organization manufactures<br />
a product ahead of schedule, the logistics provider knows it<br />
can pick up the goods and deliver them early. Finally, digital twin<br />
networks help glean invaluable insights from customers. By monitoring<br />
how customers interact with goods, organizations can remove<br />
underused features from future product iterations or develop<br />
new products that highlight popular features.<br />
Enabling an open, collaborative environment through a network of<br />
digital twins offers the chance to transform engineering, operations<br />
and everything in between. In turn, this allows enterprises to bring<br />
digital representations of multiple products, equipment and assets<br />
together into one technical and business context, and to become<br />
more intelligent.<br />
Photographs: SAP<br />
www.sap.com<br />
SAP supports the network of digital<br />
twins from idea to manufacturing to<br />
service and back in the innovation cycle.<br />
Georg Kube, Global Vice President, Industrial<br />
Machinery & Components Industry Business Unit, SAP<br />
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High-quality spices<br />
with process control<br />
The processing and marketing of agricultural products like herbs<br />
and spices is very sophisticated. For this reason a market leader has<br />
invested heavily in modern technologies and restructured their<br />
production processes in accordance with high standards. This<br />
includes a modern Scada system, a new plant controller as well as<br />
converters and motor starters.<br />
01<br />
Juan José Albarracín (JJA) in Spain is among the market leaders in<br />
the production and marketing of high-quality spices such as paprika<br />
and pepper blends. Founded in 1854, the company is also the<br />
oldest of its kind. To future-proof the quality of its products moving<br />
forward and to simplify the operation of its plants, JJA relies on extensive<br />
solutions from the Siemens product portfolio. These not<br />
only help the producer to improve the performance of its milling<br />
plants, but also increase plant availability and simplify control of<br />
the drives. The Siemens solution also permits simple adjustment to<br />
future requirements.<br />
Optimization of the production<br />
Until the new solutions were introduced, the products were still<br />
processed using largely manual processes. This meant that only<br />
limited or no use of product data could be made to optimize<br />
production sequences, and also made the process of troubleshooting<br />
and localizing faults very complicated. The extensive modernization<br />
of its operations using Siemens components such as a modern<br />
Scada system, a new plant controller as well as converters and motor<br />
starters – all engineered in the TIA (Totally Integrated Automation)<br />
Portal – has allowed JJA to move ist production into line with the<br />
latest state of the art.<br />
Perfectly control of the spice mill drives<br />
The Simatic S7-1500 is used as the central controller. The company<br />
uses the runtime software WinCC Runtime Professional to operate<br />
and observe its processes. Simatic IPC547E hardware is also used to<br />
enable simple, intuitive process visualization. JJA also relies on<br />
Sinamics G120C built-in units and Sirius 3RW soft starters to control<br />
01 Process<br />
visualization with<br />
Simatic WinCC<br />
Professional<br />
02 Simatic S7-<br />
1500 in practical<br />
application<br />
the spice mill drives. Operation and visualization of the overall<br />
plant take place using Simatic Industrial Flat Panels with touch<br />
functionality. The Siemens solution was rapidly and successfully<br />
integrated into the existing infrastructure, and allows simple plant<br />
operation coupled with the assurance of high product quality.<br />
Detailed visualization of the production sequences<br />
The production data can now be integrated into the existing ERP<br />
(Enterprise Resource Planning) system, improving both traceability<br />
and documentation. The selected configuration is additionally<br />
designed to permit troublefree expansion of the plant at a later date.<br />
Detailed visualization of the production sequences enables<br />
particularly intuitive plant operation, while the simple localization<br />
of faults has meant a significant improvement to plant availability.<br />
Photographs: Siemens<br />
www.siemens.com<br />
02<br />
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Sustainable<br />
generation of<br />
positioning systems<br />
AUTOMATION<br />
Large reading window and codes guarantee<br />
SIL 3/PLe-compliant safety applications, or in other<br />
words adherence to the most stringent safety<br />
guidelines and optimum protection for human and<br />
machine at all times. Achieving this level of safety<br />
previously entailed a great deal of time and money,<br />
but these problems will no longer affect future users<br />
of a new positioning systems.<br />
I<br />
n 2011, Pepperl+Fuchs celebrated the first launch of its PCV (Position<br />
Coded Vision) sensor, combining a 2-D camera as a reader<br />
with a Data Matrix code tape for absolute positioning. The reader<br />
extracts the information in the Data Matrix code, identifies the current<br />
location, and then calculates the exact position in relation to<br />
the center of the camera. The system is innovative in that it offers<br />
the highest possible level of data security by always reading several<br />
codes at the same time.<br />
In 2014, the newly developed PGV (Position Guided Vision)<br />
system – a navigation solution for automated guided vehicles (AGV)<br />
– was released using the same technology. The method of using a<br />
2-D code to tackle the task of positioning remains unique, and offers<br />
major benefits over solutions using 1-D codes. For example, the<br />
user can evaluate the Y axis as well as the X axis and use this data for<br />
positioning purposes.<br />
Both of these systems have undergone continuous optimization<br />
and development over the past few years. The second generation of<br />
the PCV successor model - the new PXV system - was presented late<br />
last year. Yet despite the continuous efforts to enhance these positioning<br />
devices, operators frequently reported a need for additional<br />
safety solutions for absolute positioning and safe navigation.<br />
Machines and plants which can be controlled by electrical or elec-<br />
Author: Armin Hornberger, Head of Product Management for Industrial<br />
Vision Components, Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH in Mannheim, Germany<br />
tronic systems and sensors present a hazard to the humans working<br />
with them. In order to protect these individuals, stringent statutory<br />
requirements must be met. They are set out in the Machinery Directive,<br />
and are intended to ensure that all the machines and plants<br />
placed on the market are safe. With the safePGV and the safePXV<br />
systems, Pepperl+Fuchs has developed a new generation of positioning<br />
systems which achieves the required SIL 3/PLe compliance<br />
for the first time – all with a single sensor.<br />
What is so ground-breaking about this<br />
safety solution?<br />
To start with, SIL 3/PLe-compliant safe absolute positioning has<br />
been virtually unachievable for plant operators to date owing to the<br />
substantial amounts of time and money involved. Redundant<br />
systems with different sensors or different technologies needed to<br />
be constructed. It was furthermore necessary for the safe control<br />
system to carry out plausibility checks of the data, and the overall<br />
development process needed to be monitored by TÜV and ultimately<br />
approved.<br />
A single positioning system with just one sensor achieves all of<br />
this in the new safePGV and safePXV systems from Pepperl+Fuchs.<br />
The new safety technology is based on the particularly reliable combination<br />
of a 2-D reader and the Data Matrix code, which has been<br />
popular for many years. The new system however introduces a special<br />
tape with two superimposed red and blue Data Matrix codes.<br />
The 2-D reader is equipped with two different colored LED rings -<br />
also red and blue. The two-color codes, in combination with twocolor<br />
illumination, form the basis for this unique security solution.<br />
Each individual code contains position and safety information<br />
which is made visible by red or blue LED illumination and can<br />
therefore be read by the camera.<br />
Direct and safe data transfer to safety PLC<br />
The real brain of these positioning systems can be found in the innovative<br />
new firmware. It controls the different LED colors with an<br />
algorithm rated as safe. Each code is then independently checked<br />
for plausibility in the safety section of the sensor. The mathematically<br />
random flash sequence must match the actual position. Since<br />
the different LEDs are controlled via the safety section, the camera<br />
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Benefits<br />
n Safe absolute positioning<br />
according to SIL 3/PL e with<br />
only one single sensor<br />
n Multiple-redundant<br />
technology combines safe<br />
firmware, 2-D read head,<br />
and two-color Data Matrix<br />
code band<br />
01 The 2-D camera can be easily<br />
parameterized with Profinet-GSDML<br />
file via the safety PLC<br />
Absolute positioning system<br />
detects the data matrix codes<br />
regardless of radius size<br />
n Direct and safe data<br />
transfer to safety PLC<br />
via Profinet Profisafe<br />
protocol—without<br />
any additional<br />
function block<br />
needed<br />
evaluation system does not know the illumination color currently<br />
being used for recording. It therefore only compares the data actually<br />
recorded for the code against the expected value.<br />
This means that checks are constantly being carried out to ensure<br />
that the software in the camera is still functioning properly.<br />
The system firmware only transmits all the data to the safe control<br />
system via Profisafe once it has carried out plausibility checks<br />
within the sensor itself. The safe X position can then be directly<br />
processed by the safe control system without additional checks<br />
and used for process control. The result is a unique and absolutely<br />
reliable sensor technology which continuously performs selfchecks.<br />
The system also meets the stringent SIL 3/PLe safety requirements<br />
for the first time, with a high level of efficiency - and<br />
just a single sensor.<br />
Suitable for many versatile fields of application<br />
Based on a multi-redundant<br />
technology, safePXV and<br />
safePGV enable safe absolute<br />
positioning according to<br />
SIL 3/PL e with one single<br />
sensor for the first time.<br />
Armin Hornberger<br />
The new safePXV system is ideally suited for linear safe absolute<br />
positioning in electric overhead conveyors, stacker cranes in the<br />
field of warehousing and material handling, rotary tables in mechanical<br />
engineering, elevator construction, and wind turbines in<br />
the field of renewable energies. As well as safety and reliability,<br />
ease of handling was also of enormous importance when developing<br />
the system. The mounting procedure could not be quicker or<br />
easier. The code tape is already supplied in the appropriate length<br />
and simply needs to be adhered in place. Following approximate<br />
alignment of the reader, additional parameterization can be carried<br />
out directly via the safety control system using the Profinet-<br />
GSDML file.<br />
The new safePGV system has been optimized for navigation with<br />
automated guided vehicles (AGV) in the field of warehousing and<br />
material handling, supply, and production. The solution goes far<br />
beyond simple positioning in this respect. In addition to the safe X<br />
position, the sensor supplies all values required for reliable vehicle<br />
control. In automotive manufacturing, for example, a minimum distance<br />
can be guaranteed between vehicles at all times, protecting all<br />
the employees working in that area. As well as the safe data, the plant<br />
operator can also access angles and Y positions easily and flexibly.<br />
This means that track deviations can be corrected easily at any time.<br />
The new positioning system is therefore the ideal solution for all<br />
navigation tasks, as well as being a safe investment in the future.<br />
A crane system with a crucial safety advantage<br />
The new safety technology makes it possible to increase levels of occupational<br />
safety for employees working on crane systems efficiently<br />
and without significant effort. The safePXV system can be used to<br />
achieve the absolutely reliable definition of a safety zone in which<br />
the goods can be lowered without any hazard. In the case of gantry<br />
cranes in large halls, for example, the new safety technology must be<br />
affixed to the side rails. The sensors then reliably report their precise<br />
position to the safe control system using the Data Matrix code tape.<br />
Since both sides of the crane system are fitted with the safePXV system,<br />
synchronization can be ensured. The trolley and the axis on<br />
which it moves are also fitted with a sensor and the Data Matrix code<br />
tape, with a view to guaranteeing the exact position of the load within<br />
the crane system and safe absolute positioning.<br />
The new technology can also significantly increase safety during<br />
unloading and reloading of containers in port facilities. Portal<br />
cranes are frequently used in these situations to load the cargo onto<br />
trucks. Safe absolute positioning is a crucial factor in placing the<br />
container accurately and avoiding damage to vehicles and hazards<br />
to workers. The new safePXV system can also be fitted onto crane<br />
systems of this kind with very little effort, ensuring that safe X and Y<br />
positions are determined from the system’s two directions and<br />
transmitted to the safe control system.<br />
Photographs: Pepperl+Fuchs<br />
www.pepperl-fuchs.com<br />
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Making machine<br />
vision robust<br />
AUTOMATION<br />
What makes a machine vision system robust?<br />
Robustness in this context is more than just reliability.<br />
It is a reliability that is maintained within the natural<br />
variations of the environment in which the system is<br />
being used.<br />
number of factors come into play here, including influences<br />
A from the surrounding environment, object variations and<br />
machine vision component effects. Choosing the optimum components<br />
for a machine vision system is therefore a challenging task<br />
and benefits from the knowledge and experience offered by<br />
machine vision systems integrators and specialist suppliers. There<br />
is a very large difference between a solution that works in a demonstration<br />
lab environment and one that deals with all the variations<br />
that an industrial environment will expose the system to.<br />
Machine vision requirements<br />
Machine vision systems consist of several component parts,<br />
including illumination, lenses, camera, image acquisition and data<br />
transfer, and image processing and measurement software. The<br />
capabilities offered by machine vision have grown exponentially as<br />
technology continues to deliver improved performance in all areas.<br />
Author: Mark Williamson, Stemmer Imaging, Puchheim, Germany<br />
The overall complexity of the system is determined by the specific<br />
application requirements. Choosing the optimum components for<br />
a robust vision system should be based not only on their ability to<br />
achieve the required measurement (appropriate resolution, frame<br />
rate, measurement algorithms etc.) but also on external machine<br />
and environmental influences and conditions. Especially in an<br />
industrial environment, these can include part variations, handling,<br />
positioning, the process interface, vibrations, ambient light, temperature,<br />
dust, water, oil and electromagnetic radiation. For extremely<br />
hostile environmental conditions, it may be necessary to utilise<br />
specialist housings to protect machine vision components. A common<br />
example would be the use of camera housings in hygienic<br />
environments that require washdown capability. However, there are<br />
many applications where various environmental conditions can be<br />
accommodated using the most appropriate ‘off the shelf’ components.<br />
The environmental challenge for components<br />
The challenges posed by external factors can have implications both<br />
in terms of potential damage to the machine vision components<br />
themselves, and the effects that they might have on the actual measurements.<br />
This is perfectly illustrated in considering a vision system<br />
that has to cope with temperature variations. Many modern cameras<br />
are built to work in temperatures as low as -5 ˚C or as high as 65 ˚C<br />
without damage. However, increased temperatures can lead to more<br />
noise in the image from the camera sensor, but this can be countered<br />
by ensuring that sufficient illumination is used to improve S/N.<br />
It is also important to recognise that temperature could affect the<br />
object being measured. For example, temperature effects can cause<br />
expansion or contraction particularly in metal components, leading<br />
to variations in their actual linear and volumetric dimensions.<br />
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Many cameras are available in housings rated to IP65/67 which<br />
effectively protects against dust, dirt, water splashes or vapours<br />
In 3D measurement systems the change in geometry of the 3D<br />
sensor will generate errors, unless the sensor’s calibration has<br />
temperature compensation included. Many other environmental<br />
conditions can be addressed by choosing the optimum components.<br />
For example vibration & shock – many modern cameras are<br />
designed with high resistance to vibration and shock. Robot or<br />
track-grade cables are available for applications where the camera<br />
moves. Lockable connectors prevent them being dislodged by<br />
vibration. Ruggedised PCs and embedded computers offer good<br />
mechanical stability. Fixed focus lenses in metal mounts with<br />
lockable screws provide shock and vibration protection. Filters can<br />
provide simple protection of the lens surface.<br />
Or what about dust, dirt and water? Many cameras are available in<br />
housings rated to IP65/67 which effectively protects against dust, dirt<br />
and water splashes. Dust, dirt, liquids or vapours can stick to the LED<br />
or the surfaces of the lens system, reducing the light reaching the<br />
sensor. This can be overcome by increasing the camera gain, by software<br />
processing of the image or by adjusting the output of the LED.<br />
These and other factors affect the quality of the images produced<br />
by the sensor which is critical since these images are used for the<br />
actual measurements.<br />
Making measurements<br />
Machine vision measurements are handled according to the system<br />
configuration. Smart cameras have image acquisition, processing<br />
and analysis capabilities embedded within them. Compact embedded<br />
vision systems designed for demanding machine vision and<br />
automation applications requiring multiple cameras provide image<br />
acquisition, processing and analysis capabilities within the processing<br />
unit. PC-based systems will have the software on the PC.<br />
The accuracy and repeatability of results depends on the particular<br />
software algorithms used and their sub-pixel accuracy.<br />
High quality software products and libraries often provide more<br />
robust software tools than cheaper or open source systems, but<br />
often differences can only be evaluated by direct comparison and<br />
with varying inspection environments. Today’s vision systems can<br />
even tolerate a limited degree of variation in product size and<br />
shape, and can recognise classes of natural product with their<br />
inevitable variations within them. Even with the most robust vision<br />
system, however, external influences can lead to poor measurement<br />
results. For example, vibrations can lead to blurry images,<br />
while variable part feeding could lead to variable image perspectives.<br />
Motion blur can arise when using too long an exposure time<br />
to image moving objects.<br />
What you see is not what you get<br />
One pitfall for the untrained machine vision user is the significant<br />
difference between the human eye and the image acquisition<br />
system. Eyes automatically adjust to deal with apparent significant<br />
dynamic range while a fixed camera is unable to see significantly<br />
bright and dark areas at the same time. Sunlight through a roof light<br />
or a shadow of a tall machine operator can change a camera’s<br />
images image where the human eye would compensate without<br />
you even knowing.<br />
Planning and specifying a machine vision system<br />
Planning, specifying and implementing a machine vision system<br />
that is fit for purpose should involve more than simply choosing the<br />
most robust machine vision components. One way is to make use of<br />
the VDI/VDE/VDMA 2632 series of standards for machine vision,<br />
published by the VDI/VDE Society Measurement and Automatic<br />
Control, developed in conjunction with VDMA Machine Vision in<br />
Germany. Following the VDI/VDE/VDMA 2632-2 process not only<br />
allows the determination of an optimised solution but ensures that<br />
if proposals are sought from several suppliers, they all follow the<br />
same terms and definitions and use a consistent terminology. This<br />
allows exact ‘like for like’ comparisons to be made.<br />
To raise awareness of how the VDI/VDE 2632-2 standard can help<br />
to smooth the successful integration of machine vision into production<br />
equipment, Stemmer Imaging holds a number of training<br />
courses, in association with the European Imaging Academy. These<br />
are ideal for end users looking to embark on a machine vision<br />
project, as attendees will learn what questions to ask suppliers, how<br />
to evaluate proposals and understand the completeness of any proposal.<br />
In this way, users can be confident that they will get a truly<br />
robust vision system.<br />
Photographs: 01 Courtesy Gefra, 02 Stemmer Imaging,<br />
ornaments fotolia<br />
www.stemmer-imaging.com<br />
Machine vision systems<br />
consist of several component<br />
parts, including illumination,<br />
lenses, camera, image acquisition and<br />
data transfer, and image processing<br />
and measurement software. All of<br />
them have to be planned and<br />
specified based on the<br />
application requirements.<br />
Mark Williamson<br />
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Guided Operator Solutions enhance<br />
quality control process<br />
AUTOMATION<br />
The need to maximise quality, productivity and<br />
efficiency on production lines and in manual assembly<br />
cells is a challenge faced by much of manufacturing<br />
industry. It has been met at Mitsubishi Electric Air<br />
Conditioning Europe by employing Guided Operator<br />
Solutions from sister company Mitsubishi Electric,<br />
Factory Automation.<br />
Based in Livingston, Scotland, Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning<br />
Europe wanted to enhance quality control processes by reducing<br />
the opportunity for picking mistakes in its production cells<br />
where several different products are assembled. In addition, there<br />
was a desire to increase productivity by helping workers to quickly<br />
adapt to new assembly processes.<br />
The answer came from Mitsubishi Electric, Factory Automation<br />
with its Guided Operator Solutions, a versatile solution that uses a<br />
PLC to control parts picking sequences using lights, doors, terminals<br />
and touch sensors. This is coupled with high definition HMI<br />
screens that guide operators through live assembly tasks.<br />
The HMI screens have been used to replace a system of complex<br />
product cards that were previously used for work instructions. As<br />
part of the integrated Guided Operator Solutions, the screens allow<br />
for dynamic instructions and prompts to be added to a pick sequence<br />
that ensures the correct part is selected.<br />
High degree of automation to avoid mistakes<br />
Production section manager, Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning<br />
Plant, Audrey Smith explained: “We operate semi-automated assembly<br />
cells, each of which offers the facility to assemble a number<br />
Compared to the original process,<br />
we have seen a huge enhancement<br />
in the quality control process,<br />
picking accuracy, assembly speed<br />
and consistency.<br />
Audrey Smith, Production Section<br />
Manager at Mitsubishi Electric Air<br />
Conditioning Plant<br />
of different products. Due to the fact that we make several products<br />
in one work space there is a high potential for operator error. To<br />
combat this, operators have to have a high level of training in order<br />
to work on the assembly line.” The high level of training required in<br />
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the past also added to the overall cost of production, and so was an<br />
obvious target for improvement.<br />
Piotr Siwek, Product Marketing Manager EMEA, Factory Automation,<br />
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V., added: “The complexity<br />
of the products was clearly a challenge for the operators and was<br />
resulting in picking mistakes. This often resulted in re-work of<br />
products, which significantly reduced the efficiency of the assembly<br />
process. Furthermore the process to identify which components<br />
were required in different air conditioning systems was also<br />
time consuming.” This challenge was solved by implementing<br />
Mitsubishi Electric, Factory Automation Guided Operator Solutions.<br />
“Guided Operator Solutions were first installed in a cell assembling<br />
modules for heating and cooling units,” says Smith. “Initially it<br />
was used only on the first two stages of the assembly operation, so<br />
that we could assess the benefits and see if it was worth moving<br />
forwards with.”<br />
Advantages of a pick-to-light system<br />
For the trial installation a pick-to-light system with visual indicators<br />
on the parts bins was combined with light curtains or touch switches<br />
for pick confirmation. Mechanised doors that opened in sequence<br />
were also used to create a physical barrier to prevent wrong<br />
part selection. The effectiveness of each combination was compared<br />
and the results combined with user preferences in order to<br />
gauge overall effectiveness for different component bins and process<br />
sequences.<br />
The variety of operator guidance devices ensured that a wide<br />
range of picking scenarios could be accommodated and tested.<br />
Each assembly station was then equipped with the most effective<br />
solution, improving quality, while also making the operator more<br />
productive and the production line more efficient.<br />
01 Each assembly station was then equipped with the most effective<br />
solution, improving quality, while also making the operator more productive<br />
and the production line more efficient<br />
Sequential visual indication<br />
The installation built for the air conditioning plant was commissioned<br />
around Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series modular PLCs<br />
and GOT2000 HMI operator terminals, all connected over a dedicated<br />
network.<br />
“From an operator’s point of view, rather than complex paper<br />
based assembly instructions, the HMI now presents a set of clearly<br />
defined work instructions. It gives the operator a sequential visual<br />
indication of the parts to be picked for building each assembly, and<br />
their quantities,” explains Smith. “Although the work instructions<br />
for the assembly of these products are complex and detailed, the<br />
installation has had an immediate impact on the assembly cells.<br />
Picking has not only become inherently more reliable and errorfree,<br />
but also much faster. Quality and overall productivity have<br />
both shown a marked improvement.”<br />
Importantly, the application has also addressed the operator<br />
training challenge at the plant. The terminals now guide operators<br />
to the correct parts and the GOT HMI shows clear images of the<br />
product to be assembled. This has reduced the resource required<br />
for training, whilst actually improving the time taken to learn each<br />
process.<br />
Seamlessly integration with the other components<br />
Another key benefit for the air conditioning plant was the excellent<br />
integration of the hardware. The PLC and the HMI seamlessly integrated<br />
with the other components in the system, while providing<br />
the potential to link to wider automation systems at the plant.<br />
02 The complexity of the products presented a challenge for the<br />
operators when it came to learning which products were needed in the<br />
assembly of different air conditioning systems<br />
This will enable new product specifications to be sent directly to the<br />
production cells and an inventory report to be sent back for logistical<br />
planning. Further, connectivity to other guided assembly cells<br />
throughout the production facility in the future could also allow for<br />
workflow information to be passed downstream.<br />
Conclusion<br />
“The success of the trial on the first two stages of the assembly process<br />
has been dramatic,” Smith concludes. “Compared to the original<br />
process, we have seen a huge enhancement in the quality control<br />
process, picking accuracy, assembly speed and consistency. We<br />
are now looking at implementing similar systems on all six stages of<br />
the assembly line, plus the parts loading process. We are passionate<br />
about making improvements and the benefits of this technology are<br />
now really showing their worth.”<br />
Photographs: Mitsubishi Europe Electric B.V.<br />
eu3a.mitsubishielectric.com<br />
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PRODUCTS<br />
Chinese Partner on site<br />
The demand for sensors and measurement technology<br />
is also expanding in a variety of different sectors in<br />
China. One company that has already been offering<br />
its expertise in the industrial process measurement<br />
technology sector since 20<strong>06</strong> is Ziron Shanghai Ltd.<br />
As a partner company of the well-established German<br />
specialist – Zirox Sensoren & Elektronik GmbH – Ziron<br />
is helping Chinese customers with the procurement of<br />
measurement technology, and the supply of calibration,<br />
repair and maintenance services. The equipment and<br />
measurement systems, that have been specially<br />
developed to meet the requirements of Chinese<br />
customers, are being used in power plant technology<br />
systems, by manufacturers and operators of reflow<br />
soldering furnaces and operators of CO2 recovery<br />
systems in breweries. Ziron has also developed an<br />
economic reflow soldering device – the ECO 2000.<br />
Its core element is the proven Zirox measurement<br />
cell, although the device itself is produced in Shanghai.<br />
For more information please contact: Xianglong Zhai,<br />
phone: ++21 62 54 69 05, E-mail: ziron@126.com.<br />
www.zirox.de<br />
New e-chain concept with dynamic pins<br />
Whether high-tech or low-tech applications, igus is constantly<br />
researching new energy chain solutions to meet the special requirements<br />
of industrial applications for flexibility, reliability and low costs. For this<br />
reason, the motion plastics specialist developed the lokchain, a new<br />
concept consisting of an e-chain with<br />
automatically extending pins and a<br />
compact guide trough for the dynamic<br />
guidance of energy chains. This allows<br />
hanging, vertical or side-mounted use of<br />
the system with or without lateral<br />
acceleration. Even long travels with a<br />
moving lower run are possible by fixing<br />
the lokchain in the upper run trough. The<br />
system can also be used in vertical<br />
circular applications. For example, the<br />
lokchain is an obvious choice for use in<br />
the compact space of rotating C-arm<br />
X-ray scanners.<br />
www.igus.de<br />
Practical safety<br />
solutions for<br />
industrial automation<br />
The AZM300 solenoid interlock<br />
from Schmersal is characterized by<br />
various mounting options. This<br />
interlock can be used flexibly as the<br />
new cross-shaped locking system<br />
enables a universal approach from<br />
three directions. As a result, one<br />
and the same model can be equally<br />
used for doors hinged on the left or on the right and for sliding<br />
doors as well. Apart from this, the AZM300 has a hygienic concept,<br />
which is a decisive advantage regarding the use of these components<br />
in machines for the food industry.<br />
www.schmersal.com<br />
JAI introduces high-speed 4K<br />
prism color line scan camera<br />
JAI has introduced<br />
a new 3-CMOS<br />
prism color line<br />
scan camera in its<br />
Sweep+ Series<br />
camera family.<br />
The new SW-4000T-<br />
MCL features three<br />
custom CMOS line<br />
sensors with 4K (4096 pixels) resolution,<br />
mounted on a high-grade optical prism assembly<br />
that precisely splits the incoming light into red,<br />
green, and blue wavebands. The new camera<br />
provides 24-bit non-interpolated RGB output<br />
at up to 67.7 kHz (67,700 lines per second).<br />
To support its high-speed operation, the<br />
SW-4000T-MCL features three custom CMOS<br />
imagers with 7.5-micron square pixels, offering<br />
high responsivity for the short exposure times<br />
needed at maximum line rates.<br />
www.jai.com<br />
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Wind power brakes for pitch<br />
and yaw drives<br />
Wind power plants around the globe are equipped<br />
with electromagnetic brakes by mayr power<br />
transmission. As the leading international<br />
manufacturer for wind power brakes, the<br />
renowned family-run company from the Allgäu<br />
region provides the ROBA-stop-M brakes as<br />
safety brakes especially developed and tested<br />
for yaw and pitch drives. “All brake components<br />
are reliably dimensioned and produced only from<br />
high-quality, tested and proven materials”, explains Andreas<br />
Merz, Product Manager at mayr power transmission. “Our brakes have<br />
been dimensioned to reliably achieve the specified braking torque<br />
under all operating conditions which might occur, regardless of e.g. the<br />
air humidity or the ambient temperature, depending on the region.”<br />
www.mayr.com<br />
Precise picking and feeding in<br />
warehouse logistics<br />
For the first time, Weidmüller presents its Pick-to-<br />
Light and Put-to-Light solutions for picking and<br />
assembly tasks in industry and intralogistics.<br />
Robust and EMC-resilient electronic compartment<br />
displays (DPD) are installed above the individual<br />
PSIRT website helps achieve a high level<br />
of security<br />
Phoenix Contact is one of the first companies to have established<br />
an international Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT).<br />
On the website http://www.phoenixcontact.com/psirt customers,<br />
scientists, authorities, and all those involved in the field of access<br />
security can report potential security vulnerabilities. Acknowledgment<br />
of receipt will be provided<br />
within two working days.<br />
Following extensive testing<br />
and the provision of<br />
patches, details of the<br />
security vulnerability will<br />
be published on the PSIRT<br />
website. The PSIRT<br />
website lists all security<br />
vulnerabilities that have<br />
been identified thus far for<br />
Phoenix Contact products<br />
and the website is<br />
continuously updated.<br />
www.phoenixcontact.com<br />
storage locations in the pick and put areas, and<br />
are connected with the production information<br />
system of the plant via a junction box and the<br />
integrated u-remote remote I/O system. When the<br />
compartment displays light up, the picker is<br />
guided through a sequence of steps requiring<br />
confirmation within a precisely defined work<br />
process. This avoids errors and raises productivity<br />
by more than 50 %.<br />
www.weidmueller.com<br />
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