Flexible Production - Industrial Automation

As part of Industry 4.0, manufacturing companies are increasingly digitizing their production processes. Machines, systems and processes communicate with each other to achieve greater efficiency, adaptability and productivity. Specifically, the networked production of the intelligent factory enables, for example, smaller batch sizes and just-in-time production. It also supports concepts such as predictive maintenance and ensures more efficient maintenance. Last but not least, networked systems can help companies improve their service quality and make their production facilities highly available, so that they can continue to operate without restriction even in the event of component failures.

This paradigm shift towards a holistic view - also through the use of artificial intelligence - places high demands on the flexibility and adaptivity of production systems. They must produce safely and reliably even in dynamic environments. AI applications are in data-driven automation, system condition and asset monitoring, and quality assurance and optimization.

Fully automated systems contain complex software structures that have to fulfill diverse requirements both, on a functional level and from a non-functional point of view. Manufacturing companies must overcome the challenges of implementing such a system, regardless of the level of design.

This is where Fraunhofer IKS comes in. Based on individually derived evaluation criteria, we evaluate software solutions, support AI integration and develop future-oriented concepts for products, systems and processes with you.