Five days full of solutions, trends, and digital networking.
July 20 – 24, 2020!
Developing a scalable system that prepares Kanban racks for Industry 4.0.
8:30 am/2:30 pm (CET)
Keynote Speech by Reiner Müller, President of the Factory Automation Division at Pepperl+Fuchs
9:00 am/3:00 pm (CET)
Live Lounge: "Intelligent Supermarket" Digital Kanban Management System by Tobias Kehl (neoception)
10:00 am/4:00 pm (CET)
Networking Lounge: Panel Discussion
11:00 am/5:00 pm (CET)
Closing Speech
"Your Future Automation" was the motto of Pepperl+Fuchs' first online summit, which took place from July 20 to 24, 2020. This free, fully digital event gave you access to a range of topics that focus on digitalization and customer solutions. "Everything will revolve around user-centered digitalization. What better way to communicate this than with a digital event tailored to the interests of our customers?" commented Dr. Gunther Kegel, Chairman of the Executive Board of Pepperl+Fuchs AG. On each day of the summit, you were able to access keynotes, live shows, and panel discussions on a different topic from the field of automation technology via a browser-based online platform. Scroll down to learn more!
It is hard to imagine manufacturing without Kanban systems and the advantages they offer. Nevertheless, error-prone, manual processes and low digitalization still leave plenty of room for improvement. Bosch Connected Industry (BCI), Pepperl+Fuchs, and Neoception have joined forces to develop a scalable system that prepares Kanban racks for Industry 4.0 and is equally suitable for greenfield projects and retrofits.
Smartphones, tablets, and digital workflows have become an integral part of modern work environments. As the global market leader for intrinsically safe mobile devices, the Pepperl+Fuchs brand ecom supports its customers from configuration and management to the analysis and evaluation of (real-time) device data. The result? A sophisticated mobile worker concept that enables lean processes, improves data quality, and contributes to increased productivity and employee safety.
Precisely coordinated materials and goods flows require more than just individual components: They need well-designed and innovative solutions that cover everything from custom sensor technology, infrastructure components, and cabling to system integration and software development. Along with several customers, Pepperl+Fuchs will showcase projects that demonstrate how RFID and LiDAR technology can be used to create these custom solutions.
With the new Ethernet advanced physical layer (Ethernet-APL), Pepperl+Fuchs and other companies are laying the foundation for future IoT applications in the process industry. The new physical layer enables field devices to be directly connected to higher-level systems, allowing consistent, transparent, and uniform communication across all hierarchical levels for the first time. In doing so, Ethernet-APL combines all the experience and requirements of the process industry: long cable runs, twisted-pair cables, interoperability, and use in hazardous areas up to Zone 0 / Class 1, Div. 1.
Efforts to achieve 100 % quality while reducing conversion times as a result of Industry 4.0 are creating increasingly complex engineering challenges in a range of industries. To implement the necessary measurement, quality, and positioning tasks, Pepperl+Fuchs and its subsidiaries VMT, 3D.aero, and Espace 6D are offering unique end-to-end solutions in the field of 3-D measurement technology. These transfer traditional tasks to a digital environment, thus furthering the development of the "digital twin."