EDAG Tech Insights (11)

Coming to terms with the buzzword jungle of the smart factory

Industry 4.0 networks people, machines, products, buildings and processes to make them more intelligent, innovative and efficient. Digital transformation has made all of that possible. The smart factory, which is based on cyber-physical systems that make communication possible between named actors in the Internet and things, came from this. Guess...

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Vehicle Engineering

Small series vehicles - individualisation of vehicles from show cars to future mobility

Individualisation allows you to stand out from the crowd and give a product its own stamp. It starts with the online design of sneakers, continues with the sofa for which we become designers ourselves, and ends with our car, which we can at least partially configure individually. Individualisation is becoming increasingly important, especially in...

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Vehicle Engineering

Generative Engineering – Components with DNA automate product development.

The DNA is the carrier of the genetic material and therefore the building plan of our body. Trees also have their DNA and thus their species-specific blueprint stored in their seeds and therefore exhibit so-called "generative growth". This means that depending on where the seed is planted, the growth adapts to external conditions such as sun, wind...

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Production Solutions

The 5 Phases of the Smart Factory. How smart would you like it?

Back in 2011, the German Federal Government launched a project called "Future Project Industry 4.0" , which was aimed at preparing industrial production for the future and giving companies the opportunity to play an active part in the fourth industrial revolution and add weight to establishing and promoting digitalisation in industry. The...

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Vehicle Engineering

Mobility of the future – using instead of owning with EDAG CityBot.

According to the World Economic Forum, two thirds of all people will be living in cities in 2050. In megacities with 10 million inhabitants or more. Across the globe, there are already 36 megacities, including New York, Moscow and London. This rapid growth could result in the essential infrastructure being unable to keep up, threatening cities...

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Vehicle Engineering

Supplier assessment: 10 things about you that I hate.

"So test therefore who join forever, if heart to heart be found together. Delusion is short, remorse is long." Admittedly, this quote from Friedrich Schiller may be a little outdated, but the message it contains still hits the nail on the head. Often, partnerships have evolved over time, and have more or less worked for years. Established supplier...

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Software & Digitalisation

Assembly system with virtual reality: Future of research projects

Digitalisation is setting new standards in all fields of industry. Without automation and robot systems, for example, the assembly of components in a modern production plant is no longer conceivable. The combination of ever shorter development cycles, increasing product complexity and an unprecedented number of variants is a challenge for many...

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Electrics & Electronics

Modular, scalable and safe. The SCALEbat. The battery housing with philosophy.

A cell is the tiniest but most vital element in our bodies, our motor. It is exactly the same with a battery cell. It too is the smallest component in an electric vehicle’s storage battery, and therefore of the utmost importance in ensuring that all of the energy storage system’s vital functions work. This makes it the key technology in eMobility....

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Production Solutions

Human-robot collaboration - but safe!

Without robot systems, today's production applications would be unthinkable. They ensure productivity and quality, and perform heavy and dangerous tasks. Since industrial robot systems are assessed as high-risk, protection concepts are usually designed in such a way that robots and humans work separately in terms of location and/or time. A matter...

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Software & Digitalisation

Can ASPICE be implemented efficiently and practically? We say yes.

Processes make all the difference! This also applies to the creation of software. Particularly to software - because unlike products that you can get hold of, the quality of software cannot be evaluated afterwards. In the near future, mobility without software will not be conceivable. Software provides more comfort, greater safety and controls the...

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