The development of industry 4.0 in the plastics industry.
The fourth industrial revolution is constantly on the minds of industry leaders in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world under the buzzword "Industry 4.0". In this subject area – also termed "Internet of Things" – the integration of industrial production with state-of-the-art information and communication technologies are being researched and developed. Its objective is to enable full communication between man, machine and product.
Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and the Skilled Crafts at RWTH Aachen University
The key factors are horizontal integration to interlink not only different process steps, but also different companies along the entire value chain, and vertical integration to connect individual part-systems of the production cells to form a single, holistically controllable production system.
What does 4.0 mean for the plastics industry?
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