K as Digitalisation

For the manufacturing industry with its large production systems, digital networking has been common practice for some time.

There are discussions about digitally networked monitoring of raw material and product flows in the production area, including industry-wide beyond company boundaries. There are clear links here to the circular economy and climate protection. Machine manufacturers for plastics and rubber processing have also been used to digital control of their products for some time. A new development in recent years has been the opening up of what were previously mostly proprietary "stand-alone" solutions for integration into a higher-level control instance.

Around the topic of digitalisation you will find at K 2022 ...

the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) or apps.
Advice on digital solutions for your business.
Discussions and exchange with experts on the topics of Industry 4.0, connected value chain, IoT and more.

K as Digitalisation: exhibitors and products at K 2022

Exhibitors & products around digitalisation

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OPC UA at K 2022

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The OPC UA (Open Platform Communications United Architecture) standard considerably simplifies the integration of machines from different manufacturers into a common system.

At K 2022, around 40 manufacturers will be demonstrating this with over 60 machines. They are thus making the great potential of platform-independent and manufacturer-independent machine-to-machine communication visible and tangible.

Click here for all exhibitors regarding OPC UA in the exhibitor and product database

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Plastics shape the future

In exciting formats, the special show demonstrates how the future can be shaped with plastics. Experts from science, industry, politics and authorities as well as NGOs will provide information and discuss economic, social and ecological challenges and approaches to solutions.

Circular Economy

Climate Protection

Innovation

Dialogue

Pioneering

Quality

Interview with Marco Thull, Senior Marketing Activist Purpose & Vision, Corporate Identity & Corporate Communication, igus GmbH

31/01/2023

Plastics industry meets Metaverse: igus presents products in virtual reality

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Studies show that we are up to nine times more likely to remember something we have experienced in virtual reality. This knowledge can also be interesting for the plastics industry. With the iguversum, igus has created a digital space in which the manufacturer's products can be discovered. In the future, engineering projects will also be carried out there.

Full speed ahead: Sumitomo (SHI) Demag expands fast-cycle all-electric platform

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Engineered specifically for high volume packaging, medical and automotive applications requiring the highest processing precision in the fastest cycle time, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is accelerating its global expansion of the IntElect platform.

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