Industry 4.0 for aluminum foundry: an optimal management of the process to enhance competitiveness of the company
A standard HPDC industrial manufacturing process is likely to present the following characteristics:
- Equipment by different manufacturers and of different generations.
- Equipment offering data of very different accuracy.
- Monitoring systems limited to each machine and builder proprietary.
- HPDC machines offering some basic parameters (V1, V2, Pressure, Stroke, …).
- Sensors, placed in relevant areas close to the phenomena to be measured.
- Signal processers by standardize monitoring systems.
- Centralized control (brain) that correlates data and sends messages and signals to workers and equipment to assure a correct performance and outcome.
Authors:
Asier Bakedano, Sergio Orden, Emili Barbarias, Ibon Lizarralde, Ramón Suárez, Uwe Gauermann (ELECTRONICS GmbH).
Keywords:
4.0 industry, aluminum, High Pressure Die Casting, HPDC, intelligent process monitoring.