Digital Innovation Hubs
Aalen University / Transfer Platform Industry 4.0 Hochschule Aalen / Transferplattform Industrie 4.0
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Contact Data
Coordinator
University Stuttgart / IFF
Year Established
2016
Location
Beethovenstraße, 1, 73430, Aalen (Germany)
Website
Contact information
Description
Description
The I 4.0 test beds are a central aspect inside the advancement. They support SMEs to test their new I 4.0 products and components as well as the appendant digital process and linked business models under real conditions.
Die I 4.0-Testumgebungen sind ein zentraler Baustein innerhalb der Fördermaßnahme. Sie unterstützen kleine und mittlere Unternehmen indem sie ihre I 4.0-Produkte und Komponenten sowie die zugehörigen digitalen Prozesse und vernetzten Geschäftsmodelle unter realistischen Bedingungen „auf Herz und Nieren“ prüfen.
Hierzu verfügen sie neben einer technisch breiten Infrastruktur über die notwendigen Kompetenzen, um gezielte Impulse für die Weiterentwicklung ihrer Lösungen zu geben. I 4.0-Testumgebungen sind in der Regel an Forschungseinrichtungen angesiedelt.
Link to national or regional initiatives for digitising industry
The hub's activities are aligned with the national initative for digitising industry, Industry 4.0 and with the Smart Product Testlab - Smart Lab.
Market and Services
Sectors
- Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
- Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment
- Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment
- Manufacture of transport equipment
TRL Focus
- TRL8 - Actual system completed and qualified through test and demonstration
Services provided
- Testing and validation
Service Examples
Situation: Unscheduled stops of the machines or the whole factory causes high coasts.
Idea: One Producer of spindles upgrade his products with sensor systems, an evaluation electronics and lifetime models, to make a statement of the remaining lifetime. In addition to this, they can send these information to another IT systems.
I 4.0 test bed: The Producer want to see the interaction of his component with other components at the machining center and the higher level IT systems in a I 4.0 test bed.
Organization
Organizational form
Governmental agency
Turnover
0-250.000
Number of employees
1-9
Evolutionary Stage
In preparation
Geographical Scope
National
Funding
- National specific innovation funding
Customers
Number of customers annually
0-5
Type of customers
- SMEs (<250 employees)
Partners
University Stuttgart / IFF
Technologies
- Micro/nano electronics
- Sensory systems
- Photonics and imaging technologies
- Screens and display technologies
- Cyber physical systems
- Robotics
- Internet of things
- Cyber security
- Big data, data analytics, data handling