Maintenance is no longer a guessing game; companies now know in advance when a system will fail. But machine learning is set to open up many more opportunities.

What are the benefits of machine learning?

Machine learning best demonstrates its opportunities in any situation where companies are looking to derive new knowledge from past experience. The technology enables digital systems to identify recurring patterns in data and apply the resulting findings to new data streams. In this way, trends and anomalies can be detected – in real time and within the running system. This allows manufacturing companies to use their petabytes of data in a way that benefits their business.

Intelligent monitoring prevents failures: 
Sensors are constantly becoming smaller and cheaper. For many companies, this means that it is now economically viable to monitor their entire range of machinery at all times. But to ensure that the thousands of measuring devices can generate insights from the data, it must be analyzed accordingly.

This is where machine learning really comes into its own. Smart applications constantly monitor the inner workings of the machines and at the touch of a button provide a precise picture of their condition.

If values deviate from the normal state, the system warns of a possible malfunction or failure. This means that machines can be repaired before an emergency occurs. In addition, data analysis reveals how a machine should be configured – right down to the smallest components. The result is a reduction in manual reworking and an overall improvement in product quality.

Constant testing ensures quality: 
Produce first, check the quality later? That approach could soon be a thing of the past thanks to machine learning solutions. Ideally, conventional testing will be almost completely replaced in the future.

Software can predict the quality of a product right from the early stages of production – with millimeter precision. This makes it possible to detect miniscule cavities and check the porosity of castings during production. However, what is even more interesting is that self-learning algorithms not only report predefined sources of error, but also detect those that were previously unknown.

Pattern recognition optimizes energy management:
The mix of fossil fuels and renewable energy is causing fluctuations in the power grid. This is forcing electricity producers and grid operators to adopt new strategies. Machine learning technologies enable electric utility companies to use historical consumption patterns to predict future demand and price fluctuations in real time.

This makes it possible to more precisely align cost prices with demand – ultimately leading to more cost-efficient operations.

Autonomous vehicles mobilize logistics:
Last but not least, machine learning paves the way for autonomous vehicles, which are set to be a crucial technology for automated logistics and intralogistics. It is only through deep learning that vehicles are able to recognize and correctly interpret their surroundings.

In the future, self-driving transport systems will assume many of the tasks of order pickers. When combined with predictive demand planning, this would enable the replenishment process to be partially automated.

Discover the biggest machine learning trends at the Digital Factory trade fair at HANNOVER MESSE 2018. Learn all about opportunities the technology offers manufacturing companies.

Article Courtesy: www.hannovermesse.de 

S.I.M.A.S.V., an Italian company located in Thiene near Vicenza, in the industrial district of North-East of Italy, has been designing and manufacturing machines for working metal tubes, profiles and sheets since 1957. First manufacturer in the world of horizontal hydraulic bending presses, today it is widely represented in the world market with about twenty different models of presses divided between:

• the powerful machines from the SUPER series
• the horizontal presses with 1 or 2 axis with CNC control
• the multifunctional presses from the MULTI series, combing in a unique machine tool several functions – from punching the bending.

S.I.M.A.S.V. also marked the way to produce the hydraulic notching machines: an example of this are the most significant SIMASV® patents for the automatic adjustment of the blades and of their clearance when cutting sheet metal and the invention of the universal variable angle shearing machine with the punch unit integrated. The SIMASV® hydraulic notching machines distinguish themselves for their incomparable accuracy and their great cutting capability; they are available in a wide range of models: with fixed or variable angle, with CNC control, equipped with a punching head.

S.I.M.A.S.V. is also one of the most reputable manufacturers of CNC hydraulic punching machines, available in Multindex and Multitool version: the SIMASV® punching machines are known for the accuracy and the speed of tooling change, that occurs in only 4 sec. . The last born, the model F1S, combines the engineering of S.I.M.A.S.V with SIEMENS® technology with the issue of an incomparable product in the market.

The range of machine tools manufactured by SIMASV® is completed by the solid hydraulic bending machines available with 2 or 3 rolls. The SIMASV® brand not only stands for experience, reliability and innovation through several patents, but it guarantees an exclusively Made in Italy product, built with the precision of the craftsmanship, meeting the needs of the market, based on the company social responsibility policy: this conduct is mainly recognizable in the ecological context, through the energy saving devices the SIMASV® machines are equipped with, and in the firm orientation to safety and quality of the operators’ work.

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High-performance cylinder drive from Bosch Rexroth optimizes mold oscillation. The electro-hydraulic high-performance linear drive from Bosch Rexroth makes it possible to control all oscillation parameters while casting. Thanks to this flexibility in terms of control, various curve shapes can be implemented in order to optimize the oscillation. Both the stroke amplitude and the oscillation frequency can be varied during the casting process along with the casting speed. If no radial forces come into play, users can opt for Rexroth’s cost-effective
high-performance cylinders. The high-performance series of cylinders are of modular design. The modular system comprises of five force levels from 16 to 250 kN with two predefined styles of mounting, those being “trunnion” or “head flange”. The equal effective areas of the cylinder ensure good controllability, even with highly dynamic applications up to a maximum frequency of 50 Hz. The basic version of the high-performance cylinder is fitted with a connection block, associated valves, pressure accumulator, damper accumulator and measuring points. An integrated magnetostrictive position measurement system for position sensing is available as an option.

Yamazaki Mazak has officially opened its newly expanded European Parts Centre in Leuven, Belgium and has announced further investments to strengthen its manufacturing and customer support across the region.

The Parts Centre was officially opened by Mr Takashi Yamazaki, Vice President Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, along with Mr Marcus Burton, European Group Managing Director and two special invitees; Mr Wim Biezepol of Metaaldraaiery de Eendracht, who bought the first Mazak machine sold in the Benelux region; and Mr Adrian Groves, Managing Director of Katron Engineering Precision, whose father bought the very first Mazak machine sold in the UK. Opening the new Parts Centre, Mr Takashi Yamazaki commented: “Over 40 years ago Yamazaki Mazak established its European operations here in Belgium. We recognised from the beginning that we must have world class solutions for logistics to ensure that spare parts are not only available but delivered quickly to where they are required. This investment in our European Parts Centre utilises the latest technology in parts handling and logistics to further improve our delivery performance.”

Mazak’s European Managing Director also used the occasion to announce further European investments. “Mazak’s European strategy is continuous investment in people, products and infrastructure. Also started construction of new Technology Centre in Hungary with increasing our European manufacturing capacity.

The newly expanded European Parts Centre is equipped with 4,600 sq metres of storage capacity, capable of holding 35,000 different parts and including a dedicated area for large parts. The facility is operational 365 days per year and processing approximately 20,000 items every month.