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Cooperation for digital transformation

Collaboration can help with digitalisation. Lenze and Trumpf think so too. Lenze presents solutions for automation at the SPS.

Companies are faced with the challenge of mastering digitalisation and automating systems and machines. Collaboration with partners can be helpful here. Lenze and Trumpf have taken this step. Lenze will also be showcasing automation solutions for small and medium-sized companies at SPS.

The The future of mechanical and plant engineering lies in digital, data-based business models, services and services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular find implementation difficult because they often lack specialist staff, expertise and infrastructure. This makes it all the more important to bring specific knowledge in the areas of software engineering, IT and automation on board - for example via Strategic co-operations and the open, sovereign exchange of data.

„Digitalisation is a mammoth project that can hardly be tackled alone. Only those companies that rely on collaboration and the right partners to build up new expertise will succeed,“ says Christian Wendler, CEO of Lenze. Some SMEs are put off by the expense of implementing suitable software solutions, „but the investment is money well spent, which will sooner or later yield a profit,“ assures Christian Wendler.

„Automation is a win-win situation for everyone. It drives the digital transformation because it brings information technology into the machines. It reduces the CO2- footprint because it increases energy efficiency. And it solves the shortage of skilled labour because it simplifies processes and thus saves working time.“

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Christian Wendler

Automation needs smart data for this. Data from the drives and control systems flows into the digital twin and they extract small packets of relevant data before analysing them - and transforming them into smart data with the help of domain knowledge. The potential to save material, working time and energy is immense. By utilising the digital twin and smart data companies can reduce their energy consumption by up to 50 per cent on average, conserve resources and ensure greater sustainability in the industry.

Digital transformation of the manufacturing industry

Lenze supports customers throughout the entire digitalisation process and lives by the idea of working together as partners. This is also demonstrated by its involvement in the Manufacturing X and Open Industry 4.0 Alliance initiatives. The aim of these cross-company and cross-industry projects is to create a sovereign, open data space for the exchange of components, expertise and technologies.

„Yesterday's successes must not stand in the way of tomorrow's successes. New partnerships, business models and a modern mindset are needed in order to be successful together in the industry.“

Thomas Schneider, Managing Director Development Machine Tools at Trumpf

The high-tech company is one of the market leaders in machine tools for flexible sheet metal processing and industrial laser technology. Both companies are driving the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry - and are working together on technologies and implementation concepts as part of Manufacturing X. „Being able to utilise data confidently and jointly across the entire production and supply chain means more resilience in the event of disruptions, more sustainability and more competitiveness,“ explains Thomas Schneider. Open automation platforms such as Nupano from Lenze can serve as key technologies for securing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies. For the digital transformation to succeed, a rethink is required: out of the golden cage and into the ecosystem - for more openness, more collaboration and more growth.

„We also support this cultural change and are proud to already have the right solutions in our portfolio,“ says Lenze CEO Christian Wendler. Lenze will be demonstrating what these solutions actually look like at the PLC - smart production solutions in Nuremberg. The Asset Performance Platform, for example, combines secure remote access, IoT data collection, dashboarding and ticket and document management and leads to greater efficiency in troubleshooting and in the event of personnel changes. The platform thus facilitates collaboration between OEMs and machine operators and makes it possible to expand the service business. Nupano also offers scope for new business models. The automation platform enables SMEs to equip machines with apps throughout their entire life cycle and manage them with ease. Because customers can find both on the platform - the applications and the overview of the machine as a digital twin - they can marry IT with OT and generate real added value.

Source: Lenze

Lenze at the SPS: Hall 7, Stand 391

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