News for the Digital Enterprise April 2023 siemens.com/digital-enterprise siemens.com/tia

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Cover Contents / Navigation Contents Digital Enterprise Future of Automation Virtual Commissioning Production Transparency Production Performance & Reliability Production Quality & Optimization Automation Engineering Sustainability & Energy Efficiency Machine Connectivity & Integration Maintenance Power Distribution Imprint Navigation scroll backward scroll forward Menu / Table of Contents 2

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Digital Enterprise DIGITAL ENTERPRISE Accelerate your digital transformation to become a Digital Enterprise now The industrial world is facing rapidly changing challenges. Our resources are finite and we all need to make smarter decisions to reach our sustainability goals faster. Digitalization and automation are the game changers to meet these challenges on the way to Industry 4.0. It is essential to collect, understand, and use the massive amount of data created in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The Digital Enterprise is doing exactly this by...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Digital Enterprise To become a Digital Enterprise, connecting Infor- Moreover, the service experts from Digital mation Technology (IT) at the office and manage- Enterprise Services are here to help you from ment level with Operational Technology (OT) at the beginning to the end of their digital journey the field and plant level of production is essential. and focus on the individual needs of your Digital This IT/OT convergence enables to collect the huge amounts of data generated in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), understand correlations, and leverage...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Digital Enterprise THE SMART FACTORY IN THE MACHINING INDUSTRY The key to greater efficiency and flexibility MyMachining /AdaptiveControl application optimizes current cutting parameters in real time and automatically adjusts the feed rate to the ideal setting. That speeds up the process, if the machining conditions will permit it, and slows it down when geometry, material hardness, or tool condition indicate caution. Grob Systems Inc. – a developer of highly innovative production and automation systems – opted for this application to find out what savings...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Digital Enterprise time spent searching for tools, improved tool question, reducing costs and manual overhead for service life, and a 40 percent reduction in program- quality control. Documentation on high-quality ming time. As a result, Pfeiffer improved its batch production is supplied to the customer with productivity by five percent. their products. Higher productivity and quality using edge Flexible solution from a single source Companies enjoy many benefits from being able An important success factor for a Smart Factory to develop their Smart Factory...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Digital Enterprise The “online profile” for products The ability to access relevant information and data plays an important role throughout the entire value chain, but making data accessible at any time and from any location is often difficult in actual practice. This is where the ID Link comes in. This QR Code from Siemens is enabling its customers to completely digitalize their existing processes for product design and use. Outdated information, incorrect information: There are several reasons why customers today are spending 80 percent of their time searching...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Digital Enterprise the seamless traceability of all plant components Many customers are already actively requesting the ID Link. For the process industries in particular, Asset Administration Shell are guaranteed. it plays an important role because it is one of three central concepts in the Digital Data Chain (DDC): automatic and unambiguous identification of physical objects (ID Link), structured documentation of product information, and product data exchange via cloud-based platforms. Customers benefit from shorter search times in maintenance and repair...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 INDUSTRIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EDGE Entering the future with customized solutions Simultaneously executing and managing currently running AI models is costly and time-consuming. AI Model Manager, which is independent of the cloud provider, will make this task easy to perform in the future. Users just have to download the relevant AI model from the cloud, and they can then integrate AI models more quickly and easily in the shop floor. Simplify the development and operation To enable manufacturing companies to remain viable into the future, it is important...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 INDUSTRIAL GESTURE CONTROL Touchless interaction between people and machines Especially in production areas, system interactions are only feasible to a very limited extent. In environments with special requirements, there is usually some distance that has to be traversed to make operator entries, which takes unnecessary time. That is why touchless machine operation using gestures offers unimagined potential. controlled HMI that allows users to easily bridge the distance from the operator hardware to the machines. Touchless machine operation is also simpler...

News for the Digital Enterprise 2/2023 Virtual Commissioning It’s really time to simulate Sustainability, customization, digitali zation, changes in the labor market, and growing pressure due to global competition are all challenges confronting machine builders and manufacturing companies today and having a tremendous impact on their operations. Simulation for Automation helps them meet these challenges. The dominant megatrend is sustainability. Today the need for sustainable and resource-saving production that minimizes the ecological footprint of goods and services is universally acknowledged....