Pioneering together | WITTENSTEIN and baramundi together towards Industry 4.0 Perfect fit, not one size fits all | Customized drive technology from design to implementation Galaxie® | Welding gun reinvented New smart gearboxes for the IIoT

The magazine for customers and partners of WITTENSTEIN Masthead Publisher: WITTENSTEIN SE Walter-Wittenstein-Str. 1 D-97999 Igersheim Phone: + 49 7931 493-0 www.wittenstein.de [email protected] Responsible for the content: Stefan Schraivogel, Head of Marketing and Communications Chief editorship: Julia Riedmeyr Editorial office: Dirk Heyden (text) Thomas Holstein (text) Sabine Maier (text) Dieter Thiel (layout) Picture credits: Pages 10-11: Simtec Systems GmbH Pages 20-21: GIMA-Machines bvba Pages 22-23: Deutscher Zukunftspreis Ansgar Pudenz, Agentur bildschoen, Jesco Denzel (Bundesbildstelle),...

Dear readers, Get started: play IIoT smart & simple! This year’s motto for the Hannover Messe is one that concerns us all. It’s time to stop simply talking about Industry 4.0 and digitalization. It’s time to get on with it. Together. Wherever we are. Particularly in production shops. That’s where the digital transformation is most tangible. Because that’s where the virtual world of design is being fused with the real world of manufacturing. Step by step. Today’s engineering and other specialist departments think and act in networks that are more closely interconnected than ever before. The new,...

WITTENSTEIN Group Shaping the future of the manufacturing world The digital transformation is a catalyst for profound changes in all branches of industry. Products, production, sales and work culture are all going digital in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), creating huge opportunities in the process. WITTENSTEIN SE recognized this trend early on and has already been pursuing a digitalization strategy for several years now – with considerable success.

The digital transformation represents a major technological and social challenge. At the same time, it opens up new prospects for the future. Patrick Hantschel therefore sees the digital transformation as an “opportunity to which there is no alternative”. He is in charge of the Digitalization Center at WITTENSTEIN, where 30 or so sensor, electronics, software, data and cloud specialists are actively shaping the digital transformation and driving it forward Group-wide. “There’s no doubt that digitalization’s biggest potential lies in the increased efficiency and added value of our own products...

The sensorized Galaxie® drive system, the cyber® iTAS® servo drive system with a web server for automated guided vehicles and the smart drive system for heavy-duty torque multipliers: the WITTENSTEIN product world has been gradually going digital for some time now. The new smart gearboxes with cynapse from WITTENSTEIN alpha are a significant milestone on our path into the digital future – thanks to an integrated sensor module that enables Industry 4.0 connectivity. New smart gearboxes for the IIoT Once again, WITTENSTEIN is living up to its reputation as a pioneer. “We’re taking advantage of...

Plug in, identify and play - what would computers, peripherals and many mobile devices be without the simplicity, reliability and standardization of the Universal Serial Bus (USB)? It’s a question that is equally applicable to lO-Link. The term “lO-Link” - specified in IEC 61131-9 -refers to a standardized communication system that connects intelligent sensors, sensor hubs, actuators and mechatronic components such as gearboxes or grippers in a fieldbus structure, which in turn exchanges data with an automation system or with an IloT platform or a cloud application. lO-Link devices are integrated...

Pioneering togethe Together towards Industry 4.0 Dr. Dirk Haft (centre) is responsible for information management and digitalization on the WITTENSTEIN SE Management Board. In this role he bridges the gap between the WITTENSTEIN engineering world and baramundi software AG. Uwe Beikirch (right) has responsibility on the baramundi software AG Management Board for sales, marketing, HR and services. Dr. Lars Lippert (left) oversees research and development, product management as well as support & management software on the baramundi software AG Management Board.

WITTENSTEIN Group In March 2017, WITTENSTEIN SE acquired the entire share capital of the Augsburg firm of baramundi software AG. The purchase strengthened WITTENSTEIN with competencies of strategic value as the Group treads the digital transformation path. Two years on, the Management Boards of both companies have absolutely no regrets. WITTENSTEIN is an innovation driver for mechatronic drive technology while baramundi is a leading software manufacturer of unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions. How does this unusual combination work? Haft: German businesses are still relative novices compared...

"Le Chandelier" – the first ScreenFLITE® ad system at Rome-Fiumicino International Airport Leonardo da Vinci – was officially inaugurated on 27 July 2018. cymex® 5 sizing tool: reading and evaluation of the motion simulations The freely programmable ScreenFLITE® ad system can be easily adapted to individual requirements with regard to shapes and patterns. All motions of the rings which form the rotational planes as well as of the scissor arms for the displays are possible with up to 20 degrees of freedom. As the basis for sizing the individual gearboxes, Simtec produced nine different characteristic...

WITTENSTEIN alpha puts advertising in motion In mid-2018, Rome acquired yet another stunning attraction. To be precise, Terminal 3 at Rome-Fiumicino International Airport “Leonardo da Vinci” now boasts a spectacular media information system in the market today. With high dynamics and precision, low-backlash planetary gearboxes and servo actuators from WITTENSTEIN alpha position twelve giant LED panels to create shape-shifting billboards in ever-changing formations. A total of 20 WITTENSTEIN gearboxes of different sizes are used in the interactive structure of ScreenFLITE®. “Le Chandelier” – this...