Industry 4.0 projects see funded progress in Germany 14 March 2014

Models, methods and tools to help manufacturers make the transition to 'Industry 4.0' – smart, networked factories – by implementing cyber-physical systems (CPS) are being developed under the MetamoFAB research project in Germany.

Industry 4.0 describes the notion of networked factories in which people and machines use smart systems to communicate with each other, using CPSs to improve the versatility and responsiveness of manufacturing production and logistics.

The project is being run by Fraunhofer IAO and the Institute for Human Factors and Technology Management IAT, at the University of Stuttgart, and aims to turn the much vaunted Industry 4.0 to boosting existing plants' productivity.

Funding is being provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of its 'Research for the Manufacturing of Tomorrow' project as part of the German federal government's Industrie 4.0 initiative.

According to project spokespeople, the groundwork involves mapping a networked factory's requirements with CPS in three situations –manufacturing automation, semiconductor manufacturing and electrical engineering.

The solutions will be demonstrated in real-life conditions at industry partners' sites.

Brian Tinham

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