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In 2020, numerous exciting project ideas have once again been discussed in the meetings of the FG Automation. The most promising ideas will be further developed into funding applications that will…

In 2021, three new IGF projects applied for by the Research Association for Electrical Engineering could be started again. In the research project "CINI 4.0", the applicability of communication…

On the first day of the conference, the year's work results were presented as usual, and it quickly became clear that Corona 2020 has crippled many things, but certainly not the progress of…

As part of a ZVEI project "Demonstrator Drive 4.0", the interoperability of electric drives as Industrie 4.0 components is now being demonstrated for the first time. Eight different manufacturers of…

The Asset Administration Shell (AAS), which was co-developed by the ZVEI, is the core technology of the association. As a digital twin, it serves in Industrie 4.0 applications as an interface…

Further contacts: Nils Weber, NAMUR  Alexander Möller, ProcessNet Frank Wohnsland, VDMA

Further contacts: James Colley, BioPhorum (EN) Nils Weber, NAMUR / NOA Alexander Möller, ProcessNet Hauke Schlegel, VDMA

Meeting the challenges of digital transformation The importance of digital and data-based work processes for the economy and society has become evident once again, particularly in the recent global…

The Asset Administration Shell is the digital image of a production item - together they form an Industrie 4.0 component. Such units can be e.g. single sensors, but also whole machines. All…

There is no master plan for digitisation in general or for the use of artificial intelligence. The emerging digital world can and should nevertheless be designed purposefully. On behalf of the ZVEI…