ON THE SMART MOVE: INDUSTRY 4.0 IN ELECTRONICS PRODUCTION

摘要

The presentation describes the objectives and innovation drivers for Industry 4.0 in electronics manufacturing and lays out how future lines, plants and cross-enterprise value chains can optimize themselves quickly and automatically. The central thesis: the new technologies are not ends in themselves, but must be embedded into efficient processes to strengthen the competitiveness of their users. For example, the performance of highly flexible machines is wasted if they don't receive their supplies via an equally powerful material logistics system. Gunter Schindler lays out a roadmap for the gradual transition to the smart factory, lists central areas of innovation, and describes some first implementations of this smart SMT factory concept.